Thematic Bible
Isaiah 1:1 (show verse)
The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Isaiah 1:2 (show verse)
Hear, heavens, and listen, earth, for Yahweh has spoken: "I reared children and I brought [them] up, but they rebelled against me.
Isaiah 1:3 (show verse)
An ox knows its owner and a donkey the manger of its master. Israel does not know; my people do not understand.
Isaiah 1:4 (show verse)
Ah, sinful nation, a people heavy [with] iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly. They have forsaken Yahweh; they have despised the holy one of Israel. They are estranged [and gone] backward.
Isaiah 1:5 (show verse)
Why do you want to be beaten again? You continue [in] rebellion. [The] whole of [the] head [is] sick, and [the] whole of [the] heart [is] faint.
Isaiah 1:6 (show verse)
From the sole of the foot and up to [the] head there is no health in it; bruise and sore and bleeding wound have not been cleansed, and they have not been bound up and not softened with the oil.
Isaiah 1:7 (show verse)
Your country [is] desolate, your cities [are] burned [with] fire; [As for] your land, aliens are devouring it in your presence, and [it is] desolate, like devastation [by] foreigners.
Isaiah 1:8 (show verse)
And the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard, like a shelter in a cucumber field, like a city that is besieged.
Isaiah 1:9 (show verse)
If Yahweh of hosts had not left us survivors, we would have been as few as Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.
Isaiah 1:10 (show verse)
Hear the word of Yahweh, rulers of Sodom! Listen [to] the teaching of our God, people of Gomorrah!
Isaiah 1:11 (show verse)
What [is the] abundance of your sacrifices to me? says Yahweh. I have had enough [of] burnt offerings of rams and [the] fat [of] fattened animals and I do not delight in [the] blood of bulls and ram-lambs and goats.
Isaiah 1:12 (show verse)
When you come to appear before me, who asked for this from your hand: you trampling my courts?
Isaiah 1:13 (show verse)
You must not {continue} to bring offerings of futility, incense--it [is] an abomination to me; new moon and Sabbath, [the] calling of a convocation-- I cannot endure iniquity with [solemn] assembly.
Isaiah 1:14 (show verse)
Your new moons and your appointed festivals my soul hates; they have become to me like burden, I am not able to bear [them].
Isaiah 1:15 (show verse)
And when you stretch out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I [will] not be listening. Your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 1:16 (show verse)
Wash! Make yourselves clean! Remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes! Cease to do evil!
Isaiah 1:17 (show verse)
Learn to do good! Seek justice! Rescue [the] oppressed! Defend [the] orphan! Plead for [the] widow!
Isaiah 1:18 (show verse)
"Come now, and let us argue," says Yahweh. "Even though your sins are like scarlet, they will be white like snow; even though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
Isaiah 1:19 (show verse)
If you are willing and you are obedient, you shall eat the good of the land.
Isaiah 1:20 (show verse)
But if you refuse and you rebel, you shall be devoured [by the] sword. For the mouth of Yahweh has spoken."
Isaiah 1:21 (show verse)
How has a faithful city become like a whore? Full of justice, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
Isaiah 1:22 (show verse)
Your silver has become [as] dross; Your wine [is] diluted with waters.
Isaiah 1:23 (show verse)
Your princes [are] rebels and companions of thieves. Every one loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not defend [the] orphan and [the] legal dispute of [the] widow does not come before them.
Isaiah 1:24 (show verse)
Therefore, the declaration of the Lord Yahweh of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "Ah, I will be relieved of my enemies, and I will avenge myself on my foes.
Isaiah 1:25 (show verse)
And I will turn my hand against you; I will purify your dross like lye, and I will remove all [of] your tin.
Isaiah 1:26 (show verse)
And I will restore your judges, as at the first, and your counselors, as at the beginning. After this {you will be called} the city of righteousness, faithful city.
Isaiah 1:27 (show verse)
Zion will be redeemed by justice, and those of her who repent, by righteousness.
Isaiah 1:28 (show verse)
But [the] destruction [of] rebels and sinners [shall be] together, and those who forsake Yahweh will perish.
Isaiah 1:29 (show verse)
For you will be ashamed of [the] oaks [in] which you delighted, and you will be disgraced because of the gardens that you have chosen.
Isaiah 1:30 (show verse)
For you shall be like an oak withering its leaves, and like a garden where there is no water for her.
Isaiah 1:31 (show verse)
And the strong [man] shall become like tinder, and his work like a spark. And both of them shall burn together, and there is not one to quench [them]."