New King James Version

King James Bible

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.

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 has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against Me;

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 knows its owner And the donkey its master’s crib; But Israel does not know, My people do not consider.”

3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

4Alas, sinful nation, A people laden with iniquity, A brood of evildoers, Children who are corrupters! They have forsaken the LORD, They have provoked to anger The Holy One of Israel, They have turned away backward.

4Ah 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.

5Why should you be stricken again? You will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, And the whole heart faints.

5Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

6From the sole of the foot even to the head, There is no soundness in it, But wounds and bruises and putrefying sores; They have not been closed or bound up, Or soothed with ointment.

6From 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.

7Your country is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire; Strangers devour your land in your presence; And it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

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.

8So the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, As a hut in a garden of cucumbers, As a besieged city.

8And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

9Unless the LORD of hosts Had left to us a very small remnant, We would have become like Sodom, We would have been made like Gomorrah.

9Except 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.

10Hear the word of the LORD, You rulers of Sodom; Give ear to the law of our God, You people of Gomorrah:

10Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

11“To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?” Says the LORD. “I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams And the fat of fed cattle. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs or goats.

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.

12“When you come to appear before Me, Who has required this from your hand, To trample My courts?

12When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

13Bring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies— I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.

13Bring 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.

14Your New Moons and your appointed feasts My soul hates; They are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them.

14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

15When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

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.

16“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil,

16Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

17Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.

17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

18“Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the LORD, “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.

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 you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;

19If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

20But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword”; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

20But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

21How the faithful city has become a harlot! It was full of justice; Righteousness lodged in it, But now murderers.

21How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

22Your silver has become dross, Your wine mixed with water.

22Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

23Your princes are rebellious, And companions of thieves; Everyone loves bribes, And follows after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.

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 the Lord says, The LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, “Ah, I will rid Myself of My adversaries, And take vengeance on My enemies.

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:

25I will turn My hand against you, And thoroughly purge away your dross, And take away all your alloy.

25And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

26I 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.”

26And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

27Zion shall be redeemed with justice, And her penitents with righteousness.

27Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

28The destruction of transgressors and of sinners shall be together, And those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

28And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

29For they shall be ashamed of the terebinth trees Which you have desired; And you shall be embarrassed because of the gardens Which you have chosen.

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 you shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fades, And as a garden that has no water.

30For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

31The strong shall be as tinder, And the work of it as a spark; Both will burn together, And no one shall quench them.

31And 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.

The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.

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