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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../sirach/51.htm" title="Ben Sira 51">◄</a> Isaiah 1 <a href="../isaiah/2.htm" title="Isaiah 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch29001" class="chapter"> <h1 class="bksect">I. <span class="ac">Isaiah</span> 1—39</h1> <p class="sh">A. <span class="ac">Indictment of Israel and Judah</span></p> <h1 id="cn29001" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span id="v29001001" class="ver">1</span><a id="rfn29001001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29001001-1">*</a> The vision which Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.</p> <section> <h2 class="ah">Accusation and Appeal</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29001002" class="ver">2</span><a id="rfn29001002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29001002-1">*</a> Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth,</p> <p class="sl1">for the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> speaks:</p> <p class="sl">Sons have I raised and reared,</p> <p class="sl1">but they have rebelled against me!<a id="ren29001002-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29001002-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001003" class="ver">3</span>An ox knows its owner,</p> <p class="sl1">and an ass,<a id="rfn29001003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29001003-1">*</a> its master’s manger;</p> <p class="sl">But Israel does not know,</p> <p class="sl1">my people has not understood.<a id="ren29001003-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29001003-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001004" class="ver">4</span>Ah!<a id="rfn29001004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29001004-1">*</a> Sinful nation, people laden with wickedness,</p> <p class="sl1">evil offspring, corrupt children!</p> <p class="sl">They have forsaken the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">spurned the Holy One of Israel,</p> <p class="sl1">apostatized,<a id="ren29001004-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29001004-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001005" class="ver">5</span>Why<a id="rfn29001005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29001005-1">*</a> would you yet be struck,</p> <p class="sl1">that you continue to rebel?</p> <p class="sl">The whole head is sick,</p> <p class="sl1">the whole heart faint.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001006" class="ver">6</span>From the sole of the foot to the head</p> <p class="sl1">there is no sound spot in it;</p> <p class="sl">Just bruise and welt and oozing wound,</p> <p class="sl1">not drained, or bandaged,</p> <p class="sl1">or eased with salve.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001007" class="ver">7</span>Your country is waste,</p> <p class="sl1">your cities burnt with fire;</p> <p class="sl">Your land—before your eyes</p> <p class="sl1">strangers devour it,</p> <p class="sl1">a waste, like the devastation of Sodom.<a id="rfn29001007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29001007-1">*</a> <a id="ren29001007-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29001007-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001008" class="ver">8</span>And daughter Zion<a id="rfn29001008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29001008-1">*</a> is left</p> <p class="sl1">like a hut in a vineyard,</p> <p class="sl">Like a shed in a melon patch,</p> <p class="sl1">like a city blockaded.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001009" class="ver">9</span>If the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts<a id="rfn29001009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29001009-1">*</a> had not</p> <p class="sl1">left us a small remnant,</p> <p class="sl">We would have become as Sodom,</p> <p class="sl1">would have resembled Gomorrah.<a id="ren29001009-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29001009-e">e</a></p> <p class="slf"><span id="v29001010" class="ver">10</span><a id="rfn29001010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29001010-1">*</a> Hear the word of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">princes of Sodom!</p> <p class="sl">Listen to the instruction of our God,</p> <p class="sl1">people of Gomorrah!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001011" class="ver">11</span>What do I care for the multitude of your sacrifices?</p> <p class="sl1">says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="sl">I have had enough of whole-burnt rams</p> <p class="sl1">and fat of fatlings;</p> <p class="sl">In the blood of calves, lambs, and goats</p> <p class="sl1">I find no pleasure.<a id="ren29001011-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29001011-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001012" class="ver">12</span>When you come to appear before me,</p> <p class="sl1">who asks these things of you?</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001013" class="ver">13</span>Trample my courts no more!</p> <p class="sl1">To bring offerings is useless;</p> <p class="sl1">incense is an abomination to me.</p> <p class="sl">New moon and sabbath, calling assemblies—</p> <p class="sl1">festive convocations with wickedness—</p> <p class="sl1">these I cannot bear.<a id="ren29001013-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29001013-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001014" class="ver">14</span>Your new moons and festivals I detest;<a id="ren29001014-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29001014-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl1">they weigh me down, I tire of the load.