Isaiah 1 NKJV NLT Parallel

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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.

1These are the visions that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. He saw these visions during the years when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah. A Message for Rebellious 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;

2Listen, O heavens! Pay attention, earth! This is what the LORD says: “The children I raised and cared for 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.”

3Even an ox knows its owner, and a donkey recognizes its master’s care— but Israel doesn’t know its master. My people don’t recognize my care for them.”

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.

4Oh, what a sinful nation they are— loaded down with a burden of guilt. They are evil people, corrupt children who have rejected the LORD. They have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him.

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

5Why do you continue to invite punishment? Must you rebel forever? Your head is injured, and your heart is sick.

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.

6You are battered from head to foot— covered with bruises, welts, and infected wounds— without any soothing ointments or bandages.

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 lies in ruins, and your towns are burned. Foreigners plunder your fields before your eyes and destroy everything they see.

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.

8Beautiful Jerusalem stands abandoned like a watchman’s shelter in a vineyard, like a lean-to in a cucumber field after the harvest, like a helpless city under siege.

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.

9If the LORD of Heaven’s Armies had not spared a few of us, we would have been wiped out like Sodom, destroyed like Gomorrah.

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

10Listen to the LORD, you leaders of “Sodom.” Listen to the law of our God, 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.

11“What makes you think I want all your sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am sick of your burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fattened cattle. I get no pleasure from the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.

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

12When you come to worship me, who asked you to parade through my courts with all your ceremony?

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.

13Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts; the incense of your offerings disgusts me! As for your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath and your special days for fasting— they are all sinful and false. I want no more of your pious meetings.

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

14I hate your new moon celebrations and your annual festivals. They are a burden to me. I cannot stand 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.

15When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look. Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.

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

16Wash yourselves and be clean! Get your sins out of my sight. Give up your evil ways.

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

17Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows.

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.

18“Come now, let’s settle this,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.

19If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;

19If you will only obey me, you will have plenty to eat.

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

20But if you turn away and refuse to listen, you will be devoured by the sword of your enemies. I, the LORD, have spoken!” Unfaithful Jerusalem

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

21See how Jerusalem, once so faithful, has become a prostitute. Once the home of justice and righteousness, she is now filled with murderers.

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

22Once like pure silver, you have become like worthless slag. Once so pure, you are now like watered-down wine.

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.

23Your leaders are rebels, the companions of thieves. All of them love bribes and demand payoffs, but they refuse to defend the cause of orphans or fight for the rights of widows.

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, the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says, “I will take revenge on my enemies and pay back my foes!

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

25I will raise my fist against you. I will melt you down and skim off your slag. I will remove all your impurities.

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.”

26Then I will give you good judges again and wise counselors like you used to have. Then Jerusalem will again be called the Home of Justice and the Faithful City.”

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

27Zion will be restored by justice; those who repent will be revived by righteousness.

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

28But rebels and sinners will be completely destroyed, and those who desert the LORD will 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.

29You will be ashamed of your idol worship in groves of sacred oaks. You will blush because you worshiped in gardens dedicated to idols.

30For you shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fades, And as a garden that has no water.

30You will be like a great tree with withered leaves, like a garden without 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.

31The strongest among you will disappear like straw; their evil deeds will be the spark that sets it on fire. They and their evil works will burn up together, and no one will be able to put out the fire.

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