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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 .
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Hear ,
O heavens ,
and give ear ,
O earth !
For the LORD has spoken : "
I have nourished and brought up children ,
And they have rebelled against Me ;
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The ox knows its owner And the donkey its master '
s crib ;
But Israel does not know ,
My people do not consider ."
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Alas ,
sinful nation ,
A people laden with iniquity ,
A brood of evildoers ,
Children who are corrupters !
They have forsaken the LORD ,
They have provoked to anger The Holy One of Israel ,
They have turned away backward .
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Why should you be stricken again ?
You will revolt more and more .
The whole head is sick ,
And the whole heart faints .
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From the sole of the foot even to the head ,
There is no soundness in it ,
But wounds and bruises and putrefying sores ;
They have not been closed or bound up ,
Or soothed with ointment .
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Your country is desolate ,
Your cities are burned with fire ;
Strangers devour your land in your presence ;
And it is desolate ,
as overthrown by strangers .
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So the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard ,
As a hut in a garden of cucumbers ,
As a besieged city .
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Unless the LORD of hosts Had left to us a very small remnant ,
We would have become like Sodom ,
We would have been made like Gomorrah .
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Hear the word of the LORD ,
You rulers of Sodom ;
Give ear to the law of our God ,
You people of Gomorrah :
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To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me ?"
Says the LORD . "
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams And the fat of fed cattle .
I do not delight in the blood of bulls ,
Or of lambs or goats .
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When you come to appear before Me ,
Who has required this from your hand ,
To trample My courts ?
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Bring no more futile sacrifices ;
Incense is an abomination to Me .
The New Moons ,
the Sabbaths ,
and the calling of assemblies --
I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting .
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Your New Moons and your appointed feasts My soul hates ;
They are a trouble to Me ,
I am weary of bearing them .
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When you spread out your hands ,
I will hide My eyes from you ;
Even though you make many prayers ,
I will not hear .
Your hands are full of blood .
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Wash yourselves ,
make yourselves clean ;
Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes .
Cease to do evil ,
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Learn to do good ;
Seek justice ,
Rebuke the oppressor ;
Defend the fatherless ,
Plead for the widow .
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Come now ,
and let us reason together ,"
Says the LORD , "
Though your sins are like scarlet ,
They shall be as white as snow ;
Though they are red like crimson ,
They shall be as wool .
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If you are willing and obedient ,
You shall eat the good of the land ;
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But if you refuse and rebel ,
You shall be devoured by the sword ";
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken .
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How the faithful city has become a harlot !
It was full of justice ;
Righteousness lodged in it ,
But now murderers .
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Your silver has become dross ,
Your wine mixed with water .
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Your princes are rebellious ,
And companions of thieves ;
Everyone loves bribes ,
And follows after rewards .
They do not defend the fatherless ,
Nor does the cause of the widow come before them .
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Therefore the Lord says ,
The LORD of hosts ,
the Mighty One of Israel , "
Ah ,
I will rid Myself of My adversaries ,
And take vengeance on My enemies .
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I will turn My hand against you ,
And thoroughly purge away your dross ,
And take away all your alloy .
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I will restore your judges as at the first ,
And your counselors as at the beginning .
Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness ,
the faithful city ."
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Zion shall be redeemed with justice ,
And her penitents with righteousness .
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The destruction of transgressors and of sinners shall be together ,
And those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed .
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For they shall be ashamed of the terebinth trees Which you have desired ;
And you shall be embarrassed because of the gardens Which you have chosen .
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For you shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fades ,
And as a garden that has no water .
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The strong shall be as tinder ,
And the work of it as a spark ;
Both will burn together ,
And no one shall quench them .
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The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem .
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Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the LORD '
s house Shall be established on the top of the mountains ,
And shall be exalted above the hills ;
And all nations shall flow to it .
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Many people shall come and say , "
Come ,
and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD ,
To the house of the God of Jacob ;
He will teach us His ways ,
And we shall walk in His paths ."
For out of Zion shall go forth the law ,
And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem .
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He shall judge between the nations ,
And rebuke many people ;
They shall beat their swords into plowshares ,
And their spears into pruning hooks ;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation ,
Neither shall they learn war anymore .
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O house of Jacob ,
come and let us walk In the light of the LORD .
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For You have forsaken Your people ,
the house of Jacob ,
Because they are filled with eastern ways ;
They are soothsayers like the Philistines ,
And they are pleased with the children of foreigners .
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Their land is also full of silver and gold ,
And there is no end to their treasures ;
Their land is also full of horses ,
And there is no end to their chariots .
