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| 1:1 | 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. |
| 1:2 | 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. |
| 1:3 | The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. |
| 1:4 | 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. |
| 1:5 | Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. |
| 1:6 | 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. |
| 1:7 | 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. |
| 1:8 | 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. |
| 1:9 | 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. |
| 1:10 | Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. |
| 1:11 | 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. |
| 1:12 | When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? |
| 1:13 | 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. |
| 1:14 | Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. |
| 1:15 | 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. |
| 1:16 | Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; |
| 1:17 | Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. |
| 1:18 | 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. |
| 1:19 | If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: |
| 1:20 | But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. |
| 1:21 | How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. |
| 1:22 | Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: |
| 1:23 | 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. |
| 1:24 | 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: |
| 1:25 | And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: |
| 1:26 | And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. |
| 1:27 | Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness. |
| 1:28 | And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed. |
| 1:29 | For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. |
| 1:30 | For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. |
| 1:31 | 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. |
| 1:1 | A vision of Isaiah, the sonne of Amoz, which he sawe concerning Iudah and Ierusalem: in the dayes of Vzziah, Iotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah Kings of Iudah. |
| 1:2 | Heare, O heauens, and hearken, O earth: for the Lord hath sayde, I haue nourished and brought vp children, but they haue rebelled against me. |
| 1:3 | The oxe knoweth his owner, and the asse his masters crib: but Israel hath not knowen: my people hath not vnderstand. |
| 1:4 | Ah, sinfull nation, a people laden with iniquitie: a seede of the wicked, corrupt children: they haue forsaken the Lord: they haue prouoked the holy one of Israel to anger: they are gone backewarde. |
| 1:5 | Wherefore shoulde ye be smitten any more? for ye fall away more and more: the whole head is sicke, and the whole heart is heauie. |
| 1:6 | From the sole of the foote vnto the head, there is nothing whole therein, but wounds, and swelling, and sores full of corruption: they haue not bene wrapped, nor bound vp, nor mollified with oyle. |
| 1:7 | Your land is waste: your cities are burnt with fire: strangers deuoure your lande in your presence, and it is desolate like the ouerthrowe of strangers. |
| 1:8 | And the daughter of Zion shall remaine like a cotage in a vineyarde, like a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, and like a besieged citie. |
| 1:9 | Except the Lord of hostes had reserued vnto vs, euen a small remnant: we should haue bene as Sodom, and should haue bene like vnto Gomorah. |
| 1:10 | Heare the worde of the Lord, O princes of Sodom: hearken vnto the Law of our God, O people of Gomorah. |
| 1:11 | What haue I to doe with the multitude of your sacrifices, sayth the Lord? I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and of the fat of fed beasts: and I desire not the blood of bullocks, nor of lambs, nor of goates. |
| 1:12 | When ye come to appeare before me, who required this of your hands to tread in my courts? |
| 1:13 | Bring no more oblations, in vaine: incense is an abomination vnto me: I can not suffer your newe moones, nor Sabbaths, nor solemne dayes (it is iniquitie) nor solemne assemblies. |
| 1:14 | My soule hateth your newe moones and your appointed feastes: they are a burden vnto me: I am weary to beare them. |
| 1:15 | And when you shall stretch out your hands, I wil hide mine eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, I wil not heare: for your hands are full of blood. |
| 1:16 | Wash you, make you cleane: take away the euill of your workes from before mine eyes: cease to doe euill. |
| 1:17 | Learne to doe well: seeke iudgement, relieue the oppressed: iudge the fatherlesse and defend the widowe. |
| 1:18 | Come nowe, and let vs reason together, sayth the Lord: though your sinnes were as crimsin, they shalbe made white as snowe: though they were red like skarlet, they shalbe as wooll. |
| 1:19 | If ye consent and obey, ye shall eate the good things of the land. |
| 1:20 | But if ye refuse and be rebellious, ye shalbe deuoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. |
| 1:21 | Howe is the faithfull citie become an harlot? it was full of iudgement, and iustice lodged therein, but now they are murtherers. |
| 1:22 | Thy siluer is become drosse: thy wine is mixt with water. |
| 1:23 | Thy Princes are rebellious and companions of theeues: euery one loueth giftes, and followeth after rewards: they iudge not the fatherlesse, neither doeth the widowes cause come before them. |
| 1:24 | Therefore sayth the Lord God of hostes, the mightie one of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine aduersaries, and auenge me of mine enemies. |
