Isaiah 1
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Isaiah 1
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Num 12.6; 2 Kings 15.1, 13, 32; 16.1; 18.1; Isa 2.1 The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
The Wickedness of Judah
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Deut 32.1
Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth,
for the Lord has spoken:
I reared children and brought them up,
but they have rebelled against me.
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Jer 8.7; 9.3, 6 The ox knows its owner
and the donkey its master’s crib,
but Israel does not know;
my people do not understand.
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v 28
; Isa 5.24; 14.20Woe, sinful nation,
people laden with iniquity,
offspring who do evil,
children who act corruptly,
who have forsaken the Lord,
who have despised the Holy One of Israel,
[[who are utterly estranged!]]#1.4 Gk OL lack: Heb adds who are utterly estranged
5 #
Isa 31.6; 33.24 Why do you seek further beatings?
Why do you continue to rebel?
The whole head is injured,
and the whole heart faint.
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Job 2.7; Ps 38.3; Isa 30.26; Lk 10.34 From the sole of the foot to the head,
there is no soundness in it,
only bruises and sores
and bleeding wounds;
they have not been drained or bound up
or softened with oil.
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Isa 6.11; Jer 44.6 Your country lies desolate;
your cities are burned with fire;
in your very presence
aliens devour your land;
it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.
8And daughter Zion is left
like a booth in a vineyard,
like a shelter in a cucumber field,
like a besieged city.
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Isa 10.20–22; Rom 9.29 If the Lord of hosts
had not left us a few survivors,
we would have been like Sodom
and become like Gomorrah.
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Isa 3.9; 28.14; Ezek 16.46; Rev 11.8 Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of Sodom!
Listen to the teaching of our God,
you people of Gomorrah!
11 #
1 Sam 15.22; Jer 6.20; Mic 6.7 What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls
or of lambs or of goats.
12 #
Ex 23.17
When you come to appear before me,#1.12 Or see my face
who asked this from your hand?
Trample my courts no more!
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Ex 12.16; 1 Chr 23.31; Isa 66.3; Jer 7.9, 10 Bringing offerings is futile;
incense is an abomination to me.
New moon and Sabbath and calling of convocation—
I cannot endure solemn assemblies with iniquity.
14 #
Lev 23.2; Num 28.11; Isa 7.13; 43.24 Your new moons and your appointed festivals
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15 #
1 Kings 8.22; Isa 8.17; 59.2, 3; Mic 3.4 When you stretch out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
your hands are full of blood.
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Isa 52.11; 55.7; Jer 4.14; 25.5 Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove your evil deeds
from before my eyes;
cease to do evil;
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Ps 82.3; Isa 58.6; Jer 22.3 learn to do good;
seek justice;
rescue the oppressed;
defend the orphan;
plead for the widow.
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Ps 51.7; Isa 43.26; Rev 7.14 Come now, let us argue it out,
says the Lord:
If your sins are like scarlet,
will they become like snow?
If they are red like crimson,
will they become like wool?
19 #
Deut 30.15, 16 If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land,
20 #
Isa 3.25; 34.16 but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be devoured by the sword,
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
The Degenerate City
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Isa 59.7; Jer 2.20 How the faithful city
has become a prostitute!
She that was full of justice,
righteousness lodged in her—
but now murderers!
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Ezek 22.18
Your silver has become dross;
your wine is mixed with water.
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Ex 23.8; Jer 5.28; Hos 9.15; Mic 7.3; Zech 7.10 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
They do not defend the orphan,
and the widow’s cause does not come before them.
24 #
Isa 35.4; 49.26 Therefore says the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel:
Surely I will pour out my wrath on my enemies
and avenge myself on my foes!
25 #
Mal 3.3
I will turn my hand against you;
I will smelt away your dross as with lye
and remove all your alloy.
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Jer 33.7; Zech 8.3 And 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,
the faithful city.
27Zion shall be redeemed by justice,
and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
28 #
Ps 9.5; Isa 24.20; 2 Thess 1.8, 9 But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together,
and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
29 #
Isa 57.5; 65.3 For you shall be ashamed of the oaks
in which you delighted,
and you shall blush for the gardens
that you have chosen.
30For you shall be like an oak
whose leaf withers
and like a garden without water.
31 #
Isa 5.24; 66.24; Mt 3.12 The strong shall become like tinder
and their work like a spark;
they and their work shall burn together,
with no one to quench them.
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Isaiah 1
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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 the LORD hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. 3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. 4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly: they have forsaken the LORD, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged and gone backward. 5Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. 6From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and festering sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified 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. 9Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
10Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. 11To 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. 12When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts? 13Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,--I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting. 14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. 15And 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.
16Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil: 17learn to do well; seek judgement, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 18Come 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. 19If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: 20but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
21How is the faithful city become an harlot! she that was full of judgement! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers. 22Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water. 23Thy 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. 24Therefore 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: 25and I will turn my hand upon thee, and throughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin: 26and 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. 27Zion shall be redeemed with judgement, and her converts with righteousness. 28But the destruction of the transgressors and the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed. 29For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. 30For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath 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.
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