The vision of  ¹Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, the kings of Judah:

Hear, O heavens, and hearken, O earth,
For Jehovah has spoken:
I have brought up  ¹children, and I have raised them;
And yet they have rebelled against Me.

The ox knows his owner,
And the donkey, his master's manger;
But Israel does not know,
My people do not much consider.

Alas, sinful nation,
A people heavy with iniquity,
Seed of evildoers,
Children acting corruptly!
They have forsaken Jehovah;
They have despised the Holy One of Israel;
They have become estranged and have gone backward.

 ¹Where will you be stricken again?
Will you continue your  ²apostasy?
The whole head has become sick,
And the whole heart faint;

From the sole of the foot even to the head,
There is no soundness in it,
Only bruises and blows
And raw wounds —
They have not been pressed out nor bound up
Nor softened with oil.

Your land is a desolation;
Your cities are burned with fire;
Your field — in your sight
Strangers devour it;
It is a desolation, like something overthrown by strangers.

And the daughter of Zion is left
Like a booth in a vineyard,
Like a hut in a cucumber field,
Like a besieged city.

Unless Jehovah  ¹of hosts
Had left to us a surviving few,
We would have been like Sodom,
We would have resembled Gomorrah.

Hear the word of Jehovah,
You rulers of Sodom;
Hearken to the instruction of our God,
You people of Gomorrah.

What is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?
Says Jehovah.
I have had My fill of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fed cattle;
The blood of bulls and lambs
And goats, I do not delight in.

When you come to appear before Me,
Who has required this of your hand,
To trample My courts?

Bring no more vain offerings;
Incense is an abomination to Me.
New moon and Sabbath, the calling of convocations —
I cannot bear iniquity and the solemn assembly.

Your new moons and your appointed feasts
My soul hates;
They have become a burden on Me;
I am weary of bearing them.

Thus, when you spread forth your hands,
I will hide My eyes from you;
Even though you multiply your prayers,
I will not hear.
Your hands are full of blood;

 ¹Wash yourselves; cleanse yourselves.
Turn away the evil of your deeds
From before My eyes.
Cease doing what is evil;

Learn to do good.
Seek justice;
Correct the ruthless.
Defend the orphan;
Plead for the widow.

Come now and let us reason together,
Says Jehovah.
Though your sins are like scarlet,
They will be as white as  ¹snow;
Though they are as red as crimson,
They will be like  ¹wool.

If you are willing and listen,
You will eat the good of the land;

But if you refuse and rebel,
You will be devoured by the sword;
For the mouth of Jehovah has spoken.

How the faithful city
Has become a harlot!
She who was full of justice,
She in whom righteousness once lodged,
But now murderers!

Your silver has become dross;
Your wine diluted with water;

Your rulers are rebellious
And companions of thieves;
They all love bribes
And chase after rewards;
They do not defend the orphan,
Nor does the widow's plea come before them.

Hence, the Lord Jehovah of hosts,
The Mighty One of Israel, declares:
Ah, I will ease Myself of My  ¹adversaries,
And I will avenge Myself of My  ¹enemies;

And I will turn My hand against you.
I will thoroughly purge away your dross as with lye,
And I will remove all your alloy.

And I will restore your judges as at the first
And your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward you will be called the city of righteousness,
The faithful city.

Zion will be ransomed with justice,
And her returning ones with righteousness.

And there will be the shattering of rebels and sinners together,
And those who forsake Jehovah will meet their end.

For  ¹you will be ashamed of the  ²terebinths
That you have taken pleasure in;
And you will be embarrassed at the gardens
That you have chosen.

For you will be like a terebinth
Whose leaves are falling,
And like a garden
In which there is no water;

And the strong man will become  ¹tow,
And his work a spark;
And they will both burn together,
And there will be none to extinguish them.

The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

But in the last days
The  ¹mountain of the house of Jehovah will be established
On the top of the mountains;
And it will be lifted up above the hills;
And all the nations will stream to it,

And many peoples will come and say,
Come and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah,
To the house of the God of Jacob,
That He may instruct us  ¹in His ways,
And that we may walk in His paths.
For from Zion will go forth  ²instruction,
And the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem;

And He will  ¹judge between the nations,
And will decide matters for many peoples.
And they will beat their swords into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning knives;
Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
Nor will they learn war anymore.

House of Jacob, come and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.

