Isaiah 1:1-9

1The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz concerning 1Judah and Jerusalem, which he saw during the 2reigns of 3Uzziah, 4Jotham, 5Ahaz and 6Hezekiah, kings of Judah.27Listen, O heavens, and hear, O 8earth; For the Lord speaks, “9Sons I have reared and brought up, But they have 10revolted against Me.3An ox knows its owner, And a donkey its master’s manger, But Israel 11does not know, My people 12do not understand.”

4Alas, sinful nation, People weighed down with iniquity, 1314Offspring of evildoers, Sons who 15act corruptly! They have 16abandoned the Lord, They have 17despised the Holy One of Israel, They have turned away 18from Him.

5Where will you be stricken again, As you 19continue in your rebellion? The whole head is 20sick And the whole heart is faint.621From the sole of the foot even to the head There is 22nothing sound in it, Only bruises, welts and raw wounds, 23Not pressed out or bandaged, Nor softened with oil.

7Your 24land is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire, Your fields--strangers are devouring them in your presence; It is desolation, as overthrown by strangers.8The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, Like a watchman’s hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.925Unless the Lord of hosts Had left us a few 26survivors, We would be like 27Sodom, We would be like Gomorrah.