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== Yeshayahu (Book of Isaiah), Chapter 1 ==
<named id="1"/><sup>1</sup> 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.
<named id="2"/><sup>2</sup> Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for HaShem hath spoken: Children I have reared, and brought up, and they have rebelled against Me.
<named id="3"/><sup>3</sup> The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider.
<named id="4"/><sup>4</sup> Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly; they have forsaken HaShem, they have contemned the Holy One of Israel, they are turned away backward.
<named id="5"/><sup>5</sup> On what part will ye yet be stricken, seeing ye stray away more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint;
<named id="6"/><sup>6</sup> From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and festering sores: they have not been pressed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil.
<named id="7"/><sup>7</sup> 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 floods.
<named id="8"/><sup>8</sup> 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.
<named id="9"/><sup>9</sup> Except HaShem of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
<named id="10"/><sup>10</sup> Hear the word of HaShem, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our G-d, ye people of Gomorrah.
<named id="11"/><sup>11</sup> To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me? saith HaShem; 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.
<named id="12"/><sup>12</sup> When ye come to appear before Me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample My courts?
<named id="13"/><sup>13</sup> Bring no more vain oblations; it is an offering of abomination unto Me; new moon and sabbath, the holding of convocations-- I cannot endure iniquity along with the solemn assembly.
<named id="14"/><sup>14</sup> Your new moons and your appointed seasons My soul hateth; they are a burden unto Me; I am weary to bear them.
<named id="15"/><sup>15</sup> 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.
<named id="16"/><sup>16</sup> Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before Mine eyes, cease to do evil;
<named id="17"/><sup>17</sup> Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
<named id="18"/><sup>18</sup> Come now, and let us reason together, saith HaShem; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
<named id="19"/><sup>19</sup> If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land;
<named id="20"/><sup>20</sup> But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of HaShem hath spoken.
<named id="21"/><sup>21</sup> How is the faithful city become a harlot! She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
<named id="22"/><sup>22</sup> Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.
<named id="23"/><sup>23</sup> 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.
<named id="24"/><sup>24</sup> Therefore saith the L-rd, HaShem of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah, I will ease Me of Mine adversaries, and avenge Me of Mine enemies;
<named id="25"/><sup>25</sup> And I will turn My hand upon thee, and purge away thy dross as with lye, and will take away all thine alloy;
<named id="26"/><sup>26</sup> 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, the faithful city.
<named id="27"/><sup>27</sup> Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and they that return of her with righteousness.
<named id="28"/><sup>28</sup> But the destruction of the transgressors and the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake HaShem shall be consumed.
<named id="29"/><sup>29</sup> For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
<named id="30"/><sup>30</sup> For ye shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
<named id="31"/><sup>31</sup> And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
== See also ==
* [[Yeshayahu 1 Commentaries]]
* [[Yeshayahu 2|Next Chapter]]
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Learning resources]]
[[Category:Bible]]
[[Category:Bible Contents]]
[[he:ישעיהו א]]
[[1917 JPS Copyright|Portions © 1997 by Benyamin Pilant. Portions © 1998 by Larry Nelson.]]
<named id="1"/><sup>1</sup> 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.
<named id="2"/><sup>2</sup> Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for HaShem hath spoken: Children I have reared, and brought up, and they have rebelled against Me.
<named id="3"/><sup>3</sup> The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider.
<named id="4"/><sup>4</sup> Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly; they have forsaken HaShem, they have contemned the Holy One of Israel, they are turned away backward.
<named id="5"/><sup>5</sup> On what part will ye yet be stricken, seeing ye stray away more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint;
<named id="6"/><sup>6</sup> From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and festering sores: they have not been pressed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil.
<named id="7"/><sup>7</sup> 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 floods.
<named id="8"/><sup>8</sup> 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.
<named id="9"/><sup>9</sup> Except HaShem of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
<named id="10"/><sup>10</sup> Hear the word of HaShem, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our G-d, ye people of Gomorrah.
<named id="11"/><sup>11</sup> To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me? saith HaShem; 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.
<named id="12"/><sup>12</sup> When ye come to appear before Me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample My courts?
<named id="13"/><sup>13</sup> Bring no more vain oblations; it is an offering of abomination unto Me; new moon and sabbath, the holding of convocations-- I cannot endure iniquity along with the solemn assembly.
<named id="14"/><sup>14</sup> Your new moons and your appointed seasons My soul hateth; they are a burden unto Me; I am weary to bear them.
<named id="15"/><sup>15</sup> 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.
<named id="16"/><sup>16</sup> Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before Mine eyes, cease to do evil;
<named id="17"/><sup>17</sup> Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
<named id="18"/><sup>18</sup> Come now, and let us reason together, saith HaShem; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
<named id="19"/><sup>19</sup> If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land;
<named id="20"/><sup>20</sup> But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of HaShem hath spoken.
<named id="21"/><sup>21</sup> How is the faithful city become a harlot! She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
<named id="22"/><sup>22</sup> Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.
<named id="23"/><sup>23</sup> 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.
<named id="24"/><sup>24</sup> Therefore saith the L-rd, HaShem of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah, I will ease Me of Mine adversaries, and avenge Me of Mine enemies;
<named id="25"/><sup>25</sup> And I will turn My hand upon thee, and purge away thy dross as with lye, and will take away all thine alloy;
<named id="26"/><sup>26</sup> 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, the faithful city.
<named id="27"/><sup>27</sup> Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and they that return of her with righteousness.
<named id="28"/><sup>28</sup> But the destruction of the transgressors and the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake HaShem shall be consumed.
<named id="29"/><sup>29</sup> For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
<named id="30"/><sup>30</sup> For ye shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
<named id="31"/><sup>31</sup> And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
== See also ==
* [[Yeshayahu 1 Commentaries]]
* [[Yeshayahu 2|Next Chapter]]
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Learning resources]]
[[Category:Bible]]
[[Category:Bible Contents]]
[[he:ישעיהו א]]
[[1917 JPS Copyright|Portions © 1997 by Benyamin Pilant. Portions © 1998 by Larry Nelson.]]