Isaiah 1
31;
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. (4)
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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. (8)
27 Zion shall be redeemed with
judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
28 And the destruction of the
transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord
shall be consumed.
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17 Learn
to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead
for the widow. (8)
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.
19 If ye be willing and obedient,
ye shall eat the good of the land:
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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.
(8)
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.
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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.
(5)
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:
25 And I will turn my
hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
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14 Your
new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me;
I am weary to bear them.
(5)
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.
16 Wash you, make you clean; put
away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
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5 Why
should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is
sick, and the whole heart faint.
(5)
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.
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.
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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. (2)
30 For ye shall be as an oak whose
leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
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20 But
if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of
the Lord hath spoken it. (2)
21 How is the faithful city become
an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
22 Thy silver is become
dross, thy wine mixed with water:
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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. (2)
12 When ye come to
appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread 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.
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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.
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.
(2)
3 The ox knoweth his
owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, 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.
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