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Judah's Rebellion
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amos, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amos, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Hear, [ye] heavens, and give ear, [thou] earth! for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children; and they have rebelled against me.
Listen, O heavens! Pay attention, earth!
This is what the LORD says:
“The children I raised and cared for
have rebelled against me.
This is what the LORD says:
“The children I raised and cared for
have rebelled against me.
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; Israel doth not know, my people hath no intelligence.
Even an ox knows its owner,
and a donkey recognizes its master’s care —
but Israel doesn’t know its master.
My people don’t recognize my care for them.”
and a donkey recognizes its master’s care —
but Israel doesn’t know its master.
My people don’t recognize my care for them.”
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that corrupt themselves! They have forsaken Jehovah; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they are turned away backward.
Oh, what a sinful nation they are —
loaded down with a burden of guilt.
They are evil people,
corrupt children who have rejected the LORD.
They have despised the Holy One of Israel
and turned their backs on him.
loaded down with a burden of guilt.
They are evil people,
corrupt children who have rejected the LORD.
They have despised the Holy One of Israel
and turned their backs on him.
Why should ye be smitten any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
Why do you continue to invite punishment?
Must you rebel forever?
Your head is injured,
and your heart is sick.
Must you rebel forever?
Your head is injured,
and your heart is sick.
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in him; wounds, and weals, and open sores: they have not been dressed, nor bound up, nor mollified with oil.
You are battered from head to foot —
covered with bruises, welts, and infected wounds —
without any soothing ointments or bandages.
covered with bruises, welts, and infected wounds —
without any soothing ointments or bandages.
Your country is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; your land, strangers eat it up in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
Your country lies in ruins,
and your towns are burned.
Foreigners plunder your fields before your eyes
and destroy everything they see.
and your towns are burned.
Foreigners plunder your fields before your eyes
and destroy everything they see.
And the daughter of Zion is left, as a booth in a vineyard, as a night-lodge in a cucumber-garden, as a besieged city.
Unless Jehovah of hosts had left us a very small residue, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Meaningless Offerings
Hear the word of Jehovah, rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, people of Gomorrah!
Hear the word of Jehovah, rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, people of Gomorrah!
Listen to the LORD, you leaders of “Sodom.”
Listen to the law of our God, people of “Gomorrah.”
Listen to the law of our God, people of “Gomorrah.”
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith Jehovah. I am sated with burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and in the blood of bullocks, and of lambs, and of he-goats I take no pleasure.
“What makes you think I want all your sacrifices?”
says the LORD.
“I am sick of your burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of fattened cattle.
I get no pleasure from the blood
of bulls and lambs and goats.
says the LORD.
“I am sick of your burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of fattened cattle.
I get no pleasure from the blood
of bulls and lambs and goats.
When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this from your hand -- to tread my courts?
When you come to worship me,
who asked you to parade through my courts with all your ceremony?
who asked you to parade through my courts with all your ceremony?
Bring no more vain oblations! Incense is an abomination unto me, -- new moon and sabbath, the calling of convocations -- wickedness and the solemn meeting I cannot bear.
Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts;
the incense of your offerings disgusts me!
As for your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath
and your special days for fasting —
they are all sinful and false.
I want no more of your pious meetings.
the incense of your offerings disgusts me!
As for your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath
and your special days for fasting —
they are all sinful and false.
I want no more of your pious meetings.
Your new moons and your set feasts my soul hateth: they are a burden to me; I am wearied of bearing [them].
I hate your new moon celebrations and your annual festivals.
They are a burden to me. I cannot stand them!
They are a burden to me. I cannot stand them!
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 you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look.
Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen,
for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.
Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen,
for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; -- cease to do evil,
Wash yourselves and be clean!
Get your sins out of my sight.
Give up your evil ways.
Get your sins out of my sight.
Give up your evil ways.
learn to do well: seek judgment, gladden the oppressed, do justice to the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Learn to do good.
Seek justice.
Help the oppressed.
Defend the cause of orphans.
Fight for the rights of widows.
Seek justice.
Help the oppressed.
Defend the cause of orphans.
Fight for the rights of widows.
Come now, let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
“Come now, let’s settle this,”
says the LORD.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
I will make them as white as snow.
Though they are red like crimson,
I will make them as white as wool.
says the LORD.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
I will make them as white as snow.
Though they are red like crimson,
I will make them as white as wool.
If ye be willing and hearken, ye shall eat the good of the land;
If you will only obey me,
you will have plenty to eat.
you will have plenty to eat.
but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.
But if you turn away and refuse to listen,
you will be devoured by the sword of your enemies.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”
Unfaithful Jerusalem
you will be devoured by the sword of your enemies.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”
Unfaithful Jerusalem
Zion Corrupted
How is the faithful city become a harlot! It was full of judgment; righteousness used to lodge in it, but now murderers.
How is the faithful city become a harlot! It was full of judgment; righteousness used to lodge in it, but now murderers.
See how Jerusalem, once so faithful,
has become a prostitute.
Once the home of justice and righteousness,
she is now filled with murderers.
has become a prostitute.
Once the home of justice and righteousness,
she is now filled with murderers.
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine is mixed with water:
Once like pure silver,
you have become like worthless slag.
Once so pure,
you are now like watered-down wine.
you have become like worthless slag.
Once so pure,
you are now like watered-down wine.
thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth presents, and hunteth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, and the cause of the widow cometh not unto them.
Your leaders are rebels,
the companions of thieves.
All of them love bribes
and demand payoffs,
but they refuse to defend the cause of orphans
or fight for the rights of widows.
the companions of thieves.
All of them love bribes
and demand payoffs,
but they refuse to defend the cause of orphans
or fight for the rights of widows.
Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah! I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies.
Therefore, the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,
the Mighty One of Israel, says,
“I will take revenge on my enemies
and pay back my foes!
the Mighty One of Israel, says,
“I will take revenge on my enemies
and pay back my foes!
And I will turn my hand upon thee, and will thoroughly purge away thy dross, and take away all thine alloy;
I will raise my fist against you.
I will melt you down and skim off your slag.
I will remove all your impurities.
I will melt you down and skim off your slag.
I will remove all your impurities.
and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning. Afterwards thou shalt be called, Town of righteousness, Faithful city.
Then I will give you good judges again
and wise counselors like you used to have.
Then Jerusalem will again be called the Home of Justice
and the Faithful City.”
and wise counselors like you used to have.
Then Jerusalem will again be called the Home of Justice
and the Faithful City.”
Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and they that return of her with righteousness.
Zion will be restored by justice;
those who repent will be revived by righteousness.
those who repent will be revived by righteousness.
But the ruin of the transgressors and of the sinners [shall be] together; and they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.
But rebels and sinners will be completely destroyed,
and those who desert the LORD will be consumed.
and those who desert the LORD will be consumed.
For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths that ye have desired, and ye shall blush for the gardens that ye have chosen.
You will be ashamed of your idol worship
in groves of sacred oaks.
You will blush because you worshiped
in gardens dedicated to idols.
in groves of sacred oaks.
You will blush because you worshiped
in gardens dedicated to idols.
For ye shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
You will be like a great tree with withered leaves,
like a garden without water.
like a garden without water.
And the strong shall be for tow, and his work a spark; and they shall both burn together, and there shall be none to quench [them].
The strongest among you will disappear like straw;
their evil deeds will be the spark that sets it on fire.
They and their evil works will burn up together,
and no one will be able to put out the fire.
their evil deeds will be the spark that sets it on fire.
They and their evil works will burn up together,
and no one will be able to put out the fire.