1The 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 . 2Hear , 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. 3The ox knoweth his owner , and the ass his master’s crib : but Israel doth not know , my people doth not consider . 4Ah 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 .
The Consequences of Rebellion
5Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more : the whole head is sick , and the whole heart faint . 6From 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 . 7Your 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 . 8And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard , as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers , as a besieged city . 9Except 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 .
Call to Repentance and True Worship
10Hear the word of the LORD , ye rulers of Sodom ; give ear unto the law of our God , ye people of Gomorrah . 11To 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 . 12When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand , to tread my courts ? 13Bring 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 . 14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth : they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them . 15And 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 .
The Promise of Redemption
16Wash you, make you clean ; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes ; cease to do evil ; 17Learn to do well ; seek judgment , relieve the oppressed , judge the fatherless , plead for the widow . 18Come 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 . 19If ye be willing and obedient , ye shall eat the good of the land : 20But if ye refuse and rebel , ye shall be devoured with the sword : for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it .
Judgment Against the Wicked
21How is the faithful city become an harlot ! it was full of judgment ; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers . 22Thy silver is become dross , thy wine mixed with water : 23Thy 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. 24Therefore 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 : 25And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross , and take away all thy tin : 26And 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 . 27Zion shall be redeemed with judgment , and her converts with righteousness . 28And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together , and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed . 29For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired , and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen . 30For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth , and as a garden that hath no water . 31And 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 .