[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. [2] Hear, heavens,    And listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken: I
have nourished and brought up children,    And they have rebelled against
me. [3] The ox knows his owner,    And the donkey his master`s crib;	But
Israel doesn`t know,	My people don`t consider. [4] Ah sinful nation,   
A people laden with iniquity,	 A seed of evil-doers,	  Children who deal
corruptly! They have forsaken Yahweh.	 They have despised the Holy One of
Israel.    They are estranged and backward. [5] Why should you be beaten
more,	 That you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick,    And the
whole heart faint. [6] From the sole of the foot even to the head there is
no soundness	   in it:    Wounds, welts, and open sores.    They haven`t
been closed, neither bandaged, neither soothed with oil. [7] 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. [8] The daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard,	 As
a lodge in a garden of cucumbers,    As a besieged city. [9] Unless Yahweh
of hosts had left to us a very small remnant,	 We would have been as
Sodom;	  We would have been like Gomorrah. [10] Hear the word of Yahweh,
you rulers of Sodom.	Listen to the law of our God, you people of
Gomorrah. [11] What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?, says
Yahweh.    I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams,	And the fat
of fed animals.    I don`t delight in the blood of bulls,    Or of lambs,  
 Or of male goats. [12] When you come to appear before me,    Who has
required this at your hand, to trample my courts? [13] Bring no more vain
offerings.    Incense is an abomination to me;	  New moons, Sabbaths, and
convocations:	 I can`t bear with evil assemblies. [14] My soul hates your
New Moons and your appointed feasts; they are	    a trouble to me; I am
weary of bearing them. [15] When you	   spread forth your hands, I will
hide my eyes from you; yes, when       you make many prayers, I will not
hear: your hands are full of	   blood. [16] Wash you, make you clean;
put away the evil of your	doings from before my eyes; cease to do
evil; [17] learn to do	     well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed,
judge the fatherless,	    plead for the widow. [18] Come now, and let us
reason together,       says Yahweh: though your sins be as scarlet, they
shall be as	  white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they
shall be as	  wool. [19] If you be willing and obedient, you shall eat
the	  good of the land: [20] but if you refuse and rebel, you shall    
  be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken       it.
[21] How is the faithful city become a prostitute! she who	 was full
of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now       murderers. [22] Your
silver is become dross, your wine mixed       with water. [23] Your princes
are rebellious, and companions of	thieves; everyone loves bribes, and
follows after rewards: they	  don`t judge the fatherless, neither does
the cause of the widow	     come to them. [24] Therefore says the Lord,
Yahweh of Hosts,       the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of my
adversaries,	   and avenge me of my enemies; [25] and I will turn my
hand on       you, and thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away
all	  your tin; [26] and 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, a faithful town. [27] Zion	   shall be
redeemed with justice, and her converts with	   righteousness. [28] But
the destruction of transgressors and	   sinners shall be together, and
those who forsake Yahweh shall be	consumed. [29] For they shall be
ashamed of the oaks which you	    have desired, and you shall be
confounded for the gardens that       you have chosen. [30] For you shall
be as an oak whose leaf       fades, and as a garden that has no water.
[31] The strong will	   be like tinder, and his work like a spark. They
will both burn	     together, and no one will quench them.