Isaiah:1

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* 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 . * 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 . * The ox knoweth his owner , and the ass his masters crib : but Israel doth not know , my people doth not consider . * 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 . * Why should ye be stricken any more ? ye will revolt more and more : the whole head is sick , and the whole heart faint . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * Hear the word of the LORD , ye rulers of Sodom ; give ear unto the law of our God , ye people of Gomorrah . * 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 . * When ye come to appear before me , who hath required this at your hand , to tread my courts ? * 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 . * Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth : they are a trouble unto me ; I am weary to bear 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 . * Wash you , make you clean ; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes ; cease to do evil ; * Learn to do well ; seek judgment , relieve the oppressed , judge the fatherless , plead for the widow . * 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 . * If ye be willing and obedient , ye shall eat the good of the land : * But if ye refuse and rebel , ye shall be devoured with the sword : for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it . * How is the faithful city become an harlot ! it was full of judgment ; righteousness lodged in it ; but now murderers . * Thy silver is become dross , thy wine mixed with water : * 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 . * Therefore saith the Lord , the LORD of hosts , the mighty One of Israel Yisra #el #, Ah , I will ease me of mine adversaries , and avenge me of mine enemies : * And I will turn my hand upon thee , and purely purge away thy dross , and take away all thy tin : * And I will restore thy judges as at the first ri #shown #, and thy counsellors as at the beginning : afterward thou shalt be called , The city of righteousness , the faithful city . * Zion shall be redeemed with judgment , and her converts with righteousness . * And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together , and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed . * For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired , and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen . * For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth , and as a garden that hath no water . * And the strong shall be as tow n @#oreth #, and the maker of it as a spark , and they shall both burn together , and none shall quench them .

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