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¹ The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw, concerning Judah and Jerusalem, - in the days of Uzziah Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah - kings of Judah.

² Hear O heavens, And give ear, O earth, for Yahweh, hath spoken: - Sons, have I brought up, and advanced, And, they, have rebelled against me.³ An ox knoweth, his owner, And an ass his masters crib, - Israel, doth not know, My people doth not consider.⁴ Alas! a nation - committing sin, a people - burdened with iniquity, a seed - practising wickedness, sons - acting corruptly. They have forsaken Yahweh despised the Holy One of Israel, - Are estranged and gone back.⁵ Why should ye be smitten any more? Ye would again turn aside! The whole head is sick, And the whole heart faint:⁶ From the sole of the foot even unto the head, there is in it no soundness, Bruise and stripe and newly-made wound, - They have not been pressed out, nor bound up, nor soothed with oil.⁷ Your country - is a desolation, Your cities - are consumed with fire, - Your soil - right before your eyes, foreigners are devouring it, And it is a desolation a very overthrow by foreigners;⁸ And left is the Daughter of Zion, Like a hut in a vineyard, - Like a lodge in a gourd-plot Like a city besieged.⁹ If, Yahweh of hosts, had not left us a very small remnant, Like Sodom, had we become, Gomorrah, had we resembled.

¹⁰ Hear the word of Yahweh, ye rulers of Sodom, - Give ear to the instruction of our God, ye people of Gomorrah: - ¹¹ Of what use to me, is your multitude of sacrifices: Saith Yahweh: I am sated with ascending-offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts, - In the blood of bulls and young rams and he-goats, have I no pleasure.¹² When ye enter to see my face, Who hath required this at your hand trampling my courts?¹³ Ye shall not again bring in an empty, present, Incense, an abomination, is that unto me! New moon, and sabbath calling an assembly - I cannot endure, iniquity and sacred festival!¹⁴ Your new moons and your appointed feasts, my soul, hateth, - They have become unto me a burden I am too weary to bear:¹⁵ Even when ye spread forth your open palms, I hide mine eyes from you; Yea, though ye multiply prayers, I am not hearkening, - Your hands, with deeds of blood, are filled.

¹⁶ Wash you make you clean, Put away the wickedness of your doings from before mine eyes, - Cease to do evil.¹⁷ Learn to do well - Seek justice, Correct the oppressor, - Vindicate the fatherless, Plead the cause of the widow,¹⁸ Come, I pray you, and let us settle the disputer Saith Yahweh, - Though your sins be found like scarlet, As snow, shall they be made white, Though they appear red like crimson, As wool, shall they become.¹⁹ If ye be willing - and hearken Of the good of the land, shall ye eat;²⁰ But, if ye refuse and rebel, With the sword, shall ye be devoured, For, the mouth of Yahweh, hath spoken it.

²¹ How hath she become unchaste! - The city that was Faithful, - Full of justice, Righteousness lodged in her, But, now, murderers!²² Thy silver, hath become dross, - Thy wine, weakened with water;²³ Thy rulers, are unruly, and companions of thieves, Every one of the people, loveth a bribe, and runneth after rewards, - The fatherless, they do not vindicate, And, the plea of the widow, reacheth them not.²⁴ Therefore, Declareth the Lord Yahweh of hosts, The Mighty One of Israel, - Alas! I must appease me on mine adversaries, I must avenge me on mine enemies²⁵ That I may turn my hand against thee, And smelt away, as with potash, thy dross, And remove all thine alloy;²⁶ That I may restore thy Judges as at the first, and thy Counsellors as at the beginning, - After that, shalt thou he called Righteous citadel, Trusty city, - ²⁷ Zion, with justice shall be redeemed, - And her returning ones, with righteousness;²⁸ And the downfall of transgressors and sinners, shall be, together, - And, they who forsake Yahweh, shall be brought to an end;²⁹ For they shall turn pale on account of the oaks which ye desired, - And ye shall blush on account of the gardens which ye had chosen;³⁰ For ye shall be as an oak with its leaf faded, And as a garden that hath no, water;³¹ Then shall the strong one become tow, And his work a spark, - And they shall both blaze together And there be none to quench the fire.