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\v 1 The Vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, that Yahweh showed him about Judah and Jerusalem during the years of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
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\v 2 Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth, because this is what Yahweh said:
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\q1 "I have raised people since they were born,
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\q2 but they have rebelled against me.
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\q1
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\v 3 Oxen know their owners,
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\q2 and donkeys know who feeds them,
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\q1 but Israel does not know;
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\q2 Israel does not understand."
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\v 4 A sinful nation, a people weighted down by their sin,
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\q2 children of people who do evil things,
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\q1 sons that are unjust.
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\q2
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\q1 They have left Yahweh,
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\q2 the Holy One of Israel.
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\q2 They have turned away from him.
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\v 5 Why do you do things for which Yahweh should punish you?
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\q2 Why do you continue to rebel against him?
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\q1 You are like someone whose
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\q2 whole mind and heart are sick.
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\q1
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\v 6 From the bottom of the foot to the top of the head,
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\q2 nothing is healthy.
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\q1 There are open wounds, cuts, and sores
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\q2 that have not been cleaned or bandaged,
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\q1 and no one has put oil on them to heal them.
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\v 7 Enemies have ruined your country;
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\q2 they have burned your towns, and there is no one left.
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\q1 Foreigners plunder the crops in your fields while you watch;
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\q2 they destroy everything that they see.
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\v 8 The city of Jerusalem has become as small as a shepherd's hut.
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\q2 It is like a shelter in a vineyard;
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\q1 it is like a watchman's hut in a field of melons.
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\q2 It is a city surrounded by its enemies who are waiting to attack it.
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\v 9 If Yahweh, Commander of the angel armies, had not allowed a few of his people to survive,
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\q2 we would have all been destroyed,
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\q2 like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed.
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\v 10 Listen to what Yahweh has to say to you, you rulers of Sodom!
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\q2 Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
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\v 11 "What do your many sacrifices mean to me?" says Yahweh;
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\q2 "I do not want any more burnt offerings of rams, or the fat of bulls.
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\q1 The blood of bulls, lambs, or goats does not make me happy.
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\v 12 When you come to my temple to worship me,
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\q2 who has told you to tramp around in my courtyard while you perform all those rituals?
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\v 13 Stop bringing to me those offerings, because they are useless to me;
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\q2 I am disgusted with the incense that the priests burn!
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\q1 And your feasts to celebrate the new moon each month and your Sabbath days and your other festivals—
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\q2 I hate them because of the wicked things that you do!
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\v 14 I hate all your celebrations of the new moon and the other festivals that you celebrate.
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\q2 They are like a heavy burden that I am tired of carrying.
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\v 15 So when you lift up your hands to pray to me,
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\q2 I will not look at you.
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\q1 Even if you pray to me often,
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\q1 I will not listen to you,
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\q2 because it is as though your hands are covered with the blood of people whom you have killed.
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\v 16 Wash your hearts and become clean!
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\q1 Get rid of your evil behavior!
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\q2 Stop doing things that are wrong!
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\v 17 Learn to do deeds that are good and
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\q2 try to cause people to do what is just.
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\q1 Help people who are oppressed and
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\q2 defend orphans and widows when people take them to court."
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\v 18 Yahweh says, "You need to think about what you do.
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\q2 Even though your sins are like scarlet red,
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\q1 they will be as white as snow;
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\q2 though your sins are like crimson red,
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\q1 they will be as white as sheeps' wool.
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\v 19 If you are willing to obey me,
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\q2 you will eat good food from the land.
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\v 20 But if you turn away from me and rebel against me,
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\q2 your enemies will slaughter you."
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\q1 That will happen because Yahweh said it.
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\v 21 At one time you people of Jerusalem faithfully worshiped only Yahweh,
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\q2 but now you have become like prostitutes who are not faithful to any husband.
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\q1 The people there always acted justly and righteously,
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\q2 but now your city is full of murderers.
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\v 22 Your silver is no longer pure,
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\q2 and your wine has become mixed with water.
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\v 23 Your leaders are rebels;
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\q2 they are friends of thieves.
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\q1 They all want to get money
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\q2 and make others to give them gifts in order to decide cases in court in their favor.
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\q1 They do not defend orphans in court,
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\q2 and they do not help widows to get what they should receive.
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\v 24 Therefore Yahweh, Commander of the angel armies, the mighty God of Israel, says,
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\q1 "I will get revenge against those who are against me,
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\q2 and avenge myself on my enemies.
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\v 25 I will raise my fist to strike you,
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\q2 and I will punish you severely,
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\q2 as though you were silver and I needed to heat you very greatly to melt you and get rid of the impurities.
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\v 26 After that happens, I will give you good judges like you had in the past.
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\q2 You will have wise counselors like you had long ago.
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\q1 Then people will call your city a city where people act righteously,
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\q2 a faithful city."
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\v 27 Because the people of Jerusalem will do what is fair,
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\q2 Yahweh will restore their city,
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\q1 and he will save those who repent
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\q2 because of their righteousness.
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\v 28 But he will crush rebels and sinners,
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\q2 and those who forsake him will disappear.
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\v 29 "You will be ashamed because you worshiped idols under the oak trees that you thought were sacred,
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\q2 and you will be disgraced because you worshiped idols in the gardens that you loved so much.
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\v 30 You will be like a very large tree that has withered leaves,
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\q2 like a garden that has dried up because it has no water.
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\v 31 Those among you who are very strong will become like dry wood,
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\q2 and the work they do will be like a spark.
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\q1 Both they and the evil things that they do will burn up,
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\q2 and no one will be able to put out the fire."
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