THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH. 2 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. 1 Or, made exalted See Ezek. great and xxxi. 4. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD hath spoken: I have 'nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled 3 against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, 4 my people doth not consider. Ah 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. 5 'Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt 2 Or, Why more and more? 'the whole head is sick, and should ye be 6 'the whole heart faint. From 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 stripes 7 bound up, neither mollified with oil. 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 Or, as the 8 strangers. And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden 9 of cucumbers, as a besieged city. Except the stricken any more? ye will revolt &c. 3 Or, every B Or, fresh overthrow of strangers 1 Or, judges LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah. Hear the word of the LORD, ye 'rulers of 10 Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. To what is II purpose 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. When ye come to appear before 12 me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts? Bring no more 'vain obla- 13 tions; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,Or, I cannot I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed 14 feasts my soul hateth: they are a 'trouble unto And when ye 15 me; I am weary to bear them. 3 Or, as otherwise read, to see my face 4 Heb. an oblation of vanity. away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting 6 Or, cumbrance 7 Or, set right the oppressor 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. Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil 16 of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil: learn to do well; seek judgement, 're- 17 lieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. Come now, and let us reason together, saith 18 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. If ye be 19 willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be 20 devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. How is the faithful city become an harlot ! she 21 that was full of judgement! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers. Thy silver is become 22 23 dross, thy wine mixed with water. 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 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 25 enemies and I will 'turn my hand upon thee, and throughly purge away thy dross, and will 26 take away all thy tin: and 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. 27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgement, and 28 'her converts with righteousness. But the Or, they that 'destruction of the transgressors and the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the 29 LORD shall be consumed. For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that 30 ye have chosen. For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no 31 water. And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. 2 I The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 breaking. head 3. And it shall come to pass in the latter days, See Micah that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be iv. established in the top of the mountains, and Or, at the shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations 3 shall flow unto it. And many peoples shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go 10 Or forth "the law, and the word of the LORD from instruction |