For You have abandoned Your people,
The house of Jacob;
Because they are full of customs from the east,
And they are soothsayers like the Philistines,
And they clasp hands with the children of foreigners.

Their land is full of  ¹silver and gold,
And their treasures are limitless;
Their land is also full of horses,
And their chariots are limitless.

And their land is full of idols;
They bow down to the work of their hands,
To that which their fingers have made.

Thus the ordinary man is humbled, and the man of distinction is abased —
But do not forgive them.

Enter into the rock,
And hide in the dust,
From the dread of Jehovah,
And from the splendor of His majesty.

Man's  ¹haughty look will be abased,
And the loftiness of men will be humbled;
But Jehovah alone will be exalted
In that day.

For Jehovah of hosts will have a  ¹day
Over everything proud and lofty,
And over everything lifted up that it may be abased;

Over all the  ¹cedars of Lebanon,
Which are lofty and lifted up,
And over all the  ¹oaks of Bashan;

Over all the  ¹lofty mountains,
And over all the  ¹hills that are lifted up;

Over every high tower,
And over every fortified wall;

Over all the ships of Tarshish,
And over all their pleasant  ¹artifacts.

And the haughtiness of the ordinary man will be humbled,
And the loftiness of the men of distinction will be abased;
But Jehovah alone will be exalted
In that day.

And the idols will vanish completely.

And men will go into caves in the rocks
And into holes in the dust,
From the dread of Jehovah,
And from the splendor of His majesty,
When He arises to make the earth tremble.

In that day a man will cast
His idols of silver and his idols of gold,
Which they made for themselves to bow down to,
To the moles and to the bats,

So that they may go into the crevices of the rocks
And into the clefts of the cliffs,
From the dread of Jehovah,
And from the splendor of His majesty,
When He arises to make the earth tremble.

Stop regarding man,
Whose life breath is in his nostrils.
For of what value is he considered to be?

For now the Lord Jehovah of hosts
Is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah
Every kind of support —
All the support of bread
And all the support of water;

The mighty man and the man of war,
The judge and the prophet,
And the diviner and the elder;

The captain of fifty and the highly regarded;
And the counselor, the wise magician, and the knowledgeable enchanter.

And I will make youths their rulers,
And capriciousness will rule over them.

And the people will be oppressed, each by the other,
And each by his neighbor.
The youth will be arrogant to the elder,
And the contemned one to the one who is honored.

When a man takes hold of his brother
In his father's house and says,
You have clothing, you be our ruler,
And these ruins will be under your hand;

He will solemnly say,
I will not be the one who binds your wounds,
For in my house there is no food or clothing;
Do not appoint me as  ¹ruler of the people.

For Jerusalem stumbles,
And Judah falls,
Because their speech and their actions are against Jehovah,
To rebel against the eyes of His glory.

The countenance of their faces witnesses against them,
And they declare their sin like Sodom;
They do not hide it.
Woe to their soul!
For they have brought evil upon themselves.

Say to the righteous that it will go well with them,
For they will eat the fruit of their actions.

Woe to the wicked man! It will go badly with him;
For the result of his deeds will be done to him

My people — their oppressors are children,
And women rule over them.
O My people, those who lead you are leading you astray;
And the path for your ways they have hidden.

Jehovah stands firm to contend,
And He stands to judge the people.

Jehovah will enter into judgment
With the elders of His people and their rulers.
It is you who have consumed the vineyard;
The spoil of the poor is in your houses.

What do you mean by crushing My people
And grinding the faces of the poor?
Declares the Lord Jehovah of hosts.

Moreover Jehovah said,
Because the daughters of Zion are haughty,
And walk around with outstretched necks
And lusting eyes,
And trip along with quick, little steps,
And rattle the anklets on their feet;

The Lord will strike the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs,
And Jehovah will expose their secret parts.

In that day the Lord will remove the beauty of their anklets, headbands, and crescents;

The ear pendants, the bracelets, and the costly veils;

The headdresses, the ankle chains, the sashes, the bottles of aromas, and the amulets;

The finger rings and the nose rings;

The formal gowns, the frocks, the wraps, and the purses;

The mirrors, the fine linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.

And instead of a sweet smell there will be rottenness;
And instead of a belt, an encircling rope;
Instead of well-set hair, baldness;
And instead of fine garments, the girding of oneself with sackcloth;
A brand instead of beauty.

Your men will fall by the sword,
And your mighty, in battle;

Then her gates will mourn and lament,
And she, being desolated, will sit on the ground.