1    ^noteA Vision of Isaiah, the sonne of Amoz, which he sawe ^note concerning Iudah and Ierusalem: in the dayes of ^note Vzziah, Iotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah Kings of Iudah.

2   Heare, O ^note heauens, and hearken, O earth: for the Lorde hath sayde, I haue nourished and brought vp ^note children, but they haue rebelled against me.

3   The ^note oxe knoweth his owner, and the asse his masters crib: but Israel hath not knowen: my people hath not vnderstand.

4   Ah, sinfull nation, a people laden with iniquitie: a ^note seede of the wicked, corrupt children: they haue forsaken the Lord: they haue prouoked the ^note holy one of Israel to anger: they are gone backewarde.

5   Wherefore shoulde ye be ^note smitten any Gods plagues. more? for ye fall away more and more: the whole ^note head is sicke, and the whole heart is heauie.

6   From the ^note sole of the foote vnto the head, there is nothing whole therein, but wounds, and swelling, and sores full of corruption: they haue not bene wrapped, ^note nor bound vp, nor mollified with oyle.

7   Your land is waste: your cities are burnt with fire: strangers deuoure your lande in your presence, and it is desolate like the ouerthrowe ^note of strangers.

8   And the daughter of ^note Zion shall remaine like a cotage in a vineyarde, like a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, and like a besieged citie.

9   Except the Lorde of hostes ^note had reserued vnto vs, euen a small remnant: we should haue bene ^note as Sodom, and should haue bene like vnto Gomorah.

10   Heare the worde of the Lorde, O ^note princes of Sodom: hearken vnto the Law of our God, O people of Gomorah.

11   What haue I to doe with the multitude of your sacrifices, sayth the Lorde? I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, & of the fat of fed beasts: and I ^note desire not the blood of bullocks, nor of lambs, nor of goates.

12   When ye come to appeare before me, who

The fall of Ierusalem foretolde. required this of your hands to tread in my courts?

13   Bring no mo oblations, ^note in vaine: incense is an abomination vnto me: I can not suffer your newe moones, nor Sabbaths, nor solemne dayes (it is iniquitie) nor solemne assemblies.

14   My soule hateth your ^note newe moones and your appointed feastes: they are a burden vnto me: I am weary to beare them.

15   And when you shall stretch out your hands, I wil hide mine eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, I wil not heare: for your hands are full ^note of blood.

16    ^noteWash you, make you cleane: take away the euill of your workes from before mine eyes: cease to doe euill.

17   Learne to ^note doe well: seeke iudgement, relieue the oppressed: iudge the fatherlesse and defend the widowe.

18   Come nowe, ^note and let vs reason together, sayth the Lord: though your sinnes were as crimsin, they shalbe made ^note white as snowe: though they were red like skarlet, they shalbe as wooll.

19   If ye ^note consent and obey, ye shall eate the good things of the land.

20   But if ye refuse and be rebellious, ye shalbe deuoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

21   Howe is the ^note faithfull citie become an harlot? it was full of iudgement, and iustice lodged therein, but now ^note they are murtherers.

22   Thy ^note siluer is become drosse: thy wine is mixt with water.

23   Thy Princes are rebellious and companions of ^note theeues: euery one loueth giftes, and followeth after rewards: they iudge not the fatherlesse, neither doeth the widowes cause come before them.

24   Therefore sayth the Lorde God of hostes, the ^note mightie one of Israel, Ah, I will ^note ease me of mine aduersaries, & auenge me of mine enemies.

25   Then I will turne mine hand vpon thee, and burne out thy drosse, till it ^note be pure, and take away all thy tinne.

26    ^noteAnd I will restore thy iudges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward shalt thou be called a citie of righteousnes, and a faithfull citie.

27   Zion shalbe redeemed in iudgement, and they that returne in her, in ^note iustice.

28   And the ^note destruction of the transgressers and of the sinners shalbe together: and they that forsake the Lord, shalbe consumed.

29   For they shalbe confounded for the ^note okes, which ye haue desired, and ye shall be ashamed of the gardens, that ye haue chosen.

30   For ye shalbe as an oke, whose leafe fadeth: The zeale of the godly. and as a garden that hath no water.

31   And the strong shalbe as ^note towe, and the maker thereof, as a sparke: and they shall both burne together, and none shall quench them.

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