1The 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. 2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Yehovah has spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. 3The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel does not know, my people does not consider. 4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! they have forsaken Yehovah, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged and gone backward. 5Why will you still be stricken, that you revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. 6From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes: they have not been closed, nor bound up, nor softened with oil. 7Your 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. 8And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. 9If Yehovah of hosts had not left to us a very small remnant, we would have been like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah. 10Hear the word of Yehovah, you rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah. 11What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says Yehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I do not delight in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. 12When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts? 13Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,—I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn meeting. 14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they are a trouble to me; I am weary of bearing them. 15And 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. 16Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil; 17learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 18Come now, and let us reason together, says Yehovah: though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 19If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land: 20but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Yehovah has spoken it. 21How the faithful city has become a prostitute! she who was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers. 22Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water. 23Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards: they do not judge the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them. 24Therefore says the Lord, Yehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease myself of my adversaries, and avenge myself on my enemies; 25and I will turn my hand upon you, and thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin; 26and 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. 27Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness. 28But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and those who forsake Yehovah shall be consumed. 29For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen. 30For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water. 31And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.