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1. The vision which Esaias the son of Amos saw, which he saw against Juda, and against Jerusalem, in the reign of Ozias, and Joatham, and Achaz, and Ezekias, who reigned over Judea.
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1. The vision H2377 of Isaiah H3470 the son H1121 of Amoz H531 , which H834 he saw H2372 concerning H5921 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 in the days H3117 of Uzziah H5818 , Jotham H3147 , Ahaz H271 , and Hezekiah H3169 , kings H4428 of Judah H3063 .
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2. Hear, O heaven, and hearken, O earth: for the Lord has spoken, saying, I have begotten and reared up children, but they have Or, «set me at nought’ rebelled against me.
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2. Hear H8085 , O heavens H8064 , and give ear H238 , O earth H776 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 , I have nourished H1431 and brought up H7311 children H1121 , and they H1992 have rebelled H6586 against me.
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3. The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel does not know me, and the people has not regarded me.
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3. The ox H7794 knoweth H3045 his owner H7069 , and the ass H2543 his master H1167 's crib H18 : but Israel H3478 doth not H3808 know H3045 , my people H5971 doth not H3808 consider H995 .
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4. Ah sinful nation, a people full of sins, an evil seed, lawless children: ye have forsaken the Lord, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
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4. Ah H1945 sinful H2398 nation H1471 , a people H5971 laden H3515 with iniquity H5771 , a seed H2233 of evildoers H7489 , children H1121 that are corrupters H7843 : they have forsaken H5800 H853 the LORD H3068 , they have provoked H5006 H853 the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 unto anger , they are gone away H2114 backward H268 .
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5. Why should ye be smitten any more, transgressing more and more? the whole head is pained, and the whole heart sad.
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5. Why H5921 H4100 should ye be stricken H5221 any more H5750 ? ye will revolt H5627 more and more H3254 : the whole H3605 head H7218 is sick H2483 , and the whole H3605 heart H3824 faint H1742 .
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6. From the feet to the head, there is no soundness in them; neither wound, nor bruise, nor festering ulcer are healed: it is not possible to apply a plaister, nor oil, nor bandages.
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6. From the sole H4480 H3709 of the foot H7272 even unto H5704 the head H7218 there is no H369 soundness H4974 in it; but wounds H6482 , and bruises H2250 , and putrefying H2961 sores H4347 : they have not H3808 been closed H2115 , neither H3808 bound up H2280 , neither H3808 mollified H7401 with ointment H8081 .
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7. Your land is desolate, your cities burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is made desolate, overthrown by strange nations.
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7. Your country H776 is desolate H8077 , your cities H5892 are burned H8313 with fire H784 : your land H127 , strangers H2114 devour H398 it in your presence H5048 , and it is desolate H8077 , as overthrown H4114 by strangers H2114 .
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8. The daughter of Sion shall be deserted as a tent in a vineyard, and as a storehouse of fruits in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
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8. And the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 is left H3498 as a cottage H5521 in a vineyard H3754 , as a lodge H4412 in a garden of cucumbers H4750 , as a besieged H5341 city H5892 .
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9. Ro 9:29 And if the Lord of Sabaoth had not left us a seed, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been made like Gomorrha.
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9. Except H3884 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 had left H3498 unto us a very small H4592 remnant H8300 , we should have been H1961 as Sodom H5467 , and we should have been like H1819 unto Gomorrah H6017 .
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10. Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodoma; attend to the law of God, thou people of Gomorrha.
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10. Hear H8085 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 , ye rulers H7101 of Sodom H5467 ; give ear H238 unto the law H8451 of our God H430 , ye people H5971 of Gomorrah H6017 .
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11. Of what value to me is the abundance of your sacrifices? saith the Lord: I am full of whole-burnt-offerings of rams; and I delight not in the fat of lambs, and the blood of bulls and goats:
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11. To what H4100 purpose is the multitude H7230 of your sacrifices H2077 unto me? saith H559 the LORD H3068 : I am full H7646 of the burnt offerings H5930 of rams H352 , and the fat H2459 of fed beasts H4806 ; and I delight H2654 not H3808 in the blood H1818 of bullocks H6499 , or of lambs H3532 , or of he goats H6260 .
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12. neither shall ye come with these to appear before me; for who has required these things at your hands? Ye shall no more tread my court.
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12. When H3588 ye come H935 to appear H7200 before H6440 me, who H4310 hath required H1245 this H2063 at your hand H4480 H3027 , to tread H7429 my courts H2691 ?
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13. Though ye bring fine flour, it is vain; incense is an abomination to me; I cannot bear your new moons, and your sabbaths, and the great day;
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13. Bring H935 no H3808 more H3254 vain H7723 oblations H4503 ; incense H7004 is an abomination H8441 unto me ; the new moons H2320 and sabbaths H7676 , the calling H7121 of assemblies H4744 , I cannot H3808 H3201 away with; it is iniquity H205 , even the solemn meeting H6116 .
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14. your fasting, and rest from work, your new moons also, and your feasts my soul hates: ye have become loathsome to me; I will no more pardon your sins.
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14. Your new moons H2320 and your appointed feasts H4150 my soul H5315 hateth H8130 : they are H1961 a trouble H2960 unto me H5921 ; I am weary H3811 to bear H5375 them .