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Their land is also full of idols ;
They worship the work of their own hands ,
That which their own fingers have made .
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People bow down ,
And each man humbles himself ;
Therefore do not forgive them .
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Enter into the rock ,
and hide in the dust ,
From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty .
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The lofty looks of man shall be humbled ,
The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down ,
And the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day .
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For the day of the LORD of hosts Shall come upon everything proud and lofty ,
Upon everything lifted up --
And it shall be brought low --
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Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up ,
And upon all the oaks of Bashan ;
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Upon all the high mountains ,
And upon all the hills that are lifted up ;
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Upon every high tower ,
And upon every fortified wall ;
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Upon all the ships of Tarshish ,
And upon all the beautiful sloops .
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The loftiness of man shall be bowed down ,
And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low ;
The LORD alone will be exalted in that day ,
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But the idols He shall utterly abolish .
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They shall go into the holes of the rocks ,
And into the caves of the earth ,
From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty ,
When He arises to shake the earth mightily .
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In that day a man will cast away his idols of silver And his idols of gold ,
Which they made ,
each for himself to worship ,
To the moles and bats ,
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To go into the clefts of the rocks ,
And into the crags of the rugged rocks ,
From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty ,
When He arises to shake the earth mightily .
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Sever yourselves from such a man ,
Whose breath is in his nostrils ;
For of what account is he ?
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For behold ,
the Lord ,
the LORD of hosts ,
Takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah The stock and the store ,
The whole supply of bread and the whole supply of water ;
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The mighty man and the man of war ,
The judge and the prophet ,
And the diviner and the elder ;
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The captain of fifty and the honorable man ,
The counselor and the skillful artisan ,
And the expert enchanter .
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I will give children to be their princes ,
And babes shall rule over them .
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The people will be oppressed ,
Every one by another and every one by his neighbor ;
The child will be insolent toward the elder ,
And the base toward the honorable ."
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When a man takes hold of his brother In the house of his father ,
saying , "
You have clothing ;
You be our ruler ,
And let these ruins be under your power ,"
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In that day he will protest ,
saying , "
I cannot cure your ills ,
For in my house is neither food nor clothing ;
Do not make me a ruler of the people ."
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For Jerusalem stumbled ,
And Judah is fallen ,
Because their tongue and their doings Are against the LORD ,
To provoke the eyes of His glory .
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The look on their countenance witnesses against them ,
And they declare their sin as Sodom ;
They do not hide it .
Woe to their soul !
For they have brought evil upon themselves .
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Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them ,
For they shall eat the fruit of their doings .
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Woe to the wicked !
It shall be ill with him ,
For the reward of his hands shall be given him .
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As for My people ,
children are their oppressors ,
And women rule over them .
O My people !
Those who lead you cause you to err ,
And destroy the way of your paths ."
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The LORD stands up to plead ,
And stands to judge the people .
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The LORD will enter into judgment With the elders of His people And His princes : "
For you have eaten up the vineyard ;
The plunder of the poor is in your houses .
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What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the faces of the poor ?"
Says the Lord GOD of hosts .
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Moreover the LORD says : "
Because the daughters of Zion are haughty ,
And walk with outstretched necks And wanton eyes ,
Walking and mincing as they go ,
Making a jingling with their feet ,
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Therefore the Lord will strike with a scab The crown of the head of the daughters of Zion ,
And the LORD will uncover their secret parts ."
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In that day the Lord will take away the finery :
The jingling anklets ,
the scarves ,
and the crescents ;
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The pendants ,
the bracelets ,
and the veils ;
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The headdresses ,
the leg ornaments ,
and the headbands ;
The perfume boxes ,
the charms ,
The nose jewels ,
The outer garments ,
the purses ,
The fine linen ,
the turbans ,
and the robes .
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and the rings ;
The nose jewels ,
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the festal apparel ,
and the mantles ;
The outer garments ,
the purses ,
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and the mirrors ;
The fine linen ,
the turbans ,
and the robes .
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And so it shall be :
Instead of a sweet smell there will be a stench ;
Instead of a sash ,
a rope ;
Instead of well-set hair ,
baldness ;
Instead of a rich robe ,
a girding of sackcloth ;
And branding instead of beauty .
and the rings ;
The nose jewels ,
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Your men shall fall by the sword ,
And your mighty in the war .
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Her gates shall lament and mourn ,
And she being desolate shall sit on the ground .
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And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man ,
saying , "
We will eat our own food and wear our own apparel ;
Only let us be called by your name ,
To take away our reproach ."