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Isaiah 1
New International Version

1 The vision(A) concerning Judah and Jerusalem(B) that Isaiah son of Amoz saw(C) during the reigns of Uzziah,(D) Jotham,(E) Ahaz(F) and Hezekiah,(G) kings of Judah.

### A Rebellious Nation

2 Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth!(H)
For the Lord has spoken:(I)
“I reared children(J) and brought them up,
but they have rebelled(K) against me.
3 The ox knows(L) its master,
the donkey its owner’s manger,(M)
but Israel does not know,(N)
my people do not understand.(O)”

4 Woe to the sinful nation,
a people whose guilt is great,(P)
a brood of evildoers,(Q)
children given to corruption!(R)
They have forsaken(S) the Lord;
they have spurned the Holy One(T) of Israel
and turned their backs(U) on him.

5 Why should you be beaten(V) anymore?
Why do you persist(W) in rebellion?(X)
Your whole head is injured,
your whole heart(Y) afflicted.(Z)
6 From the sole of your foot to the top of your head(AA)
there is no soundness(AB)—
only wounds and welts(AC)
and open sores,
not cleansed or bandaged(AD)
or soothed with olive oil.(AE)

7 Your country is desolate,(AF)
your cities burned with fire;(AG)
your fields are being stripped by foreigners(AH)
right before you,
laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.(AI)
8 Daughter Zion(AJ) is left(AK)
like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a hut(AL) in a cucumber field,
like a city under siege.
9 Unless the Lord Almighty
had left us some survivors,(AM)
we would have become like Sodom,
we would have been like Gomorrah.(AN)

10 Hear the word of the Lord,(AO)
you rulers of Sodom;(AP)
listen to the instruction(AQ) of our God,
you people of Gomorrah!(AR)
11 “The multitude of your sacrifices—
what are they to me?” says the Lord.
“I have more than enough of burnt offerings,
of rams and the fat of fattened animals;(AS)
I have no pleasure(AT)
in the blood of bulls(AU) and lambs and goats.(AV)
12 When you come to appear before me,
who has asked this of you,(AW)
this trampling of my courts?
13 Stop bringing meaningless offerings!(AX)
Your incense(AY) is detestable(AZ) to me.
New Moons,(BA) Sabbaths and convocations(BB)—
I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
14 Your New Moon(BC) feasts and your appointed festivals(BD)
I hate with all my being.(BE)
They have become a burden to me;(BF)
I am weary(BG) of bearing them.
15 When you spread out your hands(BH) in prayer,
I hide(BI) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
I am not listening.(BJ)

Your hands(BK) are full of blood!(BL)

16 Wash(BM) and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds out of my sight;(BN)
stop doing wrong.(BO)
17 Learn to do right;(BP) seek justice.(BQ)
Defend the oppressed.[a](BR)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;(BS)
plead the case of the widow.(BT)

18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”(BU)
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;(BV)
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.(BW)
19 If you are willing and obedient,(BX)
you will eat the good things of the land;(BY)
20 but if you resist and rebel,(BZ)
you will be devoured by the sword.”(CA)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(CB)

21 See how the faithful city
has become a prostitute!(CC)
She once was full of justice;
righteousness(CD) used to dwell in her—
but now murderers!(CE)
22 Your silver has become dross,(CF)
your choice wine is diluted with water.
23 Your rulers are rebels,(CG)
partners with thieves;(CH)
they all love bribes(CI)
and chase after gifts.
They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
the widow’s case does not come before them.(CJ)

24 Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
the Mighty One(CK) of Israel, declares:
“Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes
and avenge(CL) myself on my enemies.(CM)
25 I will turn my hand against you;[b](CN)
I will thoroughly purge(CO) away your dross(CP)
and remove all your impurities.(CQ)
26 I will restore your leaders as in days of old,(CR)
your rulers as at the beginning.
Afterward you will be called(CS)
the City of Righteousness,(CT)
the Faithful City.(CU)”

27 Zion will be delivered with justice,
her penitent(CV) ones with righteousness.(CW)
28 But rebels and sinners(CX) will both be broken,
and those who forsake(CY) the Lord will perish.(CZ)

29 “You will be ashamed(DA) because of the sacred oaks(DB)
in which you have delighted;
you will be disgraced because of the gardens(DC)
that you have chosen.
30 You will be like an oak with fading leaves,(DD)
like a garden without water.
31 The mighty man will become tinder
and his work a spark;
both will burn together,
with no one to quench the fire.(DE)”

#### Footnotes

1. Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor
2. Isaiah 1:25 That is, against Jerusalem

