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vw@Isaiah: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.

vw@Isaiah:1:2 @ Give heed, O heavens, and hear, O earth! For Jehovah has spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, but they have rebelled against Me.

vw@Isaiah:1:3 @ The ox knows his owner, and the ass his masters manger, but Israel does not know; My people have not discerned.

vw@Isaiah:1:4 @ Woe, sinful nation, a people heavy with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children who corrupt! They have forsaken Jehovah; they have scorned the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged backward.

vw@Isaiah:1:5 @ Why will you be stricken any more? Will you rebel more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart is faint.

vw@Isaiah:1:6 @ From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it; only wounds and bruises and fresh stripes; they have not been closed nor bound up, nor has it been softened with oil.

vw@Isaiah:1:7 @ Your land is a desolation; your cities burned with fire. Strangers devour your land before you; and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

vw@Isaiah:1:8 @ And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.

vw@Isaiah:1:9 @ Except Jehovah of Hosts had left us a small remnant, we would be as Sodom; we would be as Gomorrah.

vw@Isaiah:1:10 @ Hear the Word of Jehovah, you rulers of Sodom. Give heed to the Law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.

vw@Isaiah:1:11 @ What good to Me are your many sacrifices, says Jehovah? I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of well-fed cattle; nor do I delight in the blood of bulls, of lambs, or he goats.

vw@Isaiah:1:12 @ When you come to appear before Me, who has required this at your hand, to trample My courts?

vw@Isaiah:1:13 @ Bring no more vain sacrifices; its incense is an abomination to Me. I cannot endure the new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies, and the wicked festivals.

vw@Isaiah:1:14 @ My soul hates your new moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.

vw@Isaiah:1:15 @ And when you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you. Even though you multiply prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

vw@Isaiah:1:16 @ Wash yourselves, purify yourselves. Put away the evil of your doings from My eyes; stop doing evil.

vw@Isaiah:1:17 @ Learn to do good, seek justice, set straight the oppressor, judge for the orphan, plead for the widow.

vw@Isaiah:1:18 @ Come now and let us reason together, says Jehovah: Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

vw@Isaiah:1:19 @ If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land.

vw@Isaiah:1:20 @ But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah has spoken.

vw@Isaiah:1:21 @ Oh how the faithful city has become a harlot! It was full of justice; righteousness lodged in it; but now, murderers!

vw@Isaiah:1:22 @ Your silver has become dross; your wine is diluted with water.

vw@Isaiah:1:23 @ Your rulers are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe, and pursues rewards. They do not judge for the orphan, nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

vw@Isaiah:1:24 @ Therefore says the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah! I will be eased of My adversaries, and avenge Myself of My enemies.

vw@Isaiah:1:25 @ And I will turn back My hand upon you, and refine your dross, as with lye, and remove all your alloy.

vw@Isaiah:1:26 @ And I will return your judges as at the first; and your advisers, as at the beginning; then you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.

vw@Isaiah:1:27 @ Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her returning ones with righteousness.

vw@Isaiah:1:28 @ And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together. And those who forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.

vw@Isaiah:1:29 @ For they shall be ashamed of the mighty trees which you desired; and you shall be ashamed of the gardens that you have chosen.

vw@Isaiah:1:30 @ For you shall be like a mighty tree whose leaf fades, and like a garden that has no water.

vw@Isaiah:1:31 @ And the strong shall be as tinder, and the work as a spark; and they both shall burn together; and no one shall quench them.

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