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15. When ye stretch forth your hands, I will turn away mine eyes from you: and though ye make many supplications, I will not hearken to you; for your hands are full of blood.
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15. And when ye spread forth H6566 your hands H3709 , I will hide H5956 mine eyes H5869 from H4480 you: yea H1571 , when H3588 ye make many H7235 prayers H8605 , I will not H369 hear H8085 : your hands H3027 are full H4390 of blood H1818 .
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16. Wash you, be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before mine eyes; cease from your iniquities;
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16. Wash H7364 you , make you clean H2135 ; put away H5493 the evil H7455 of your doings H4611 from before H4480 H5048 mine eyes H5869 ; cease H2308 to do evil H7489 ;
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17. learn to do well; diligently seek judgement, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.
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17. Learn H3925 to do well H3190 ; seek H1875 judgment H4941 , relieve H833 the oppressed H2541 , judge H8199 the fatherless H3490 , plead H7378 for the widow H490 .
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18. And come, let us reason together, saith the Lord: and though your sins be as purple, I will make them white as snow; and though they be as scarlet, I will make them white as wool.
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18. Come H1980 now H4994 , and let us reason together H3198 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 : though H518 your sins H2399 be H1961 as scarlet H8144 , they shall be as white H3835 as snow H7950 ; though H518 they be red H119 like crimson H8438 , they shall be H1961 as wool H6785 .
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19. And if ye be willing, and hearken to me, ye shall eat the good of the land:
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19. If H518 ye be willing H14 and obedient H8085 , ye shall eat H398 the good H2898 of the land H776 :
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20. but if ye be not willing, nor hearken to me, a sword shall devour you: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this.
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20. But if H518 ye refuse H3985 and rebel H4784 , ye shall be devoured H398 with the sword H2719 : for H3588 the mouth H6310 of the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 it .
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21. How has the faithful city Sion, once full of judgement, become a harlot! wherein righteousness lodged, but now murderers.
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21. How H349 is the faithful H539 city H7151 become H1961 a harlot H2181 ! it was full H4392 of judgment H4941 ; righteousness H6664 lodged H3885 in it ; but now H6258 murderers H7523 .
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22. Your silver is worthless, thy wine merchants mix the wine with water.
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22. Thy silver H3701 is become H1961 dross H5509 , thy wine H5435 mixed H4107 with water H4325 :
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23. Thy princes are rebellious, companions of thieves, loving bribes, seeking after rewards; not pleading for orphans, and not heeding the cause of widows.
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23. Thy princes H8269 are rebellious H5637 , and companions H2270 of thieves H1590 : every one H3605 loveth H157 gifts H7810 , and followeth after H7291 rewards H8021 : they judge H8199 not H3808 the fatherless H3490 , neither H3808 doth the cause H7379 of the widow H490 come H935 unto H413 them.
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24. Therefore thus saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Woe to the mighty men of Israel; for my wrath shall not cease against mine adversaries, and I will execute judgement on mine enemies.
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24. Therefore H3651 saith H5002 the Lord H113 , the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , the mighty One H46 of Israel H3478 , Ah H1945 , I will ease H5162 me of mine adversaries H4480 H6862 , and avenge H5358 me of mine enemies H4480 H341 :
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25. And I will bring my hand upon thee, and purge thee Gr. to pureness completely, and I will destroy the rebellious, and will take away from thee all transgressors.
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25. And I will turn H7725 my hand H3027 upon H5921 thee , and purely H1252 purge away H6884 thy dross H5509 , and take away H5493 all H3605 thy tin H913 :
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26. And I will establish thy judges as before, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: and afterward thou shalt be called the city of righteousness, the faithful mother-city of Sion.
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26. And I will restore H7725 thy judges H8199 as at the first H7223 , and thy counselors H3289 as at the beginning H8462 : afterward H310 H3651 thou shalt be called H7121 , The city H5892 of righteousness H6664 , the faithful H539 city H7151 .
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27. For her captives shall be saved with judgement, and with mercy.
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27. Zion H6726 shall be redeemed H6299 with judgment H4941 , and her converts H7725 with righteousness H6666 .
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28. And the transgressors and the sinners shall be crushed together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be utterly consumed.
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28. And the destruction H7667 of the transgressors H6586 and of the sinners H2400 shall be together H3162 , and they that forsake H5800 the LORD H3068 shall be consumed H3615 .
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29. For they shall be ashamed of their idols, which they delighted in, and they are made ashamed of the gardens which they coveted.
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29. For H3588 they shall be ashamed H954 of the oaks H4480 H352 which H834 ye have desired H2530 , and ye shall be confounded H2659 for the gardens H4480 H1593 that H834 ye have chosen H977 .
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30. For they shall be as a turpentine tree that has cast its leaves, and as a garden that has no water.
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30. For H3588 ye shall be H1961 as an oak H424 whose leaf H5929 fadeth H5034 , and as a garden H1593 that H834 hath no H369 water H4325 .
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31. And their strength shall be as a thread of tow, and their works as sparks, and the transgressors and the sinners shall be burnt up together, and there shall be none to quench them.
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31. And the strong H2634 shall be H1961 as tow H5296 , and the maker H6467 of it as a spark H5213 , and they shall both H8147 burn H1197 together H3162 , and none H369 shall quench H3518 them .
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