Isa 1 | ABEn | STEP | The vision which [ 4 beheld 1 Isaiah 2 son 3 of Amoz], which he beheld against Judea, and against Jerusalem, during the kingdom of Uzziah, and Jotham, and Ahaz, and Hezekiah, the ones who reigned over Judea.

‏ Isaiah 1

CHAPTER 1 The Vision against Judea and Jerusalem

1 The vision which [⁴beheld ¹Isaiah ²son ³of Amoz], which he beheld against Judea, and against Jerusalem, during the kingdom of Uzziah, and Jotham, and Ahaz, and Hezekiah, the ones who reigned over Judea. 2 Hear, O heaven, and give ear O earth! For the lord spoke, saying, [²sons ¹I have engendered], and raised them, but they disregarded me. 3 [²knows ¹The ox] the one acquiring it, and the donkey knows the stable of its master; but Israel [³me ¹does not ²know], and my people perceived not. 4 Woe, [²nation ¹O sinful], people full of sins, [²seed ¹an evil], [²sons ¹lawless]. You abandoned the lord, and provoked to anger the holy one of Israel; they were separated into the rear. 5 Why still should you be struck, proceeding in lawlessness? The whole head is in misery, and the whole heart is in distress. 6 From feet unto head there is no [²in ³it ¹wholeness]. Neither wound, nor stripe, nor [²wound ¹inflamed] are healed; there is no dressing to place upon it, nor oil, nor bandages. 7 Your land is desolate; your cities scorched; your place before you -- strangers devoure it, and it is made desolate, being eradicated by [²peoples ¹alien]. 8 [⁴shall be abandoned ¹The ²daughter ³of Zion] as a tent in a vineyard, and as a storehouse in a cucumber garden, as a city being assaulted. 9 And unless the lord of Hosts left us a seed, [²as ³Sodom ¹we would have become], and [²as ³Gomorrah ¹likened]. 10 Hear the word of the lord, O rulers of Sodom! Take heed to the law of our God, O people of Gomorrah! 11 What are [³to me ¹the multitude ²of your sacrifices], says the lord? I am full of whole burnt-offerings of rams, and fat of lambs; and [³blood ⁴of bulls ⁵and ⁶he-goats ¹I do not ²want]. 12 And neither should you come to appear to me; for who required these from out of your hands? [³to tread ⁴my courtyard ¹You shall not ²proceed]. 13 If you should bring fine flour, it is in vain; incense [²an abomination ³to me ¹is]; [³your new moons ⁴and ⁵the ⁶Sabbaths ⁷and ⁹day ⁸the great ¹I cannot ²endure]. 14 Your fasting, and idleness, and your new moons, and your holidays [³detests ²soul ¹my]. You became to me as a glut; no longer shall I spare your sins. 15 Whenever you should stretch out your hands, I shall turn my eyes from you. And if you should multiply your supplication, I will not listen to you, for your hands [²of blood ¹are full]. 16 Bathe yourself! [²clean ¹Become]! Remove the wickednesses from your souls before my eyes! Cease from your wickednesses! 17 Learn [²good ¹to do]! Inquire of equity! Rescue the one wronged! Judge for the orphan! and do justice for the widow! 18 And come, we should plead, says the lord. And if [²should be ¹your sins] as crimson, [²as ³snow ¹I shall whiten]; and if they should be as scarlet, [²as ³wool ¹I shall whiten]. 19 And if you should want, and if you should listen to me, [²the ³good things ⁴of the ⁵earth ¹you shall eat]. 20 But if you should not want, nor should you listen to me, a sword [²you ¹shall devour]. For the mouth of the lord spoke these things.

Zion the Harlot City

21 O how [⁴became ⁵a harlot ²city ¹the trustworthy ³Zion], full of judgment; in which righteousness slept in it, but now murderers. 22 Your silver is debased; your peddlers mingle the wine with water. 23 Your rulers resist persuasion, they are partners of thieves, loving bribes, pursuing recompense, [³for orphans ¹not ²arbitrating], and [³equity ⁴of widows ¹not ²heeding]. 24 On account of this, thus says the master, the lord of Hosts, Woe the ones being strong of Israel, [⁴will not ⁵cease ¹for ²my ³rage] among the contrary ones, and [²judgment ³on ⁴my enemies ¹I will execute]. 25 And I will bring my hand against you, and I will purify you to cleanness. But the ones resisting persuasion I will destroy, and I will remove all lawless ones from you. 26 And all the proud I will abase; and I will stand your judges as formerly, and your counselors as at the beginning. And after these things you shall be called, City of Righteousness, [²mother-city ¹the trustworthy] Zion. 27 For with judgment [²shall be delivered ¹her captivity], and with charity. 28 And [⁶shall be broken ¹the ²lawless ones ³and ⁴the ⁵sinners] together; and the ones abandoning the lord shall be finished off entirely. 29 For they shall be ashamed of their idols, which they preferred; and they shall be ashamed over the gardens which they desired. 30 For they will be as a terebinth tree throwing off its leaves, and as a park [³water ¹not ²having]. 31 And [²will be ¹their strength] as the stubble of hemp; and their works as sparks, and [⁶shall be incinerated ¹the ²lawless ones ³and ⁴the ⁵sinners] together, and there will not be one extinguishing.