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001015" class="ver">15</span>When you spread out your hands,</p> <p class="sl1">I will close my eyes to you;</p> <p class="sl">Though you pray the more,</p> <p class="sl1">I will not listen.</p> <p class="sl">Your hands are full of blood!<a id="rfn29001015-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29001015-1">*</a> <a id="ren29001015-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29001015-i">i</a></p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v29001016" class="ver">16</span>Wash yourselves clean!</p> <p class="sl">Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes;</p> <p class="sl1">cease doing evil;</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v29001017" class="ver">17</span>learn to do good.</p> <p class="sl">Make justice your aim: redress the wronged,</p> <p class="sl1">hear the orphan’s plea, defend the widow.<a id="ren29001017-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29001017-j">j</a></p> <p class="slf"><span id="v29001018" class="ver">18</span>Come now, let us set things right,<a id="rfn29001018-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29001018-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>:</p> <p class="sl">Though your sins be like scarlet,</p> <p class="sl1">they may become white as snow;</p> <p class="sl">Though they be red like crimson,</p> <p class="sl1">they may become white as wool.<a id="ren29001018-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29001018-k">k</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001019" class="ver">19</span>If you are willing, and obey,</p> <p class="sl1">you shall eat the good things of the land;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001020" class="ver">20</span>But if you refuse and resist,</p> <p class="sl1">you shall be eaten by the sword:</p> <p class="sl1">for the mouth of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> has spoken!</p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">The Purification of Jerusalem</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29001021" class="ver">21</span>How she has become a prostitute,</p> <p class="sl1">the faithful city,<a id="rfn29001021-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29001021-1">*</a> so upright!</p> <p class="sl">Justice used to lodge within her,</p> <p class="sl1">but now, murderers.<a id="ren29001021-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29001021-l">l</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001022" class="ver">22</span>Your silver is turned to dross,</p> <p class="sl1">your wine is mixed with water.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001023" class="ver">23</span>Your princes are rebels</p> <p class="sl1">and comrades of thieves;</p> <p class="sl">Each one of them loves a bribe</p> <p class="sl1">and looks for gifts.</p> <p class="sl">The fatherless they do not defend,</p> <p class="sl1">the widow’s plea does not reach them.<a id="ren29001023-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29001023-m">m</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001024" class="ver">24</span>Now, therefore, says the Lord,</p> <p class="sl1">the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel:</p> <p class="sl">Ah! I will take vengeance on my foes</p> <p class="sl1">and fully repay my enemies!<a id="ren29001024-n" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29001024-n">n</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001025" class="ver">25</span>I will turn my hand against you,</p> <p class="sl1">and refine your dross in the furnace,</p> <p class="sl1">removing all your alloy.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001026" class="ver">26</span>I will restore your judges<a id="rfn29001026-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29001026-1">*</a> as at first,</p> <p class="sl1">and your counselors as in the beginning;</p> <p class="sl">After that you shall be called</p> <p class="sl1">city of justice, faithful city.<a id="ren29001026-o" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29001026-o">o</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001027" class="ver">27</span><a id="rfn29001027-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29001027-1">*</a> Zion shall be redeemed by justice,</p> <p class="sl1">and her repentant ones by righteousness.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001028" class="ver">28</span>Rebels and sinners together shall be crushed,</p> <p class="sl1">those who desert the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> shall be consumed.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">Judgment on the Sacred Groves</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29001029" class="ver">29</span><a id="rfn29001029-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29001029-1">*</a> You shall be ashamed of the terebinths which you desired,</p> <p class="sl1">and blush on account of the gardens which you chose.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001030" class="ver">30</span>You shall become like a terebinth whose leaves wither,</p> <p class="sl1">like a garden that has no water.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29001031" class="ver">31</span>The strong tree shall turn to tinder,</p> <p class="sl1">and the one who tends it shall become a spark;</p> <p class="sl">Both of them shall burn together,</p> <p class="sl1">and there shall be none to quench them.</p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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