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1. The vision which Isaiah, son of Amoz, had concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
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1. The vision H2377 of Isaiah H3470 the son H1121 of Amoz H531 , which H834 he saw H2372 concerning H5921 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 in the days H3117 of Uzziah H5818 , Jotham H3147 , Ahaz H271 , and Hezekiah H3169 , kings H4428 of Judah H3063 .
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2. Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth, for the LORD speaks: Sons have I raised and reared, but they have disowned me!
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2. Hear H8085 , O heavens H8064 , and give ear H238 , O earth H776 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 , I have nourished H1431 and brought up H7311 children H1121 , and they H1992 have rebelled H6586 against me.
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3. An ox knows its owner, and an ass, its master's manger; But Israel does not know, my people has not understood.
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3. The ox H7794 knoweth H3045 his owner H7069 , and the ass H2543 his master H1167 's crib H18 : but Israel H3478 doth not H3808 know H3045 , my people H5971 doth not H3808 consider H995 .
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4. Ah! sinful nation, people laden with wickedness, evil race, corrupt children! They have forsaken the LORD, spurned the Holy One of Israel, apostatized.
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4. Ah H1945 sinful H2398 nation H1471 , a people H5971 laden H3515 with iniquity H5771 , a seed H2233 of evildoers H7489 , children H1121 that are corrupters H7843 : they have forsaken H5800 H853 the LORD H3068 , they have provoked H5006 H853 the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 unto anger , they are gone away H2114 backward H268 .
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5. Where would you yet be struck, you that rebel again and again? The whole head is sick, the whole heart faint.
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5. Why H5921 H4100 should ye be stricken H5221 any more H5750 ? ye will revolt H5627 more and more H3254 : the whole H3605 head H7218 is sick H2483 , and the whole H3605 heart H3824 faint H1742 .
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6. From the sole of the foot to the head there is no sound spot: Wound and welt and gaping gash, not drained, or bandaged, or eased with salve.
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6. From the sole H4480 H3709 of the foot H7272 even unto H5704 the head H7218 there is no H369 soundness H4974 in it; but wounds H6482 , and bruises H2250 , and putrefying H2961 sores H4347 : they have not H3808 been closed H2115 , neither H3808 bound up H2280 , neither H3808 mollified H7401 with ointment H8081 .
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7. Your country is waste, your cities burnt with fire; Your land before your eyes strangers devour (a waste, like Sodom overthrown)--
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7. Your country H776 is desolate H8077 , your cities H5892 are burned H8313 with fire H784 : your land H127 , strangers H2114 devour H398 it in your presence H5048 , and it is desolate H8077 , as overthrown H4114 by strangers H2114 .
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8. And daughter Zion is left like a hut in a vineyard, Like a shed in a melon patch, like a city blockaded.
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8. And the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 is left H3498 as a cottage H5521 in a vineyard H3754 , as a lodge H4412 in a garden of cucumbers H4750 , as a besieged H5341 city H5892 .
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9. Unless the LORD of hosts had left us a scanty remnant, We had become as Sodom, we should be like Gomorrah.
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9. Except H3884 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 had left H3498 unto us a very small H4592 remnant H8300 , we should have been H1961 as Sodom H5467 , and we should have been like H1819 unto Gomorrah H6017 .
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10. Hear the word of the LORD, princes of Sodom! Listen to the instruction of our God, people of Gomorrah!
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10. Hear H8085 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 , ye rulers H7101 of Sodom H5467 ; give ear H238 unto the law H8451 of our God H430 , ye people H5971 of Gomorrah H6017 .
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11. What care I for the number of your sacrifices? says the LORD. I have had enough of whole-burnt rams and fat of fatlings; In the blood of calves, lambs and goats I find no pleasure.
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11. To what H4100 purpose is the multitude H7230 of your sacrifices H2077 unto me? saith H559 the LORD H3068 : I am full H7646 of the burnt offerings H5930 of rams H352 , and the fat H2459 of fed beasts H4806 ; and I delight H2654 not H3808 in the blood H1818 of bullocks H6499 , or of lambs H3532 , or of he goats H6260 .
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12. When you come in to visit me, who asks these things of you?
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12. When H3588 ye come H935 to appear H7200 before H6440 me, who H4310 hath required H1245 this H2063 at your hand H4480 H3027 , to tread H7429 my courts H2691 ?
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13. Trample my courts no more! Bring no more worthless offerings; your incense is loathsome to me. New moon and sabbath, calling of assemblies, octaves with wickedness: these I cannot bear.
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13. Bring H935 no H3808 more H3254 vain H7723 oblations H4503 ; incense H7004 is an abomination H8441 unto me ; the new moons H2320 and sabbaths H7676 , the calling H7121 of assemblies H4744 , I cannot H3808 H3201 away with; it is iniquity H205 , even the solemn meeting H6116 .
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14. Your new moons and festivals I detest; they weigh me down, I tire of the load.
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14. Your new moons H2320 and your appointed feasts H4150 my soul H5315 hateth H8130 : they are H1961 a trouble H2960 unto me H5921 ; I am weary H3811 to bear H5375 them .
