Isaiah 1:1-20 (6th Hour)
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- 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.
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- Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For the Lord has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against Me;
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- The ox knows its owner And the donkey its master’s crib; But Israel does not know, My people do not consider.”
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- Alas, sinful nation, A people laden with iniquity, A brood of evildoers, Children who are corrupters! They have forsaken the Lord, They have provoked to anger The Holy One of Israel, They have turned away backward.
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- Why should you be stricken again? You will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, And the whole heart faints.
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- From the sole of the foot even to the head, There is no soundness in it, But wounds and bruises and putrefying sores; They have not been closed or bound up, Or soothed with ointment.
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- Your country is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire; Strangers devour your land in your presence; And it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
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- So the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, As a hut in a garden of cucumbers, As a besieged city.
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- Unless the Lord of hosts Had left to us a very small remnant, We would have become like Sodom, We would have been made like Gomorrah.
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- Hear the word of the Lord, You rulers of Sodom; Give ear to the law of our God, You people of Gomorrah:
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- “To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?” Says the Lord. “I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams And the fat of fed cattle. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs or goats.
- 12
- “When you come to appear before Me, Who has required this from your hand, To trample My courts?
- 13
- Bring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies – I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.
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- Your New Moons and your appointed feasts My soul hates; They are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them.
- 15
- When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
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- “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil,
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- Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.
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- “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.
- 19
- If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;
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- But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword”; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.