#### Cross references

1. Isaiah 1:1 : 1Sa 3:1; Isa 22:1, 5; Ob 1:1; Na 1:1
2. Isaiah 1:1 : Isa 40:9; 44:26
3. Isaiah 1:1 : Isa 2:1; 13:1
4. Isaiah 1:1 : S 2Ki 14:21; S 2Ch 26:22
5. Isaiah 1:1 : S 1Ch 3:12
6. Isaiah 1:1 : S 2Ki 16:1
7. Isaiah 1:1 : S 1Ch 3:13
8. Isaiah 1:2 : S Dt 4:26
9. Isaiah 1:2 : Jdg 11:10; Jer 42:5; Mic 1:2
10. Isaiah 1:2 : Isa 23:4; 63:16
11. Isaiah 1:2 : ver 4, 23; Isa 24:5, 20; 30:1, 9; 46:8; 48:8; 57:4; 65:2; 66:24; Eze 24:3; Hag 1:12; Mal 1:6; 3:5
12. Isaiah 1:3 : Job 12:9
13. Isaiah 1:3 : S Ge 42:27
14. Isaiah 1:3 : Jer 4:22; 5:4; 9:3, 6; Hos 2:8; 4:1
15. Isaiah 1:3 : S Dt 32:28; Isa 42:25; 48:8; Hos 4:6; 7:9
16. Isaiah 1:4 : Isa 5:18
17. Isaiah 1:4 : S ver 2; Isa 9:17; 14:20; 31:2; Jer 23:14
18. Isaiah 1:4 : Ps 14:3
19. Isaiah 1:4 : S Dt 32:15; S Ps 119:87
20. Isaiah 1:4 : S 2Ki 19:22; Isa 5:19, 24; 31:1; 37:23; 41:14; 43:14; 45:11; 47:4; Eze 39:7
21. Isaiah 1:4 : S Pr 30:9; Isa 59:13
22. Isaiah 1:5 : Pr 20:30
23. Isaiah 1:5 : Jer 2:30; 5:3; 8:5
24. Isaiah 1:5 : S ver 2; Isa 31:6; Jer 44:16-17; Heb 3:16
25. Isaiah 1:5 : La 2:11; 5:17
26. Isaiah 1:5 : Isa 30:26; 33:6, 24; 58:8; Jer 30:17
27. Isaiah 1:6 : S Dt 28:35
28. Isaiah 1:6 : Ps 38:3
29. Isaiah 1:6 : Isa 53:5
30. Isaiah 1:6 : S Ps 147:3; Isa 30:26; Jer 8:22; 14:19; 30:17; La 2:13; Eze 34:4
31. Isaiah 1:6 : 2Sa 14:2; Ps 23:5; 45:7; 104:15; Isa 61:3; Lk 10:34
32. Isaiah 1:7 : S Lev 26:34
33. Isaiah 1:7 : S Lev 26:31; S Dt 29:23
34. Isaiah 1:7 : Lev 26:16; Jdg 6:3-6; Isa 62:8; Jer 5:17
35. Isaiah 1:7 : S 2Ki 18:13; S Ps 109:11
36. Isaiah 1:8 : S Ps 9:14; S Isa 10:32
37. Isaiah 1:8 : Isa 30:17; 49:21
38. Isaiah 1:8 : S Job 27:18
39. Isaiah 1:9 : S Ge 45:7; S 2Ki 21:14; Isa 4:2; 6:13; 27:12; 28:5; 37:4, 31-32; 45:25; 56:8; Jer 23:3; Joel 2:32
40. Isaiah 1:9 : S Ge 19:24; Ro 9:29*
41. Isaiah 1:10 : Isa 28:14
42. Isaiah 1:10 : S Ge 13:13; S 18:20; Eze 16:49; Ro 9:29; Rev 11:8
43. Isaiah 1:10 : Isa 5:24; 8:20; 30:9
44. Isaiah 1:10 : Isa 13:19
45. Isaiah 1:11 : Ps 50:8; Am 6:4
46. Isaiah 1:11 : S Job 22:3
47. Isaiah 1:11 : Isa 66:3; Jer 6:20
48. Isaiah 1:11 : 1Sa 15:22; S Ps 40:6; Mal 1:10; Heb 10:4
49. Isaiah 1:12 : Ex 23:17; Dt 31:11
50. Isaiah 1:13 : Pr 15:8; Isa 66:3; Hag 2:14
51. Isaiah 1:13 : Jer 7:9; 18:15; 44:8
52. Isaiah 1:13 : S 1Ki 14:24; Ps 115:8; Pr 28:9; Isa 41:24; Mal 2:11
53. Isaiah 1:13 : S Nu 10:10
54. Isaiah 1:13 : 1Ch 23:31
55. Isaiah 1:14 : S Ne 10:33
56. Isaiah 1:14 : Ex 12:16; Lev 23:1-44; Nu 28:11-29:39; Dt 16:1-17; Isa 5:12; 29:1; Hos 2:11
57. Isaiah 1:14 : S Ps 11:5
58. Isaiah 1:14 : S Job 7:12
59. Isaiah 1:14 : Ps 69:3; Isa 7:13; 43:22, 24; Jer 44:22; Mal 2:17; 3:14
60. Isaiah 1:15 : S Ex 9:29
