<vn='1'>The <sn="2377">vision</s> of <sn="3470">Isaiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="531">Amoz</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="2372">saw</s><sn="5921">concerning</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> in the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="5818">Uzziah</s>, <sn="3147">Jotham</s>, <sn="271">Ahaz</s>, and <sn="3169">Hezekiah</s>, <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="8085">Hear</s>, O <sn="8064">heavens</s>, and give <sn="238">ear</s>, O <sn="776">earth</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="1696">spoken</s>, I have <sn="1431">nourished</s> and brought <sn="7311">up</s><sn="1121">children</s>, and <sn="1992">they</s> have <sn="6586">rebelled</s> against me. </v>
<vn='3'>The <sn="7794">ox</s><sn="3045">knoweth</s> his <sn="7069">owner</s>, and the <sn="2543">ass</s> his <sn="1167">master</s> 's <sn="18">crib</s>: but <sn="3478">Israel</s> doth <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3045">know</s>, my <sn="5971">people</s> doth <sn="3808">not</s><sn="995">consider</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1945">Ah</s><sn="2398">sinful</s><sn="1471">nation</s>, a <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3515">laden</s> with <sn="5771">iniquity</s>, a <sn="2233">seed</s> of <sn="7489">evildoers</s>, <sn="1121">children</s> that are <sn="7843">corrupters</s>: they have <sn="5800">forsaken</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, they have <sn="5006">provoked</s><sn="*853"></s> the Holy <sn="6918">One</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> unto anger, they are gone <sn="2114">away</s><sn="268">backward</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="5921 4100">Why</s> should ye be <sn="5221">stricken</s> any <sn="5750">more</s>? ye will <sn="5627">revolt</s> more and <sn="3254">more</s>: the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="7218">head</s> is <sn="2483">sick</s>, and the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="3824">heart</s><sn="1742">faint</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>From the <sn="4480 3709">sole</s> of the <sn="7272">foot</s> even <sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="7218">head</s> there is <sn="369">no</s><sn="4974">soundness</s> in it; but <sn="6482">wounds</s>, and <sn="2250">bruises</s>, and <sn="2961">putrefying</s><sn="4347">sores</s>: they have <sn="3808">not</s> been <sn="2115">closed</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> bound <sn="2280">up</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="7401">mollified</s> with <sn="8081">ointment</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Your <sn="776">country</s> is <sn="8077">desolate</s>, your <sn="5892">cities</s> are <sn="8313">burned</s> with <sn="784">fire</s>: your <sn="127">land</s>, <sn="2114">strangers</s><sn="398">devour</s> it in your <sn="5048">presence</s>, and it is <sn="8077">desolate</s>, as <sn="4114">overthrown</s> by <sn="2114">strangers</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="6726">Zion</s> is <sn="3498">left</s> as a <sn="5521">cottage</s> in a <sn="3754">vineyard</s>, as a <sn="4412">lodge</s> in a garden of <sn="4750">cucumbers</s>, as a <sn="5341">besieged</s><sn="5892">city</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3884">Except</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> had <sn="3498">left</s> unto us a very <sn="4592">small</s><sn="8300">remnant</s>, we should have <sn="1961">been</s> as <sn="5467">Sodom</s>, and we should have been <sn="1819">like</s> unto <sn="6017">Gomorrah</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="8085">Hear</s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, ye <sn="7101">rulers</s> of <sn="5467">Sodom</s>; give <sn="238">ear</s> unto the <sn="8451">law</s> of our <sn="430">God</s>, ye <sn="5971">people</s> of <sn="6017">Gomorrah</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>To <sn="4100">what</s> purpose is the <sn="7230">multitude</s> of your <sn="2077">sacrifices</s> unto me? <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: I am <sn="7646">full</s> of the burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s> of <sn="352">rams</s>, and the <sn="2459">fat</s> of fed <sn="4806">beasts</s>; and I <sn="2654">delight</s><sn="3808">not</s> in the <sn="1818">blood</s> of <sn="6499">bullocks</s>, or of <sn="3532">lambs</s>, or of he <sn="6260">goats</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3588">When</s> ye <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="7200">appear</s><sn="6440">before</s> me, <sn="4310">who</s> hath <sn="1245">required</s><sn="2063">this</s> at your <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>, to <sn="7429">tread</s> my <sn="2691">courts</s>? </v>
<vn='13'><sn="935">Bring</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="3254">more</s><sn="7723">vain</s><sn="4503">oblations</s>; <sn="7004">incense</s> is an <sn="8441">abomination</s> unto me; the new <sn="2320">moons</s> and <sn="7676">sabbaths</s>, the <sn="7121">calling</s> of <sn="4744">assemblies</s>, I <sn="3808 3201">cannot</s> away with; it is <sn="205">iniquity</s>, even the solemn <sn="6116">meeting</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Your new <sn="2320">moons</s> and your appointed <sn="4150">feasts</s> my <sn="5315">soul</s><sn="8130">hateth</s>: they <sn="1961">are</s> a <sn="2960">trouble</s> unto <sn="5921">me</s>; I am <sn="3811">weary</s> to <sn="5375">bear</s> them. </v>
