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 has spoken , I have nourished and brought up children , and they have rebelled  3 The ox know his owner , and the ass his master's crib : [but] Israel does not know , my people does not consider  4 Ah sinful nation , a people laden with iniquity , a seed of evildoers , children that are corrupters : they have abandoned  the LORD , they have provoked  the Holy One of Israel to anger , they are gone away backward  5 Why should you be struck any more? You will revolt more and more : the whole head is sick , and the whole heart faint  6 From the sole of the foot even to 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] 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 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 Except the LORD of hosts had left to us a very small remnant , we should have been as Sodom , [and] we should have been like to Gomorrah  10 Hear the word of the LORD , you rulers of Sodom ; listen to the law of our God , you people of Gomorrah  11 To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices to me? says 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 at your hand , to tread my courts  13 Bring no more vain oblations ; incense is an abomination to 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 your appointed feasts my soul hates : they are a trouble to me I am weary to bear  15 And when you spread forward your hands , I will hide my eyes from you: yes, when you make many prayers , I will not hear : your hands are full of blood  16 Wash you, make you clean ; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes ; cease to do evil  17 Learn 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 : even though your sins be as scarlet , they will be as white as snow ; even though they be red like crimson , they will be as wool  19 If you be willing and obedient , you will eat the good of the land  20 But if you refuse and rebel , you will be devoured with the sword : for the mouth of the LORD has spoken  21 How is the faithful city become an prostitute ! it was full of judgment righteousness lodged in it but now murderers  22 your silver is become dross , your wine mixed with water  23 your princes [are] rebellious , and companions of thieves : everyone loves gifts , and follows after rewards : they judge not the fatherless , neither does the cause of the widow come  24 Therefore says the Lord , the LORD of hosts , the mighty One of Israel , Ah , I will ease me of my adversaries , and avenge me of my enemies  25 And I will turn my hand on you, and purely purge away your dross , and take away all your tin  26 And I will restore your judges as at the first , and your counsellors as at the beginning : afterward you will be called , The city of righteousness , the faithful city  27 Zion will be redeemed with judgment , and her converts with righteousness  28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners [will be] together , and those abandon the LORD will be consumed  29 For they will be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired , and you will be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen  30 For you will be as an oak whose leaf fades , and as a garden that has no water  31 And the strong will be as tow , and the maker of it as a spark , and they will both burn together , and none will quench