Isaiah 以赛亚书01

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1The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns¹ of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
2Hear, O heavens! Listen, O earth! For the Lord has spoken: "I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me.
3The ox knows his master, the donkey his owner's manger, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand."
4Ah, sinful nation, a people loaded with guilt², a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption³! They have forsaken⁵ the Lord ; they have spurned⁶ the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him.
5Why should you be beaten anymore? Why do you persist in rebellion? Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted⁷.
6From the sole of your foot to the top of your head there is no soundness- only wounds and welts and open sores, not cleansed⁸ or bandaged or soothed⁹ with oil.
7Your country is desolate¹⁰, your cities burned with fire; your fields are being stripped by foreigners right before you, laid waste as when overthrown¹¹ by strangers.
8The Daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a city under siege.
9Unless the Lord Almighty¹² had left us some survivors¹⁴, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.
10Hear the word of the Lord , you rulers of Sodom; listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
11"The multitude of your sacrifices- what are they to me?" says the Lord . "I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams¹⁵ and the fat of fattened¹⁶ animals; I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
12When you come to appear before me, who has asked this of you, this trampling¹⁷ of my courts?
13Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense¹⁸ is detestable to me. New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations- I cannot bear your evil assemblies.
14Your New Moon festivals and your appointed feasts my soul hates. 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 if you offer many prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood;
16wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight! Stop doing wrong,
17learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.
18"Come now, let us reason together," says the Lord . "Though your sins are like scarlet¹⁹, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson²⁰, they shall be like wool.
19If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land;
20but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured²¹ by the sword." For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
21See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness used to dwell in her- but now murderers!
22Your silver has become dross²², your choice wine is diluted²³ with water.
23Your rulers are rebels, companions of thieves; they all love bribes²⁴ and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow's case does not come before them.
24Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty, the Mighty¹³ One of Israel, declares: "Ah, I will get relief from my foes²⁵ and avenge²⁶ myself on my enemies.
25I will turn my hand against you; I will thoroughly²⁷ purge²⁸ away your dross and remove all your impurities²⁹.
26I will restore your judges as in days of old, your counselors³⁰ as at the beginning. Afterward³¹ you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City."
27Zion will be redeemed³² with justice, her penitent³³ ones with righteousness.
28But rebels and sinners will both be broken, and those who forsake⁴ the Lord will perish.
29"You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be disgraced because of the gardens that you have chosen.
30You will be like an oak with fading leaves, like a garden without water.
31The mighty man will become tinder and his work a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench³⁴ the fire."