Berean Standard Bible
Isaiah 1:1-20
1This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth,for the LORD has spoken:
“I have raised children and brought them up,but they have rebelled against Me.3The ox knows its owner,and the donkey its master’s manger,but Israel does not know;My people do not understand.”
4Alas, O sinful nation,a people laden with iniquity,a brood of evildoers,children who act corruptly!They have forsaken the LORD;they have despised the Holy One of Israeland turned their backs on Him.
5Why do you want more beatings?Why do you keep rebelling?Your head has a massive wound,and your whole heart is afflicted.6From the sole of your foot to the top of your head,there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering soresneither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.
7Your land is desolate;your cities are burned with fire.Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.8And the Daughter of Zion is abandonedlike a shelter in a vineyard,like a shack in a cucumber field,like a city besieged.
9Unless the LORD of Hostshad left us a few survivors,1we would have become like Sodom,we would have resembled Gomorrah.2
10Hear the word of the LORD,you rulers of Sodom;listen to the instruction of our God,you people of Gomorrah!
11“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?”says the LORD.“I am full from the burnt offerings of ramsand the fat of well-fed cattle;I take no delight in the blood of bullsand lambs and goats.12When you come to appear before Me,who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts?
13Bring your worthless offerings no more;your incense is detestable to Me.New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.14I hate your New Moonsand your appointed feasts.They have become a burden to Me;I am weary of bearing them.
15When you spread out your hands in prayer,I will hide My eyes from you;even though you multiply your prayers,I will not listen.Your hands are covered with blood.
16Wash and cleanse yourselves.Remove your evil deeds from My sight.Stop doing evil!17Learn to do right;seek justice and correct the oppressor.3Defend the fatherlessand plead the case of the widow.”
18“Come now, let us reason together,”says the LORD.“Though your sins are like scarlet,they will be as white as snow;though they are as red as crimson,they will become like wool.19If you are willing and obedient,you will eat the best of the land.20But if you resist and rebel,you will be devoured by the sword.”For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Notes
- 1. Isaiah 1:9 LXX had left us descendants ↩
- 2. Isaiah 1:9 Cited in Romans 9:29 ↩
- 3. Isaiah 1:17 Or and encourage the oppressed ↩
Commentaries on Isaiah 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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