Isa 1 | ESV | STEP | The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz , which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah , Jotham , Ahaz , and Hezekiah , kings of Judah .

1 The ^avision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem ^bin the days of ^cUzziah, ^dJotham, ^eAhaz, and ^fHezekiah, kings of Judah.

The Wickedness of Judah

2 ^gHear, O heavens, and give ear, O ^hearth;
for the Lord has spoken:
“Children ^{▼▼Or Sons; also verse 4} ^jhave I reared and brought up,
but they have rebelled against me.
3 The ox ^kknows its owner,
and the donkey its master’s crib,
but Israel does ^lnot know,
my people do not understand.”
4 Ah, sinful nation,
a people laden with iniquity,
^moffspring of evildoers,
children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the Lord,
they have ⁿdespised ^othe Holy One of Israel,
they are utterly ^pestranged.
5 Why will you still be ^qstruck down?
Why will you ^rcontinue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
and the whole heart faint.
6 ^sFrom the sole of the foot even to the head,
there is no soundness in it,
but bruises and sores
and raw wounds;
they are ^tnot pressed out or bound up
or softened with oil.
7 ^uYour country lies desolate;
your cities are burned with fire;
in your very presence
foreigners devour your land;
it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.
8 And ^vthe daughter of Zion is left
like a ^wbooth in a vineyard,
like a lodge in a cucumber field,
like a besieged city.
9 ^xIf the Lord of hosts
had not left us ^ya few survivors,
we should have been like ^zSodom,
and become like ^aaGomorrah.
10 Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of ^ab, ^acSodom!
Give ear to the teaching ^{▼▼Or law} of our God,
you people of ^aeGomorrah!
11 ^af“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
or of lambs, or of goats.
12 “When you come to ^agappear before me,
who has required of you
this trampling of my courts?
13 Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to me.
^ahNew moon and Sabbath and the ^aicalling of convocations—
I cannot endure ^ajiniquity and ^aksolemn assembly.
14 Your ^alnew moons and your appointed feasts
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you ^amspread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
^aneven though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
^aoyour hands are full of blood.
16 ^apWash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
^aqcease to do evil,
17 learn to do good;
^arseek justice,
correct oppression;
^asbring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow’s cause.
18 “Come now, ^atlet us reason ^{▼▼Or dispute} together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as ^avwhite as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
19 ^awIf you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
20 but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be eaten by the sword;
^axfor the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

The Unfaithful City

21 How the faithful city
^ayhas become a whore, ^{▼▼Or become unchaste}
^bashe who was full of justice!
Righteousness lodged in her,
but now murderers.
22 ^bbYour silver has become dross,
your best wine mixed with water.
23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone ^bcloves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
^bdThey do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow’s cause does not come to them.
24 Therefore the ^beLord declares,
the Lord of hosts,
the ^bfMighty One of Israel:
“Ah, I will get relief from my enemies
^bgand avenge myself on my foes.
25 ^bhI will turn my hand against you
and will smelt away your ^bidross as with lye
and remove all your alloy.
26 And I will restore your judges ^bjas at the first,
and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward ^bkyou shall be called the city of righteousness,
the faithful city.”
27 ^blZion shall be redeemed by justice,
and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
28 ^bmBut rebels and sinners shall be broken together,
and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
29 ^bnFor they ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts you} shall be ashamed of ^bpthe oaks
that you desired;
and you shall blush for ^bqthe gardens
that you have chosen.
30 For you shall be ^brlike an oak
whose leaf withers,
and like a garden without water.
31 And the strong shall become ^bstinder,
and his work a spark,
and both of them shall burn together,
with ^btnone to quench them.