Isaiah 1

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 The vision which Isaiah, son of Amoz, had concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.	1 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.
2 Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth, for the LORD speaks: Sons have I raised and reared, but they have disowned me!	2 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.
3 An ox knows its owner, and an ass, its master's manger; But Israel does not know, my people has not understood.	3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
4 Ah! sinful nation, people laden with wickedness, evil race, corrupt children! They have forsaken the LORD, spurned the Holy One of Israel, apostatized.	4 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.
5 Where would you yet be struck, you that rebel again and again? The whole head is sick, the whole heart faint.	5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
6 From the sole of the foot to the head there is no sound spot: Wound and welt and gaping gash, not drained, or bandaged, or eased with salve.	6 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.
7 Your country is waste, your cities burnt with fire; Your land before your eyes strangers devour (a waste, like Sodom overthrown)--	7 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.
8 And daughter Zion is left like a hut in a vineyard, Like a shed in a melon patch, like a city blockaded.	8 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.
9 Unless the LORD of hosts had left us a scanty remnant, We had become as Sodom, we should be like Gomorrah.	9 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.
10 Hear the word of the LORD, princes of Sodom! Listen to the instruction of our God, people of Gomorrah!	10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
11 What care I for the number of your sacrifices? says the LORD. I have had enough of whole-burnt rams and fat of fatlings; In the blood of calves, lambs and goats I find no pleasure.	11 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.
12 When you come in to visit me, who asks these things of you?	12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
13 Trample my courts no more! Bring no more worthless offerings; your incense is loathsome to me. New moon and sabbath, calling of assemblies, octaves with wickedness: these I cannot bear.	13 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.
14 Your new moons and festivals I detest; they weigh me down, I tire of the load.	14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
15 When you spread out your hands, I close my eyes to you; Though you pray the more, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood!	15 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.
16 Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil;	16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
17 learn to do good. Make justice your aim: redress the wronged, hear the orphan's plea, defend the widow.	17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
18 Come now, let us set things right, says the LORD: Though your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow; Though they be crimson red, they may become white as wool.	18 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.
19 If you are willing, and obey, you shall eat the good things of the land;	19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
20 But if you refuse and resist, the sword shall consume you: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken!	20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
21 How has she turned adulteress, the faithful city, so upright! Justice used to lodge within her, but now, murderers.	21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
22 Your silver is turned to dross, your wine is mixed with water.	22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
23 Your princes are rebels and comrades of thieves; Each one of them loves a bribe and looks for gifts. The fatherless they defend not, and the widow's plea does not reach them.	23 Thy 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.
24 Now, therefore, says the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah! I will take vengeance on my foes and fully repay my enemies!	24 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:
25 I will turn my hand against you, and refine your dross in the furnace, removing all your alloy.	25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
26 I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as in the beginning; After that you shall be called city of justice, faithful city.	26 And 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.
27 Zion shall be redeemed by judgment, and her repentant ones by justice.	27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
28 Rebels and sinners alike shall be crushed, those who desert the LORD shall be consumed.	28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
29 You shall be ashamed of the terebinths which you prized, and blush for the groves which you chose.	29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
30 You shall become like a tree with falling leaves, like a garden that has no water.	30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
31 The strong man shall turn to tow, and his work shall become a spark; Both shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench the flames.	31 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.