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¹ The vision of Yesha`yahu the son of Amotz, which he saw concerning Yehudah and Yerushalayim, in the days of `Uzziyah, Yotam, Achaz, and Hizkiyahu, kings of Yehudah.

² Hear, heavens, And listen, eretz; for the LORD has spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me. ³ The ox knows his owner, And the donkey his master's crib; But Yisra'el doesn't know, My people don't consider. ⁴ Ah sinful nation, A people laden with iniquity, A seed of evil-doers, Children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD. They have despised the Holy One of Yisra'el. They are estranged and backward. ⁵ Why should you be beaten more, That you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, And the whole heart faint. ⁶ From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it: Wounds, welts, and open sores. They haven't been closed, neither bandaged, neither soothed with oil. ⁷ 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. ⁸ The daughter of Tziyon is left like a shelter in a vineyard, Like a hut in a field of melons, Like a besieged city. ⁹ Unless the LORD of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, We would have been as Sedom; We would have been like `Amorah.

¹⁰ Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sedom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of `Amorah! ¹¹ "What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says the LORD. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, And the fat of fed animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs, Or of male goats. ¹² When you come to appear before me, Who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts? ¹³ Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; New moons, Shabbatot, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies. ¹⁴ My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts; They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them. ¹⁵ When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

¹⁶ Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; Cease to do evil. ¹⁷ Learn to do well. Seek justice, Relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, Plead for the widow." ¹⁸ "Come now, and let us reason together," says the LORD: "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. ¹⁹ If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land; ²⁰ But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken it."

²¹ How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, But now murderers. ²² Your silver has become dross, Your wine mixed with water. ²³ Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don't judge the fatherless, Neither does the cause of the widow come to them. ²⁴ Therefore the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, The Mighty One of Yisra'el, says: "Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, And avenge myself of my enemies; ²⁵ And I will turn my hand on you, Thoroughly purge away your dross, And will take away all your tin. ²⁶ I will restore your judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called 'The city of righteousness, A faithful town.' ²⁷ Tziyon shall be redeemed with justice, And her converts with righteousness. ²⁸ But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, And those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed. ²⁹ For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, And you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen. ³⁰ For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, And as a garden that has no water. ³¹ The strong will be like tinder, And his work like a spark. They will both burn together, And no one will quench them."