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The Book of the Prophet Isaiah
The Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Chapter 1
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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.
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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.
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The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but
Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
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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.
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Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more:
the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the
law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
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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.
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When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your
hand, to tread my courts?
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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.
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Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are
a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
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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.
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Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from
before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
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Learn to do well; seek
judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the
widow.
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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.
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If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
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But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword:
for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
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How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of
judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
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Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
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Thyprinces 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.
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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:
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And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away
thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
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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.
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Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with
righteousness.
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And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall
be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
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For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and
ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
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For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that
hath no water.
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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.
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