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.
2 Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth, for the LORD speaks: Sons have I raised and reared, but they have disowned me!
3 An ox knows its owner, and an ass, its master's manger; But Israel does not know, my people has not understood.
4 Ah! sinful nation, people laden with wickedness, evil race, corrupt children! They have forsaken the LORD, spurned the Holy One of Israel, apostatized.
5 Where would you yet be struck, you that rebel again and again? The whole head is sick, the whole heart faint.
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.
7 Your country is waste, your cities burnt with fire; Your land before your eyes strangers devour (a waste, like Sodom overthrown)--
8 And daughter Zion is left like a hut in a vineyard, Like a shed in a melon patch, like a city blockaded.
9 Unless the LORD of hosts had left us a scanty remnant, We had become as Sodom, we should be like Gomorrah.
10 Hear the word of the LORD, princes of Sodom! Listen to the instruction of our God, people of Gomorrah!
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.
12 When you come in to visit me, who asks these things of you?
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.
14 Your new moons and festivals I detest; they weigh me down, I tire of the load.
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!
16 Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil;
17 learn to do good. Make justice your aim: redress the wronged, hear the orphan's plea, defend the widow.
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.
19 If you are willing, and obey, you shall eat the good things of the land;
20 But if you refuse and resist, the sword shall consume you: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken!
21 How has she turned adulteress, the faithful city, so upright! Justice used to lodge within her, but now, murderers.
22 Your silver is turned to dross, your wine is mixed with water.
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.
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!
25 I will turn my hand against you, and refine your dross in the furnace, removing all your alloy.
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.
27 Zion shall be redeemed by judgment, and her repentant ones by justice.
28 Rebels and sinners alike shall be crushed, those who desert the LORD shall be consumed.
29 You shall be ashamed of the terebinths which you prized, and blush for the groves which you chose.
30 You shall become like a tree with falling leaves, like a garden that has no water.
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.
Versículos relacionados com Isaiah, 1:
Isaiah 1 is a chapter that denounces the sins of the people of Israel and announces the divine judgment against them. The themes present in the chapter include religious hypocrisy, social injustice and the need for repentance. Below are five Bible verses related to these themes:
Proverbs 21:3: "Practicing what is just and right is more acceptable to the Lord than to offer sacrifices." This verse talks about how religious hypocrisy is not acceptable in the eyes of God. Isaiah 1 also denounces the hypocrisy of the religious leaders of the people of Israel who offer sacrifices but do not practice justice.
Amos 5:24: "Flise justice to justice and righteousness as a perennial stream." This verse emphasizes the importance of social justice. Isaiah 1 also denounces oppression and social injustice committed by the people of Israel.
Isaiah 58:6-7: "This is the fast I wish: to drop the chains of injustice, untie the strings of the yoke, for freedom the oppressed and break all yoke. It is to share their food with the hungry, give shelter to the poor without Home, wear what you see naked and not refuse help to others. " This verse emphasizes the importance of social justice and the need to help the needy. Isaiah 1 also denounces social injustice and the need to do good to the needy.
Jeremiah 6:10: "To whom should I speak and warn, that they may hear me? Their ears are uncircumcised, they cannot hear. The Lord have marked them as unable to receive instruction, they do not understand the word of the Lord." This verse talks about the inability of the people of Israel to hear and understand the Word of God. Isaiah 1 also talks about how the people of Israel divert to God's will and refused to hear His Word.
Hosea 6:6: "For it is love that I want and not sacrifices, knowledge of God instead of holocaustos." This verse talks about the importance of love and knowledge of God rather than simply following religious rituals. Isaiah 1 also denounces the religious hypocrisy of the people of Israel that offers sacrifices, but has no love and knowledge of God.
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