| 1:25 | Then I will turne mine hand vpon thee, and burne out thy drosse, till it be pure, and take away all thy tinne. |
| 1:26 | And I will restore thy iudges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward shalt thou be called a citie of righteousnes, and a faithfull citie. |
| 1:27 | Zion shall be redeemed in iudgement, and they that returne in her, in iustice. |
| 1:28 | And the destruction of the transgressers and of the sinners shalbe together: and they that forsake the Lord, shalbe consumed. |
| 1:29 | For they shalbe confounded for the okes, which ye haue desired, and ye shall be ashamed of the gardens, that ye haue chosen. |
| 1:30 | For ye shalbe as an oke, whose leafe fadeth: and as a garden that hath no water. |
| 1:31 | And the strong shall be as towe, and the maker thereof, as a sparke: and they shall both burne together, and none shall quench them. |
| 1:1 | The vision of Esay the sonne of Amos which he sawe vpon Iuda and Ierusalem: in the dayes of Uzia and Ioatham, Ahaz & Iehezikiah kynges of Iuda. |
| 1:2 | Heare, O heauen, & Herken O earth: For the Lorde hath spoken: I haue norished and promoted children, but they haue done wyckedly against me. |
| 1:3 | The oxe hath knowne his owner & the asse his masters cribb: but Israel hath receaued no knowledge, my people hath no vnderstandyng. |
| 1:4 | Alas for thys synfull nacion, a people of great iniquitie: a seed of vngracious people corruptinge ther wayes. They haue forsaken the Lorde, they haue prouoked the holy one of Israel vnto anger, and are gone backward. |
| 1:5 | Wherby shulde ye be plaged any more for ye are euer fallinge awaye. The whole head is syck, & the hert is heuy. |
| 1:6 | From the sole of the fote vnto the head, there is no whole parte in all your body: but all are woundes, botches, sores, & strypes, whych can nether be helped, bounde vp, molifyed, ner eased wt any oyntment. |
| 1:7 | Your land lyeth waste, your cyties are brent vp, your enemyes deuoure youre lande, & ye must be fayne to stande, & loke vpon it: & it is desolate, as they were subuerted that were alienate from the Lorde. |
| 1:8 | Moreouer, the daughter of Syon ys left alone lyke a cotage in a vineyard, lyke a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, lyke a wasted cytie. |
| 1:9 | And excepte the Lorde of Hostes had left vs a fewe alyue: we shuld haue bene as Sodoma, and lyke vnto Gomorra. |
| 1:10 | Heare the worde of the lorde ye Lordes of Sodoma: & herken vnto the lawe of our God, thou people of Gomorra. |
| 1:11 | Why offre ye so many sacrifices vnto me saith Lorde? I am full of the brentoffrynges of wethers, and of the fatnesse of fedbeastes. I haue no pleasure in the bloud of bullokes, lambes and goates. |
| 1:12 | When ye come to apeare before me, who requireth this of you to treade within my porches? |
| 1:13 | Therfore offre me no mo oblacions, for it is but lost laboure. Incense is an abhominable thinge vnto me. I Maye not awaye with youre newe moones, your Sabbathes & gatheringe togyther at the solempne dayes. |
| 1:14 | I hate your newe mone dayes & solempne feastes, euen fro my very hert. I can not awaye wt suche vanitie & holdinge in of the people. |
| 1:15 | They lye vpon me as a burthen, and I am wery of beringe them. Whan ye holde out your handes, I will turne myne eyes from you. And though ye make many prayers, yet wil I heare nothynge at all, seyng your handes are ful of bloude. |
| 1:16 | Wash you therfore, and make you cleane, put awaye your euell ententes out of my syght, cease from doynge of euell. |
| 1:17 | Lerne to do ryght, applye your selues to equite, delyuer the oppressed, helpe the fatherles to his ryght, let the widowes complainte come before you. |
| 1:18 | Come I praye ye (sayeth the Lorde) let vs reason oure matter together. Though youre sinnes be as read as scarlet, thei shalbe as white as snowe. And though they were lyke purple, they shalbe as whit as wolle. |
| 1:19 | If ye be louynge & obedient, ye shal enioye the best thyng that groweth in the land. |
| 1:20 | But yf ye be obstinate & rebellyous, ye shalbe deuoured wt the swerde: for thus the Lorde hath promised wt his awne mouth. |
| 1:21 | How happepeneth it then that the ryghteous cytie (which was full of equite) is become vnfaythfull as an whore? ryghtuousnes dwelt in it, but now murtherers. |
| 1:22 | Thy syluer is turned to drosse, & thy wyne myxte with water. |
| 1:23 | Thy prices are wicked & companyons of theues. They loue gyftes altogether, and gape for rewardes. As for the fatherles, they helpe him not to his ryght, nether wyll they lett the wydowes causes come before them. |
| 1:24 | Therfore, sayeth the lorde God of Hostes, the myghty gouerner of Israel, Oute vpon ye, I wyll ease me of myne enemyes, & I will auenge me of myne aduersaryes, |
| 1:25 | I shall laye my hand vpon the, & burne out thy drosse from the fynest & purest, & put out all thy tynne, |
| 1:26 | & set thy iudges agayne as they were somtyme & thy Senatours as they were from the beginynge. Then shalt thou be called the ryghteous cytie, the faythfull cytie. |
| 1:27 | Sion shalbe redemed wt equite, & they shal turne againe vnto her in ryghteousnesse. |
| 1:28 | For the transgressours & vngodly, and soch as are be come vnfaythfull vnto the Lord, must altogether be vtterly destroyed. |
| 1:29 | For they shall be ashamed of the goddes that you longed for. And ye shall be put to shame for the Idols grouegardens that ye haue chosen: |
| 1:30 | ye shalbe as a tree whose leaues are fallen awaye, & as a garden that hath no moystnesse. |
| 1:31 | And as for the glory of your graued Images, it shalbe turned to drye strawe, and he that made them to a sparke. And they shal both burne together, so that no man shalbe able to quench them. |
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