The Book of the Prophet Isaiah

 1 The ^avision of ^bIsaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning ^cJudah and Jerusalem in the days of ^dUzziah, ^eJotham, ^fAhaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

 2 ^aHear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have ^brebelled against me.

 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s ^acrib: but Israel doth not ^bknow, my people doth not consider.

 4 Ah ^asinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, ^bchildren that are ^ccorrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto ^danger, they are gone away backward.

 5 ¶Why should ye be ^astricken any more? ye will ^brevolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart ^cfaint.

 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 ^aclosed, neither bound up, neither ^bmollified with ointment.

 7 Your ^acountry is ^bdesolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, ^cstrangers 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 ^avineyard, as ^ba lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

 9 Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small ^aremnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

 10 ¶Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of ^aSodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your ^asacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I ^bdelight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

 12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

 13 Bring no more ^avain ^boblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and ^csabbaths, the calling of ^dassemblies, I cannot ^eaway with; it is ^finiquity, even the ^gsolemn meeting.

 14 Your new ^amoons and your appointed ^bfeasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am ^cweary to bear them.

 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many ^aprayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of ^bblood.

 16 ¶^aWash you, make you ^bclean; put away the ^cevil of your doings from before mine eyes; ^dcease to do evil;

 17 ^aLearn to do ^bwell; seek ^cjudgment, ^drelieve the oppressed, ^ejudge the fatherless, plead for the ^fwidow.

 18 Come now, and let us ^areason together, saith the Lord: though your ^bsins be as scarlet, they shall be as ^cwhite as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

 19 If ye be ^awilling and ^bobedient, ye shall eat the ^cgood of the land:

 20 But if ye refuse and ^arebel, ye shall be ^bdevoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

 21 ¶How is the faithful city become an ^aharlot! it was full of ^bjudgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

 22 Thy silver is become ^adross, thy wine mixed with water:

 23 Thy ^aprinces are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth ^bgifts, and followeth after rewards: they ^cjudge 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 ^aadversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:

 25 ¶And I will ^aturn my hand upon thee, and purely ^bpurge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

 26 And I will ^arestore thy judges as at the first, and thy ^bcounsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The ^ccity of righteousness, the faithful city.

 27 ^aZion shall be redeemed with ^bjudgment, and her ^cconverts with righteousness.

 28 ¶And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

 29 For they shall be ashamed of the ^aoaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

 30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

 31 And the strong shall be ^aas tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both ^bburn together, and none shall quench them.