dynamicbible/DynamicBibleIonic/www/data/bibles/asv/23-1.json

{"ch":1,"vss":[{"v":1,"w":[{"t":"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."}]},{"v":2,"w":[{"t":"Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me."}]},{"v":3,"w":[{"t":"The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master`s crib; [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider."}]},{"v":4,"w":[{"t":"Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! they have forsaken Jehovah, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged [and gone] backward."}]},{"v":5,"w":[{"t":"Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint."}]},{"v":6,"w":[{"t":"From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil."}]},{"v":7,"w":[{"t":"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."}]},{"v":8,"w":[{"t":"And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city."}]},{"v":9,"w":[{"t":"Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah."}]},{"v":10,"w":[{"t":"Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah."}]},{"v":11,"w":[{"t":"What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough 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."}]},{"v":12,"w":[{"t":"When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?"}]},{"v":13,"w":[{"t":"Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,- I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting."}]},{"v":14,"w":[{"t":"Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary of bearing them."}]},{"v":15,"w":[{"t":"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."}]},{"v":16,"w":[{"t":"Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;"}]},{"v":17,"w":[{"t":"learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow."}]},{"v":18,"w":[{"t":"Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."}]},{"v":19,"w":[{"t":"If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:"}]},{"v":20,"w":[{"t":"but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it."}]},{"v":21,"w":[{"t":"How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers."}]},{"v":22,"w":[{"t":"Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water."}]},{"v":23,"w":[{"t":"Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them."}]},{"v":24,"w":[{"t":"Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies;"}]},{"v":25,"w":[{"t":"and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin;"}]},{"v":26,"w":[{"t":"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, a faithful town."}]},{"v":27,"w":[{"t":"Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness."}]},{"v":28,"w":[{"t":"But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed."}]},{"v":29,"w":[{"t":"For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen."}]},{"v":30,"w":[{"t":"For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water."}]},{"v":31,"w":[{"t":"And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them."}]}]}