Isa 1
1 The Vision against Judea and Jerusalem
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.
2Hear, 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.
4Woe, [
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.
5Why still should you be struck, proceeding in lawlessness?
The whole head
is in misery, and
the whole heart
is in distress.
6From 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.
9And unless
the LORD of Hosts left us a seed, [
2as
3Sodom
1we would have become], and [
2as
3Gomorrah
1likened].
10Hear
the word of
the LORD, O rulers of Sodom! Take heed to
the law of our God, O people of Gomorrah!
11What 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].
12And 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].
13If 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].
14Your 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.
15Whenever 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].
16Bathe yourself! [
2clean
1Become]! Remove the wickednesses from your souls before my eyes! Cease from your wickednesses!
17Learn [
2good
1to do]! Inquire of equity! Rescue
the one wronged! Judge for
the orphan! and do justice for
the widow!
18And 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].
19And if you should want, and
if you should listen to me, [
2the
3good
things 4of the
5earth
1you shall eat].
20But 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.
21 Zion the Harlot City
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].
24On 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].
25And 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.
26And 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.
27For with judgment [
2shall be delivered
1her captivity], and with charity.
28And [
6shall be broken
1the
2lawless ones
3and
4the
5sinners] together; and the ones abandoning the
LORD shall be finished off entirely.
29For they shall be ashamed of their idols, which they preferred; and they shall be ashamed over the gardens which they desired.
30For they will be as a terebinth tree throwing off
its leaves, and as a park [
3water
1not
2having].
31And [
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.