Isa 1:2-20 | ESV | STEP | Hear , O heavens , and give ear , O earth ; for the Lord has spoken : Children have I reared and brought up , but they have rebelled against me.

af[See ver. 13 above]

ag 1 Kgs. 8:22

ah Prov. 1:28; Mic. 3:4

ai ch. 59:3

aj[Jer. 2:22]

ak[1 Pet. 3:11]

al Jer. 22:3

am[ver. 23; James 1:27]

an Mic. 6:2; [ch. 43:26]

ap Ps. 51:7; [Rev. 7:14]

aq Deut. 30:15, 16

ar ver. 2; ch. 24:3; 40:5; 58:14; Mic. 4:4; [Num. 23:19]

Isaiah 1:2-20

The Wickedness of Judah

2 ^aHear, O heavens, and give ear, O ^bearth;
for the Lord has spoken:
“Children ^{▼▼Or Sons; also verse 4} ^dhave I reared and brought up,
but they have rebelled against me.
3 The ox ^eknows its owner,
and the donkey its master’s crib,
but Israel does ^fnot know,
my people do not understand.”
4 Ah, sinful nation,
a people laden with iniquity,
^goffspring of evildoers,
children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the Lord,
they have ^hdespised ⁱthe Holy One of Israel,
they are utterly ^jestranged.
5 Why will you still be ^kstruck down?
Why will you ^lcontinue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
and the whole heart faint.
6 ^mFrom the sole of the foot even to the head,
there is no soundness in it,
but bruises and sores
and raw wounds;
they are ⁿnot pressed out or bound up
or softened with oil.
7 ^oYour country lies desolate;
your cities are burned with fire;
in your very presence
foreigners devour your land;
it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.
8 And ^pthe daughter of Zion is left
like a ^qbooth in a vineyard,
like a lodge in a cucumber field,
like a besieged city.
9 ^rIf the Lord of hosts
had not left us ^sa few survivors,
we should have been like ^tSodom,
and become like ^uGomorrah.
10 Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of ^v, ^wSodom!
Give ear to the teaching ^{▼▼Or law} of our God,
you people of ^yGomorrah!
11 ^z“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
or of lambs, or of goats.
12 “When you come to ^aaappear before me,
who has required of you
this trampling of my courts?
13 Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to me.
^abNew moon and Sabbath and the ^accalling of convocations—
I cannot endure ^adiniquity and ^aesolemn assembly.
14 Your ^afnew moons and your appointed feasts
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you ^agspread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
^aheven though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
^aiyour hands are full of blood.
16 ^ajWash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
^akcease to do evil,
17 learn to do good;
^alseek justice,
correct oppression;
^ambring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow’s cause.
18 “Come now, ^anlet us reason ^{▼▼Or dispute} together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as ^apwhite as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
19 ^aqIf you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
20 but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be eaten by the sword;
^arfor the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”