¹The 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.

• ²Hear, heavens,
• and listen, earth; for Yahweh *“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. has spoken:

• “I have nourished and brought up children,
• and they have rebelled against me.

• ³The ox knows his owner,
• and the donkey his master’s crib;
• but Israel doesn’t know,
• my people don’t consider.”

• ⁴Ah sinful nation,
• a people loaded with iniquity,
• a seed of evildoers,
• children who deal corruptly!

• They have forsaken Yahweh.
• They have despised the Holy One of Israel.
• They are estranged and backward.

• ⁵Why should you be beaten more,
• that you revolt more and more?

• The whole head is sick,
• and the whole heart faint.

• ⁶From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it:
• wounds, welts, and open sores.
• They haven’t been closed, neither bandaged, neither soothed with oil.

• ⁷Your country is desolate.
• Your cities are burned with fire.
• Strangers devour your land in your presence,
• and it is desolate,
• as overthrown by strangers.

• ⁸The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard,
• like a hut in a field of melons,
• like a besieged city.

• ⁹Unless Yahweh of Armies had left to us a very small remnant,
• we would have been as Sodom;
• we would have been like Gomorrah.

• ¹⁰Hear the word of Yahweh, you rulers of Sodom!
• Listen to the law of our God *The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.”, you people of Gomorrah!

• ¹¹“What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?,” says Yahweh.
• “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams,
• and the fat of fed animals.
• I don’t delight in the blood of bulls,
• or of lambs,
• or of male goats.

• ¹²When you come to appear before me,
• who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?

• ¹³Bring no more vain offerings.
• Incense is an abomination to me;
• new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations:
• I can’t bear with evil assemblies.

• ¹⁴My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts.
• They are a burden to me.
• I am weary of bearing them.

• ¹⁵When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you.
• Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear.
• Your hands are full of blood.

• ¹⁶Wash yourselves, make yourself clean.
• Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes.
• Cease to do evil.

• ¹⁷Learn to do well.
• Seek justice.
• Relieve the oppressed.
• Judge the fatherless.
• Plead for the widow.”

• ¹⁸“Come now, and let us reason together,” says Yahweh:
• “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.
• Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

• ¹⁹If you are willing and obedient,
• you shall eat the good of the land;
• ²⁰but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword;
• for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”

• ²¹How the faithful city has become a prostitute!
• She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her,
• but now murderers.

• ²²Your silver has become dross,
• your wine mixed with water.

• ²³Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves.
• Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards.
• They don’t judge the fatherless,
• neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

• ²⁴Therefore the Lord, *The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh of Armies,
• the Mighty One of Israel, says:

• “Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries,
• and avenge myself of my enemies;

• ²⁵and I will turn my hand on you,
• thoroughly purge away your dross,
• and will take away all your tin.

• ²⁶I will restore your judges as at the first,
• and your counselors as at the beginning.

• Afterward you shall be called ‘The city of righteousness,
• a faithful town.’

• ²⁷Zion shall be redeemed with justice,
• and her converts with righteousness.

• ²⁸But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together,
• and those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed.

• ²⁹For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired,
• and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.

• ³⁰For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades,
• and as a garden that has no water.

• ³¹The strong will be like tinder,
• and his work like a spark.

• They will both burn together,
• and no one will quench them.”