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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Isaiah 1 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Isaiah 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../songs/8.htm" title="Song of Solomon 8">◄</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 International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/isaiah/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.</p> <p class="sectionhead">A Rebellious Nation</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth!</p><p class="line2">For the <span class="name">Lord</span> has spoken:</p><p class="line1">“I reared children and brought them up,</p><p class="line2">but they have rebelled against me.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The ox knows its master,</p><p class="line2">the donkey its owner’s manger,</p><p class="line1">but Israel does not know,</p><p class="line2">my people do not understand.”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Woe to the sinful nation,</p><p class="line2">a people whose guilt is great,</p><p class="line1">a brood of evildoers,</p><p class="line2">children given to corruption!</p><p class="line1">They have forsaken the <span class="name">Lord</span>;</p><p class="line2">they have spurned the Holy One of Israel</p><p class="line2">and turned their backs on him.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Why should you be beaten anymore?</p><p class="line2">Why do you persist in rebellion?</p><p class="line1">Your whole head is injured,</p><p class="line2">your whole heart afflicted.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>From the sole of your foot to the top of your head</p><p class="line2">there is no soundness—</p><p class="line1">only wounds and welts</p><p class="line2">and open sores,</p><p class="line1">not cleansed or bandaged</p><p class="line2">or soothed with olive oil.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Your country is desolate,</p><p class="line2">your cities burned with fire;</p><p class="line1">your fields are being stripped by foreigners</p><p class="line2">right before you,</p><p class="line2">laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Daughter Zion is left</p><p class="line2">like a shelter in a vineyard,</p><p class="line1">like a hut in a cucumber field,</p><p class="line2">like a city under siege.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Unless the <span class="name">Lord</span> Almighty</p><p class="line2">had left us some survivors,</p><p class="line1">we would have become like Sodom,</p><p class="line2">we would have been like Gomorrah.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Hear the word of the <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">you rulers of Sodom;</p><p class="line1">listen to the instruction of our God,</p><p class="line2">you people of Gomorrah!</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“The multitude of your sacrifices—</p><p class="line2">what are they to me?” says the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p><p class="line1">“I have more than enough of burnt offerings,</p><p class="line2">of rams and the fat of fattened animals;</p><p class="line1">I have no pleasure</p><p class="line2">in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When you come to appear before me,</p><p class="line2">who has asked this of you,</p><p class="line2">this trampling of my courts?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Stop bringing meaningless offerings!</p><p class="line2">Your incense is detestable to me.</p><p class="line1">New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations—</p><p class="line2">I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Your New Moon feasts and your appointed festivals</p><p class="line2">I hate with all my being.</p><p class="line1">They have become a burden to me;</p><p class="line2">I am weary of bearing them.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>When you spread out your hands in prayer,</p><p class="line2">I hide my eyes from you;</p><p class="line1">even when you offer many prayers,</p><p class="line2">I am not listening.</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">Your hands are full of blood!</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Wash and make yourselves clean.</p><p class="line2">Take your evil deeds out of my sight;</p><p class="line2">stop doing wrong.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Learn to do right; seek justice.</p><p class="line2">Defend the oppressed. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or justice. Correct the oppressor">a</a></sup></span> </p><p class="line1">Take up the cause of the fatherless;</p><p class="line2">plead the case of the widow.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Come now, let us settle the matter,”</p><p class="line2">says the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p><p class="line1">“Though your sins are like scarlet,</p><p class="line2">they shall be as white as snow;</p><p class="line1">though they are red as crimson,</p><p class="line2">they shall be like wool.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>If you are willing and obedient,</p><p class="line2">you will eat the good things of the land;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>but if you resist and rebel,</p><p class="line2">you will be devoured by the sword.”</p><p class="attribution">For the mouth of the <span class="name">Lord</span> has spoken.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>See how the faithful city</p><p class="line2">has become a prostitute!</p><p class="line1">She once was full of justice;</p><p class="line2">righteousness used to dwell in her—</p><p class="line2">but now murderers!</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Your silver has become dross,</p><p class="line2">your choice wine is diluted with water.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Your rulers are rebels,</p><p class="line2">partners with thieves;</p><p class="line1">they all love bribes</p><p class="line2">and chase after gifts.</p><p class="line1">They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;</p><p class="line2">the widow’s case does not come before them.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Therefore the Lord, the <span class="name">Lord</span> Almighty,</p><p class="line2">the Mighty One of Israel, declares:</p><p class="line1">“Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes</p><p class="line2">and avenge myself on my enemies.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I will turn my hand against you; <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, against Jerusalem">b</a></sup></span> </p><p class="line2">I will thoroughly purge away your dross</p><p class="line2">and remove all your impurities.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I will restore your leaders as in days of old,</p><p class="line2">your rulers as at the beginning.</p><p class="line1">Afterward you will be called</p><p class="line2">the City of Righteousness,</p><p class="line2">the Faithful City.”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Zion will be delivered with justice,</p><p class="line2">her penitent ones with righteousness.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>But rebels and sinners will both be broken,</p><p class="line2">and those who forsake the <span class="name">Lord</span> will perish.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks</p><p class="line2">in which you have delighted;</p><p class="line1">you will be disgraced because of the gardens</p><p class="line2">that you have chosen.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>You will be like an oak with fading leaves,</p><p class="line2">like a garden without water.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The mighty man will become tinder</p><p class="line2">and his work a spark;</p><p class="line1">both will burn together,</p><p class="line2">with no one to quench the fire.”</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>justice.<br />     Correct the oppressor</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, against Jerusalem</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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