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Isaiah 1:1
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The vision of Yeshaiyahu the son of Amotz, which he saw concerning Yehudah and Yerushalayim, in the days of `Uzziyah, Yotam, Achaz, and Chizkiyahu, kings of Yehudah.
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Isaiah 1:2
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Hear, heavens, And listen, earth; for the LORD has spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me.
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Isaiah 1:3
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The ox knows his owner, And the donkey his master's crib; But Yisra'el doesn't know, My people don't consider.
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Isaiah 1:4
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Ah sinful nation, A people loaded with iniquity, A seed of evil-doers, Children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD. They have despised the Holy One of Yisra'el. They are estranged and backward.
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Isaiah 1:5
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Why should you be beaten more, That you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, And the whole heart faint.
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Isaiah 1:6
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From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it: Wounds, welts, and open sores. They haven't been closed, neither bandaged, neither soothed with oil.
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Isaiah 1:7
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Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land in your presence, And it is desolate, As overthrown by strangers.
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Isaiah 1:8
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The daughter of Tziyon is left like a shelter in a vineyard, Like a hut in a field of melons, Like a besieged city.
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Isaiah 1:9
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Unless the LORD of Armies had left to us a very small remnant, We would have been as Sedom; We would have been like `Amorah.
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Isaiah 1:10
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Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sedom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of `Amorah!
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Isaiah 1:11
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"What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says the LORD. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, And the fat of fed animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs, Or of male goats.
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Isaiah 1:12
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When you come to appear before me, Who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
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Isaiah 1:13
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Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; New moons, Shabbatot, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies.
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Isaiah 1:14
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My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts; They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them.
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Isaiah 1:15
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When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
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Isaiah 1:16
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Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; Cease to do evil.
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Isaiah 1:17
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Learn to do well. Seek justice, Relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, Plead for the widow."
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Isaiah 1:18
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"Come now, and let us reason together," says the LORD: "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
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Isaiah 1:19
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If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;
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Isaiah 1:20
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But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken it."
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Isaiah 1:21
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How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, But now murderers.
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Isaiah 1:22
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Your silver has become dross, Your wine mixed with water.
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Isaiah 1:23
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Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don't judge the fatherless, Neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
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Isaiah 1:24
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Therefore the Lord, the LORD of Armies, The Mighty One of Yisra'el, says: "Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, And avenge myself of my enemies;
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Isaiah 1:25
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And I will turn my hand on you, Thoroughly purge away your dross, And will take away all your tin.
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Isaiah 1:26
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I will restore your judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called 'The city of righteousness, A faithful town.'
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Isaiah 1:27
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Tziyon shall be redeemed with justice, And her converts with righteousness.
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Isaiah 1:28
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But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, And those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
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Isaiah 1:29
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For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, And you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.
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Isaiah 1:30
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For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, And as a garden that has no water.
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Isaiah 1:31
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The strong will be like tinder, And his work like a spark. They will both burn together, And no one will quench them."
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