Isaiah:1

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* The vision which Esaias the son of Amos saw , which he saw against Juda , and against Jerusalem , in the reign of Ozias , and Joatham , and Achaz , and Ezekias , who reigned over Judea . * Hear , O heaven , and hearken , O earth : for the Lord has spoken , saying , I have begotten and reared up children , but they have (note :)Or , «set me at nought ’(:note ) rebelled against me . * The ox knows his owner , and the ass his master ’s crib : but Israel does not know me , and the people has not regarded me . * Ah sinful nation , a people full of sins , an evil seed , lawless children : ye have forsaken the Lord , and provoked the Holy One of Israel . * Why should ye be smitten any more , transgressing more and more ? the whole head is pained , and the whole heart sad . * From the feet to the head , there is no soundness in them ; neither wound , nor bruise , nor festering ulcer are healed : it is not possible to apply a plaister , nor oil , nor bandages . * Your land is desolate , your cities burned with fire : your land , strangers devour it in your presence , and it is made desolate , overthrown by strange nations . * The daughter of Sion shall be deserted as a tent in a vineyard , and as a storehouse of fruits in a garden of cucumbers , as a besieged city . * * Hear the word of the Lord , ye rulers of Sodoma ; attend to the law of God , thou people of Gomorrha . * Of what value to me is the abundance of your sacrifices ? saith the Lord : I am full of whole-burnt-offerings of rams ; and I delight not in the fat of lambs , and the blood of bulls and goats : * neither shall ye come with these to appear before me ; for who has required these things at your hands ? Ye shall no more tread my court . * Though ye bring fine flour , it is vain ; incense is an abomination to me ; I cannot bear your new moons , and your sabbaths , and the great day ; * your fasting , and rest from work , your new moons also , and your feasts my soul hates : ye have become loathsome to me ; I will no more pardon your sins . * When ye stretch forth your hands , I will turn away mine eyes from you : and though ye make many supplications , I will not hearken to you ; for your hands are full of blood . * Wash you , be clean ; remove your iniquities from your souls before mine eyes ; cease from your iniquities ; * learn to do well ; diligently seek judgement , deliver him that is suffering wrong , plead for the orphan , and obtain justice for the widow . * And come , let us reason together , saith the Lord : and though your sins be as purple , I will make them white as snow ; and though they be as scarlet , I will make them white as wool . * And if ye be willing , and hearken to me , ye shall eat the good of the land : * but if ye be not willing , nor hearken to me , a sword shall devour you : for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this . * How has the faithful city Sion , once full of judgement , become a harlot ! wherein righteousness lodged , but now murderers . * Your silver is worthless , thy wine merchants mix the wine with water . * Thy princes are rebellious , companions of thieves , loving bribes , seeking after rewards ; not pleading for orphans , and not heeding the cause of widows . * Therefore thus saith the Lord , the Lord of hosts , Woe to the mighty men of Israel ; for my wrath shall not cease against mine adversaries , and I will execute judgement on mine enemies . * And I will bring my hand upon thee , and purge thee (note :)Gr . to pureness (:note ) completely , and I will destroy the rebellious , and will take away from thee all transgressors . * And I will establish thy judges as before , and thy counsellors as at the beginning : and afterward thou shalt be called the city of righteousness , the faithful mother-city of Sion . * For her captives shall be saved with judgement , and with mercy . * And the transgressors and the sinners shall be crushed together , and they that forsake the Lord shall be utterly consumed . * For they shall be ashamed of their idols , which they delighted in , and they are made ashamed of the gardens which they coveted . * For they shall be as a turpentine tree that has cast its leaves , and as a garden that has no water . * And their strength shall be as a thread of tow , and their works as sparks , and the transgressors and the sinners shall be burnt up together , and there shall be none to quench them .

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