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.
Hear,
O heavens,
and give ear,
O earth:
for the LORD
hath spoken,
I have nourished
and brought up
children,
and they have rebelled
against me.
The ox
knoweth
his owner,
and the ass
his master's
crib:
but Israel
doth not know,
my people
doth not consider.
Ah
sinful
nation,
a people
laden
with iniquity,
a seed
of evildoers,
children
that are corrupters:
they have forsaken
the LORD,
they have provoked
the Holy One
of Israel
unto anger,
they are gone away
backward.
Why should ye be stricken
any more? ye will revolt
more and more:
the whole head
is sick,
and the whole heart
faint.
From the sole
of the foot
even unto the head
there is no soundness
in it; but wounds,
and bruises,
and putrifying
sores:
they have not been closed,
neither bound up,
neither mollified
with ointment.
heated
φλεγμαίνουσα
phlegmainousa
medicinal plaster
μάλαγμα
malagma
tie
καταδέσμους
katadesmous
Your 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.
burnt in fire
πυρίκαυστοι
pyrikaustoi
And the daughter
of Zion
is left
as a cottage
in a vineyard,
as a lodge
in a garden of cucumbers,
as a besieged
city.
Except
the LORD
of hosts
had left
unto us a very small
remnant,
we should have been
as Sodom,
and we should have been like
unto Gomorrah.
Hear
the word
of the LORD,
ye rulers
of Sodom;
give ear
unto the law
of our God,
ye people
of Gomorrah.
To what
purpose is the multitude
of your sacrifices
unto me? saith
the LORD:
I am full
of the burnt offerings
of rams,
and the fat
of fed beasts;
and I delight
not in the blood
of bullocks,
or of lambs,
or of he goats.
ram
κριῶν
kriōn
suet
στέαρ
stear
When ye come
to appear
before
me, who hath required
this at your hand,
to tread
my courts?
Bring
no more
vain
oblations;
incense
is an abomination
unto me; the new moons
and sabbaths,
the calling
of assemblies,
I cannot away with;
it is iniquity,
even the solemn meeting.
idleness
ἀργίαν
argian
Your new moons
and your appointed feasts
my soul
hateth:
they are a trouble
unto me; I am weary
to bear
them.
And when ye spread forth
your hands,
I will hide
mine eyes
from you: yea, when ye make many
prayers,
I will not hear:
your hands
are full
of blood.
Wash
you, make you clean;
put away
the evil
of your doings
from before
mine eyes;
cease
to do evil;
Learn
to do well;
seek
judgment,
relieve
the oppressed,
judge
the fatherless,
plead
for the widow.
Come now,
and let us reason together,
saith
the LORD:
though your sins
be as scarlet,
they shall be as white
as snow;
though they be red
like crimson,
they shall be as wool.
refute utterly
διελεγχθῶμεν
dielenchthōmen
purple
φοινικοῦν
phoinikoun
snow
χιόνα
chiona
If ye be willing
and obedient,
ye shall eat
the good
of the land:
But if ye refuse
and rebel,
ye shall be devoured
with the sword:
for the mouth
of the LORD
hath spoken
it.
How is the faithful
city
become an harlot!
it was full
of judgment;
righteousness
lodged
in it; but now murderers.
Thy silver
is become dross,
thy wine
mixed
with water:
Thy princes
are rebellious,
and companions
of thieves:
every one loveth
gifts,
and followeth
after rewards:
they judge
not the fatherless,
neither doth the cause
of the widow
come
unto them.
Therefore saith
the Lord,
the LORD
of hosts,
the mighty One
of Israel,
Ah,
I will ease
me of mine adversaries,
and avenge
me of mine enemies:
And I will turn
my hand
upon thee, and purely
purge away
thy dross,
and take away
all thy tin:
And I will restore
thy judges
as at the first,
and thy counsellors
as at the beginning:
afterward
thou shalt be called,
The city
of righteousness,
the faithful
city.
Zion
shall be redeemed
with judgment,
and her converts
with righteousness.
And the destruction
of the transgressors
and of the sinners
shall be together,
and they that forsake
the LORD
shall be consumed.
For they shall be ashamed
of the oaks
which ye have desired,
and ye shall be confounded
for the gardens
that ye have chosen.
For ye shall be as an oak
whose leaf
fadeth,
and as a garden
that hath no water.
And the strong
shall be as tow,
and the maker
of it as a spark,
and they shall both
burn
together,
and none shall quench
them.
flax
στιππύου
stippyou
spark
σπινθῆρες
spinthēres
