1 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.

<>The vision … which he saw, <>son

2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

<>give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, <>for the LORD hath spoken, <>they have rebelled against me, <>rebelled

3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

<>The ox knoweth his owner, <>my people doth not consider

4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

<>laden with iniquity, <>corrupters, <>forsaken the LORD, <>provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, <>they are gone away backward

5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

<>ye will revolt more and more, <>sick, <>faint

6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

<>neither bound up

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

<>cities, <>your land, strangers devour it, <>strangers … strangers

8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

<>a besieged city, <>besieged

9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

<>Hear the word of the LORD, <>rulers

11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

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12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

<>When ye come to appear before me, <>my courts

13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.

<>incense is an abomination unto me, <>incense, <>new moons, <>sabbaths, <>assemblies

14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

<>feasts

15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

<>when ye spread forth your hands, <>I will hide mine eyes from you, <>when ye make many prayers, I will not hear

16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

<>Wash you, make you clean, <>the evil of your doings … before mine eyes

17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

<>judge the fatherless, plead for the widow, <>widow

18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

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19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

<>harlot

22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

<>companions of thieves, <>every one loveth gifts, <>they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them

24 Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:

<>Therefore saith the Lord … I will … avenge

25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

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

<>redeemed, <>converts

28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

<>the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, <>transgressors, <>they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed

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

<>the oaks which ye have desired, <>the gardens that ye have chosen

30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

<>ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, <>hath no water

31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

<>they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them