Is 1:14 "I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts, They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.
Is 1:15 "So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; Yes, even though you multiply prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
Is 1:16 ¶ "Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight. Cease to do evil,
Is 1:17 Learn to do good; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Defend the orphan, Plead for the widow.
Is 1:18 ¶ "Come now, and let us reason together," Says the LORD, "Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool.
Is 1:19 "If you consent and obey, You will eat the best of the land;
Is 1:20 "But if you refuse and rebel, You will be devoured by the sword." Truly, the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Is 1:21 ¶ How the faithful city has become a harlot, She who was full of justice! Righteousness once lodged in her, But now murderers.
Is 1:22 Your silver has become dross, Your drink diluted with water.
Is 1:23 Your rulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone loves a bribe And chases after rewards. They do not defend the orphan, Nor does the widow's plea come before them.
Is 1:24 ¶ Therefore the Lord GOD of hosts, The Mighty One of Israel, declares, "Ah, I will be relieved of My adversaries And avenge Myself on My foes.
Is 1:25 "I will also turn My hand against you, And will smelt away your dross as with lye And will remove all your alloy.
Is 1:26 "Then I will restore your judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning; After that you will be called the city of righteousness, A faithful city."
Is 1:27 ¶ Zion will be redeemed with justice And her repentant ones with righteousness.
Is 1:28 But transgressors and sinners will be crushed together, And those who forsake the LORD will come to an end.
Is 1:29 Surely you will be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, And you will be embarrassed at the gardens which you have chosen.
Is 1:31 The strong man will become tinder, His work also a spark. Thus they shall both burn together And there will be none to quench them.
Is 2:1 The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
Is 2:2 ¶ Now it will come about that In the last days The mountain of the house of the LORD Will be established as the chief of the mountains, And will be raised above the hills; And all the nations will stream to it.
Is 2:3 And many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths." For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.