{"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/ylt/isaiah/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T10:17:58.255Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":1,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":31},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, For Jehovah hath spoken: Sons I have nourished and brought up, And they — they transgressed against Me."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Ah, sinning nation, a people heavy with iniquity, A seed of evil doers, sons — corrupters! They have forsaken Jehovah, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have gone away backward."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Wherefore are ye stricken any more? Ye do add apostasy! Every head is become diseased, and every heart is sick."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"From the sole of the foot — unto the head, There is no soundness in it, Wound, and bruise, and fresh smiting! They have not been closed nor bound, Nor have they softened with ointment."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Your land is a desolation, your cities burnt with fire, Your ground, before you strangers are consuming it, And a desolation as overthrown by strangers!"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And left hath been the daughter of Zion, As a booth in a vineyard, As a lodge in a place of cucumbers — as a city besieged."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Unless Jehovah of Hosts had left to us a remnant, Shortly — as Sodom we had been, To Gomorrah we had been like!"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom, Give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah,"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Why to Me the abundance of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah, I have been satiated with burnt-offerings of rams, And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, And he-goats I have not desired."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"When ye come in to appear before Me, Who hath required this of your hand, To trample My courts?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Add not to bring in a vain present, Incense — an abomination it is to Me, New moon, and sabbath, calling of convocation! Rendure not iniquity — and a restraint!"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Your new moons and your set seasons hath My soul hated, They have been upon me for a burden, I have been weary of bearing."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive for the widow."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"If ye are willing, and have hearkened, The good of the land ye consume,"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, By the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"How hath a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it with judgment, Righteousness lodgeth in it — now murderers."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Thy silver hath become dross, Thy drink polluted with water."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Thy princes are apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Therefore — the affirmation of the Lord — Jehovah of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah, I am eased of Mine adversaries, And I am avenged of Mine enemies,"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And I turn back My hand upon thee, And I refine as purity thy dross, And I turn aside all thy tin,"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And I give back thy judges as at the first, And thy counsellors as in the beginning, After this thou art called, 'A city of righteousness — a faithful city.'"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Zion in judgment is redeemed, And her captivity in righteousness."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And the destruction of transgressors and sinners is together, And those forsaking Jehovah are consumed."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"For men are ashamed because of the oaks That ye have desired, And ye are confounded because of the gardens That ye have chosen."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"For ye are as an oak whose leaf is fading, And as a garden that hath no water."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"And the strong hath been for tow, And his work for a spark, And burned have both of them together, And there is none quenching!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 1 (YLT)","markdown":"[Isaiah 1](https://primebible.com/ylt/isaiah/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/isaiah/1 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}