Isaiah 1:8-28

⁸And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

⁹Except 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.

¹⁰Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

¹¹To 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.

¹²When ye come to appear before Me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample My courts?

¹³Bring no more vain oblations; it is an offering of abomination unto Me; new moon and sabbath, the holding of convocations — I cannot endure iniquity along with the solemn assembly.

¹⁴Your new moons and your appointed seasons My soul hateth; they are a burden unto Me; I am weary to bear them.

¹⁵And 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.

¹⁶Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before Mine eyes, cease to do evil;

¹⁷Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

¹⁸Come 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.

¹⁹If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land;

²⁰But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken.

²¹How is the faithful city become a harlot! She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

²²Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.

²³Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

²⁴Therefore 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;

²⁵And I will turn My hand upon thee, and purge away thy dross as with lye, and will take away all thine alloy;

²⁶And 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.

²⁷Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and they that return of her with righteousness.

²⁸But the destruction of the transgressors and the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.