{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/isaiah/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:31:56.433Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":1,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":31},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly: they have forsaken the LORD, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged and gone backward."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and festering sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,—I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Come now, and let us reason together, saith 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."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"How is the faithful city become an harlot! she that was full of judgment! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"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:"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"and I will turn my hand upon thee, and throughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin:"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousness, the faithful city."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"But the destruction of the transgressors and the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 1 (ERV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 1](https://primebible.com/erv/isaiah/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/isaiah/1 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}