﻿ King James Version + Apocrypha Isaiah 1
The Book of the Prophet Isaiah
¶ Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. revolt…: Heb. increase revolt From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.§ ointment: or, oil 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.** overthrown…: Heb. the overthrow of And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
10 ¶ Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. 11  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.†† he goats: Heb. great he goats 12  When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?‡‡ to appear: Heb. to be seen 13  Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.§§ iniquity: or, grief 14  Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. 15  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.*** make…: Heb. multiply prayer††† blood: Heb. bloods
25 ¶ And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:§§§ purely: Heb. according to pureness 26  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. 27  Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.* her…: or, they that return of her
28 ¶ And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed. destruction: Heb. breaking 29  For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. 30  For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. 31  And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. maker…: or, and his work

*1.4 laden: Heb. of heaviness

1.4 gone…: Heb. alienated, or, separated

1.5 revolt…: Heb. increase revolt

§1.6 ointment: or, oil

**1.7 overthrown…: Heb. the overthrow of

††1.11 he goats: Heb. great he goats

‡‡1.12 to appear: Heb. to be seen

§§1.13 iniquity: or, grief

***1.15 make…: Heb. multiply prayer

†††1.15 blood: Heb. bloods

‡‡‡1.17 relieve: or, righten

§§§1.25 purely: Heb. according to pureness

*1.27 her…: or, they that return of her

1.28 destruction: Heb. breaking

1.31 maker…: or, and his work