<vn='15'>And when ye spread <sn="6566">forth</s> your <sn="3709">hands</s>, I will <sn="5956">hide</s> mine <sn="5869">eyes</s><sn="4480">from</s> you: <sn="1571">yea</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> ye make <sn="7235">many</s><sn="8605">prayers</s>, I will <sn="369">not</s><sn="8085">hear</s>: your <sn="3027">hands</s> are <sn="4390">full</s> of <sn="1818">blood</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="7364">Wash</s> you, make you <sn="2135">clean</s>; put <sn="5493">away</s> the <sn="7455">evil</s> of your <sn="4611">doings</s> from <sn="4480 5048">before</s> mine <sn="5869">eyes</s>; <sn="2308">cease</s> to do <sn="7489">evil</s>; </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3925">Learn</s> to do <sn="3190">well</s>; <sn="1875">seek</s><sn="4941">judgment</s>, <sn="833">relieve</s> the <sn="2541">oppressed</s>, <sn="8199">judge</s> the <sn="3490">fatherless</s>, <sn="7378">plead</s> for the <sn="490">widow</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1980">Come</s><sn="4994">now</s>, and let us reason <sn="3198">together</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: <sn="518">though</s> your <sn="2399">sins</s><sn="1961">be</s> as <sn="8144">scarlet</s>, they shall be as <sn="3835">white</s> as <sn="7950">snow</s>; <sn="518">though</s> they be <sn="119">red</s> like <sn="8438">crimson</s>, they shall <sn="1961">be</s> as <sn="6785">wool</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="518">If</s> ye be <sn="14">willing</s> and <sn="8085">obedient</s>, ye shall <sn="398">eat</s> the <sn="2898">good</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>: </v>
<vn='20'>But <sn="518">if</s> ye <sn="3985">refuse</s> and <sn="4784">rebel</s>, ye shall be <sn="398">devoured</s> with the <sn="2719">sword</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="6310">mouth</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="1696">spoken</s> it. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="349">How</s> is the <sn="539">faithful</s><sn="7151">city</s><sn="1961">become</s> a <sn="2181">harlot</s>! it was <sn="4392">full</s> of <sn="4941">judgment</s>; <sn="6664">righteousness</s><sn="3885">lodged</s> in it; but <sn="6258">now</s><sn="7523">murderers</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Thy <sn="3701">silver</s> is <sn="1961">become</s><sn="5509">dross</s>, thy <sn="5435">wine</s><sn="4107">mixed</s> with <sn="4325">water</s>: </v>
<vn='23'>Thy <sn="8269">princes</s> are <sn="5637">rebellious</s>, and <sn="2270">companions</s> of <sn="1590">thieves</s>: every <sn="3605">one</s><sn="157">loveth</s><sn="7810">gifts</s>, and followeth <sn="7291">after</s><sn="8021">rewards</s>: they <sn="8199">judge</s><sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="3490">fatherless</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> doth the <sn="7379">cause</s> of the <sn="490">widow</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> them. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="113">Lord</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, the mighty <sn="46">One</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="1945">Ah</s>, I will <sn="5162">ease</s> me of mine <sn="4480 6862">adversaries</s>, and <sn="5358">avenge</s> me of mine <sn="4480 341">enemies</s>: </v>
<vn='25'>And I will <sn="7725">turn</s> my <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="5921">upon</s> thee, and <sn="1252">purely</s> purge <sn="6884">away</s> thy <sn="5509">dross</s>, and take <sn="5493">away</s><sn="3605">all</s> thy <sn="913">tin</s>: </v>
<vn='26'>And I will <sn="7725">restore</s> thy <sn="8199">judges</s> as at the <sn="7223">first</s>, and thy <sn="3289">counselors</s> as at the <sn="8462">beginning</s>: <sn="310 3651">afterward</s> thou shalt be <sn="7121">called</s>, The <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="6664">righteousness</s>, the <sn="539">faithful</s><sn="7151">city</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="6726">Zion</s> shall be <sn="6299">redeemed</s> with <sn="4941">judgment</s>, and her <sn="7725">converts</s> with <sn="6666">righteousness</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>And the <sn="7667">destruction</s> of the <sn="6586">transgressors</s> and of the <sn="2400">sinners</s> shall be <sn="3162">together</s>, and they that <sn="5800">forsake</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall be <sn="3615">consumed</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="3588">For</s> they shall be <sn="954">ashamed</s> of the <sn="4480 352">oaks</s><sn="834">which</s> ye have <sn="2530">desired</s>, and ye shall be <sn="2659">confounded</s> for the <sn="4480 1593">gardens</s><sn="834">that</s> ye have <sn="977">chosen</s>. </v>
<vn='30'><sn="3588">For</s> ye shall <sn="1961">be</s> as an <sn="424">oak</s> whose <sn="5929">leaf</s><sn="5034">fadeth</s>, and as a <sn="1593">garden</s><sn="834">that</s> hath <sn="369">no</s><sn="4325">water</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>And the <sn="2634">strong</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> as <sn="5296">tow</s>, and the <sn="6467">maker</s> of it as a <sn="5213">spark</s>, and they shall <sn="8147">both</s><sn="1197">burn</s><sn="3162">together</s>, and <sn="369">none</s> shall <sn="3518">quench</s> them. </v>