61. Isaiah 1:15 : S Dt 31:17; Isa 57:17; 59:2
62. Isaiah 1:15 : S Dt 1:45; S 1Sa 8:18; S Job 15:31; S Jn 9:31
63. Isaiah 1:15 : S Job 9:30
64. Isaiah 1:15 : Isa 4:4; 59:3; Jer 2:34; Eze 7:23; Hos 4:2; Joel 3:21
65. Isaiah 1:16 : S Ru 3:3; Mt 27:24; Jas 4:8
66. Isaiah 1:16 : Nu 19:11, 16; Isa 52:11
67. Isaiah 1:16 : Isa 55:7; Jer 25:5
68. Isaiah 1:17 : S Ps 34:14
69. Isaiah 1:17 : S Ps 72:1; Isa 11:4; 33:5; 56:1; 61:8; Am 5:14-15; Mic 6:8; Zep 2:3
70. Isaiah 1:17 : S Dt 14:29
71. Isaiah 1:17 : ver 23; Job 22:9; Ps 82:3; 94:6; Isa 10:2
72. Isaiah 1:17 : S Ex 22:22; Eze 18:31; 22:7; Lk 18:3; Jas 1:27
73. Isaiah 1:18 : S 1Sa 2:25; Isa 41:1; 43:9, 26
74. Isaiah 1:18 : S Ps 51:7; Rev 7:14
75. Isaiah 1:18 : Isa 55:7
76. Isaiah 1:19 : S Job 36:11; S Isa 50:10
77. Isaiah 1:19 : Dt 30:15-16; Ezr 9:12; Ps 34:10; Isa 30:23; 55:2; 58:14; 62:9; 65:13, 21-22
78. Isaiah 1:20 : S 1Sa 12:15
79. Isaiah 1:20 : S Job 15:22; Isa 3:25; 27:1; 65:12; 66:16; Jer 17:27
80. Isaiah 1:20 : Nu 23:19; Isa 21:17; 34:16; 40:5; 58:14; Jer 49:13; Mic 4:4; Zec 1:6; Rev 1:16
81. Isaiah 1:21 : Isa 57:3-9; Jer 2:20; 3:2, 9; 13:27; Eze 23:3; Hos 2:1-13
82. Isaiah 1:21 : Isa 5:7; 46:13; 59:14; Am 6:12
83. Isaiah 1:21 : S Pr 6:17
84. Isaiah 1:22 : S Ps 119:119
85. Isaiah 1:23 : S ver 2
86. Isaiah 1:23 : S Dt 19:14; Mic 2:1-2; 6:12
87. Isaiah 1:23 : S Ex 23:8; Am 5:12
88. Isaiah 1:23 : Isa 10:2; Jer 5:28; Eze 22:6-7; Mic 3:9; Hab 1:4
89. Isaiah 1:24 : S Ge 49:24
90. Isaiah 1:24 : Isa 34:2, 8; 35:4; 47:3; 59:17; 61:2; 63:4; Jer 51:6; Eze 5:13
91. Isaiah 1:24 : S Dt 32:43; S Isa 10:3
92. Isaiah 1:25 : Dt 28:63
93. Isaiah 1:25 : S Ps 78:38
94. Isaiah 1:25 : S Ps 119:119
95. Isaiah 1:25 : 2Ch 29:15; Isa 48:10; Jer 6:29; 9:7; Eze 22:22; Mal 3:3
96. Isaiah 1:26 : Jer 33:7, 11; Mic 4:8
97. Isaiah 1:26 : S Ge 32:28
98. Isaiah 1:26 : Isa 32:16; 33:5; 46:13; 48:18; 61:11; 62:1; Jer 31:23; Zec 8:3
99. Isaiah 1:26 : Isa 4:3; 48:2; 52:1; 60:14; 62:2; 64:10; Da 9:24
100. Isaiah 1:27 : Isa 30:15; 31:6; 59:20; Eze 18:30
101. Isaiah 1:27 : Isa 35:10; 41:14; 43:1; 52:3; 62:12; 63:4; Hos 2:19
102. Isaiah 1:28 : Isa 33:14; 43:27; 48:8; 50:1; 59:2; Jer 4:18
103. Isaiah 1:28 : S Dt 32:15
104. Isaiah 1:28 : Ps 9:5; Isa 24:20; 66:24; Jer 16:4; 42:22; 44:12; 2Th 1:8-9
105. Isaiah 1:29 : Ps 97:7; Isa 42:17; 44:9, 11; 45:16; Jer 10:14
106. Isaiah 1:29 : Isa 57:5; Eze 6:13; Hos 4:13
107. Isaiah 1:29 : Isa 65:3; 66:17
108. Isaiah 1:30 : S Ps 1:3
109. Isaiah 1:31 : Isa 4:4; 5:24; 9:18-19; 10:17; 24:6; 26:11; 30:27, 33; 33:14; 34:10; 66:15-16, 24; Jer 5:14; 7:20; 21:12; Ob 1:18; Mal 3:2; 4:1; S Mt 25:41

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