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15. When you spread out your hands, I close my eyes to you; Though you pray the more, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood!
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15. And when ye spread forth H6566 your hands H3709 , I will hide H5956 mine eyes H5869 from H4480 you: yea H1571 , when H3588 ye make many H7235 prayers H8605 , I will not H369 hear H8085 : your hands H3027 are full H4390 of blood H1818 .
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16. Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil;
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16. Wash H7364 you , make you clean H2135 ; put away H5493 the evil H7455 of your doings H4611 from before H4480 H5048 mine eyes H5869 ; cease H2308 to do evil H7489 ;
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17. learn to do good. Make justice your aim: redress the wronged, hear the orphan's plea, defend the widow.
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17. Learn H3925 to do well H3190 ; seek H1875 judgment H4941 , relieve H833 the oppressed H2541 , judge H8199 the fatherless H3490 , plead H7378 for the widow H490 .
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18. Come now, let us set things right, says the LORD: Though your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow; Though they be crimson red, they may become white as wool.
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18. Come H1980 now H4994 , and let us reason together H3198 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 : though H518 your sins H2399 be H1961 as scarlet H8144 , they shall be as white H3835 as snow H7950 ; though H518 they be red H119 like crimson H8438 , they shall be H1961 as wool H6785 .
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19. If you are willing, and obey, you shall eat the good things of the land;
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19. If H518 ye be willing H14 and obedient H8085 , ye shall eat H398 the good H2898 of the land H776 :
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20. But if you refuse and resist, the sword shall consume you: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken!
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20. But if H518 ye refuse H3985 and rebel H4784 , ye shall be devoured H398 with the sword H2719 : for H3588 the mouth H6310 of the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 it .
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21. How has she turned adulteress, the faithful city, so upright! Justice used to lodge within her, but now, murderers.
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21. How H349 is the faithful H539 city H7151 become H1961 a harlot H2181 ! it was full H4392 of judgment H4941 ; righteousness H6664 lodged H3885 in it ; but now H6258 murderers H7523 .
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22. Your silver is turned to dross, your wine is mixed with water.
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22. Thy silver H3701 is become H1961 dross H5509 , thy wine H5435 mixed H4107 with water H4325 :
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23. Your princes are rebels and comrades of thieves; Each one of them loves a bribe and looks for gifts. The fatherless they defend not, and the widow's plea does not reach them.
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23. Thy princes H8269 are rebellious H5637 , and companions H2270 of thieves H1590 : every one H3605 loveth H157 gifts H7810 , and followeth after H7291 rewards H8021 : they judge H8199 not H3808 the fatherless H3490 , neither H3808 doth the cause H7379 of the widow H490 come H935 unto H413 them.
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24. Now, therefore, says the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah! I will take vengeance on my foes and fully repay my enemies!
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24. Therefore H3651 saith H5002 the Lord H113 , the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , the mighty One H46 of Israel H3478 , Ah H1945 , I will ease H5162 me of mine adversaries H4480 H6862 , and avenge H5358 me of mine enemies H4480 H341 :
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25. I will turn my hand against you, and refine your dross in the furnace, removing all your alloy.
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25. And I will turn H7725 my hand H3027 upon H5921 thee , and purely H1252 purge away H6884 thy dross H5509 , and take away H5493 all H3605 thy tin H913 :
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26. I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as in the beginning; After that you shall be called city of justice, faithful city.
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26. And I will restore H7725 thy judges H8199 as at the first H7223 , and thy counselors H3289 as at the beginning H8462 : afterward H310 H3651 thou shalt be called H7121 , The city H5892 of righteousness H6664 , the faithful H539 city H7151 .
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27. Zion shall be redeemed by judgment, and her repentant ones by justice.
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27. Zion H6726 shall be redeemed H6299 with judgment H4941 , and her converts H7725 with righteousness H6666 .
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28. Rebels and sinners alike shall be crushed, those who desert the LORD shall be consumed.
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28. And the destruction H7667 of the transgressors H6586 and of the sinners H2400 shall be together H3162 , and they that forsake H5800 the LORD H3068 shall be consumed H3615 .
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29. You shall be ashamed of the terebinths which you prized, and blush for the groves which you chose.
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29. For H3588 they shall be ashamed H954 of the oaks H4480 H352 which H834 ye have desired H2530 , and ye shall be confounded H2659 for the gardens H4480 H1593 that H834 ye have chosen H977 .
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30. You shall become like a tree with falling leaves, like a garden that has no water.
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30. For H3588 ye shall be H1961 as an oak H424 whose leaf H5929 fadeth H5034 , and as a garden H1593 that H834 hath no H369 water H4325 .
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31. The strong man shall turn to tow, and his work shall become a spark; Both shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench the flames.
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31. And the strong H2634 shall be H1961 as tow H5296 , and the maker H6467 of it as a spark H5213 , and they shall both H8147 burn H1197 together H3162 , and none H369 shall quench H3518 them .
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