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\v 1 The Vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, that he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
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\v 2 Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken:
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\q1 "I have nourished and brought up children, but they have rebelled against me.
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\q1
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\v 3 The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s feeding trough,
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\q1 but Israel does not know, Israel does not understand."
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\q1
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\v 4 Woe! nation, sinners, a people weighed down with iniquity,
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\q1 offspring of evildoers, sons that act corruptly!
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\q1 They have abandoned Yahweh, they have despised the Holy One of Israel,
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\q1 they have estranged themselves from him.
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\v 5 Why are you still being beaten? Why do you rebel more and more?
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\q1 The whole head is sick, the whole heart is weak.
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\v 6 From the sole of the foot to the head there is no part unharmed;
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\q only wounds, and bruises, and fresh open wounds;
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\q1 they have not been closed, cleansed, bandaged, nor treated with oil.
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\v 7 Your country is ruined; your cities are burned;
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\q1 your fields—in your presence, strangers are destroying them—
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\q1 abandoned devastation, overthrown by strangers.
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\v 8 The daughter of Zion is left like a hut in a vineyard,
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\q1 like a shed in a garden of cucumbers, like a besieged city.
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\v 9 If Yahweh of hosts had not left for us a small remnant,
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\q1 we would have been like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah;
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\v 10 Hear the word of Yahweh, you rulers of Sodom;
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\q1 listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah:
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\v 11 "What is the multitude of your sacrifices to me?" says Yahweh.
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\q1 "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and
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the fat of fatted beasts;
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\q1 and in the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats I do not delight.
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\v 12 When you come to appear before me,
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\q1 who has required this of you, to trample my courts?
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\v 13 Bring no more meaningless offerings; incense is an abomination to me;
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\q1 your new moon and Sabbath assemblies—I cannot tolerate these wicked assemblies.
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\v 14 I hate your new moons and your appointed feasts;
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\q1 they are a burden to me; I am tired of enduring them.
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\v 15 So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you;
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\q1 even though you offer many prayers, I will not listen;
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\q1 your hands are full of blood.
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\v 16 Wash, cleanse yourselves;
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\q1 remove the evil of your deeds from my sight;
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\q1 stop being evil;
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\v 17 learn to do good;
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\q1 seek justice, help the oppressed,
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\q1 give justice to the fatherless, defend the widow."
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\v 18 "Come now, and let us reason together," says Yahweh;
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\q1 "though your sins are like scarlet, they will be white like snow;
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\q1 though they are red like crimson, they will be like wool.
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\v 19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land.
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\v 20 but if you refuse and rebel, the sword will devour you,"
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\q1 for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.
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\v 21 How the faithful city has become a prostitute!
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\q1 She who was full of justice—she was full of righteousness,
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\q1 but now she is full of murderers.
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\v 22 Your silver has become impure, your wine mixed with water.
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\v 23 Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves;
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\q1 everyone loves bribes and runs after payoffs.
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\q1 they do not defend the fatherless, nor does the widow's legal plea come before them.
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\v 24 Therefore this is the declaration of the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel:
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\q1 "Woe to them! I will take vengeance against my adversaries, and avenge myself against my enemies;
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\v 25 I will turn my hand against you,
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\q1 refine away your dross, and take away all your impurities.
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\v 26 I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning;
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\q1 after that you will be called the city of righteousness, a faithful town."
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\v 27 Zion will be redeemed by justice, and her repentant ones by righteousness.
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\v 28 Rebels and sinners will be crushed together, and those who abandon Yahweh will be done away with.
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\v 29 "For you will be ashamed of the sacred oak trees that you desired,
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\q1 and you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have
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chosen.
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\v 30 For you will be like an oak whose leaf fades,
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\q1 and like a garden that has no water.
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\v 31 The strong man will be like tinder, and his work like a spark;
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\q1 they will both burn together, and no one will quench them."
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