Isaiah 1:1-15, 21-24, 28-31

The Wrath of God

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


Isaiah 1:2: "Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me."


Isaiah 1:3: "The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider."


Isaiah 1:4: "Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward."


Isaiah 1:5: "Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint."


Isaiah 1:6: "From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment."


Isaiah 1:7: "Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers."


Isaiah 1:8: "And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city."


Isaiah 1:9: "Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah."


Isaiah 1:10: "Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah."


Isaiah 1:11: "To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats."


Isaiah 1:12: "When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?"


Isaiah 1:13: "Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting."


Isaiah 1:14: "Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them."


Isaiah 1:15: "And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood."


Isaiah 1:21: "How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers."


Isaiah 1:22: "Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:"


Isaiah 1:23: "Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them."


Isaiah 1:24: "Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:"


Isaiah 1:28: "And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed."


Isaiah 1:29: "For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen."


Isaiah 1:30: "For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water."


Isaiah 1:31: "And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them."