1The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
A Rebellious Nation
2Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth!
For the Lord has spoken:
“I reared children and brought them up,
but they have rebelled against me.
3The ox knows its master,
the donkey its owner’s manger,
but Israel does not know,
my people do not understand.”
4Woe to the sinful nation,
a people whose guilt is great,
a brood of evildoers,
children given to corruption!
They have forsaken the Lord;
they have spurned the Holy One of Israel
and turned their backs on him.
5Why should you be beaten anymore?
Why do you persist in rebellion?
Your whole head is injured,
your whole heart afflicted.
6From the sole of your foot to the top of your head
there is no soundness—
only wounds and welts
and open sores,
not cleansed or bandaged
or soothed with olive oil.
7Your country is desolate,
your cities burned with fire;
your fields are being stripped by foreigners
right before you,
laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.
8Daughter Zion is left
like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a hut in a cucumber field,
like a city under siege.
9Unless the Lord Almighty
had left us some survivors,
we would have become like Sodom,
we would have been like Gomorrah.
10Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of Sodom;
listen to the instruction of our God,
you people of Gomorrah!
11“The multitude of your sacrifices—
what are they to me?” says the Lord.
“I have more than enough of burnt offerings,
of rams and the fat of fattened animals;
I have no pleasure
in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
12When you come to appear before me,
who has asked this of you,
this trampling of my courts?
13Stop bringing meaningless offerings!
Your incense is detestable to me.
New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations—
I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
14Your New Moon feasts and your appointed festivals
I hate with all my being.
They have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15When you spread out your hands in prayer,
I hide my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
I am not listening.
Your hands are full of blood!
16Wash and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds out of my sight;
stop doing wrong.
17Learn to do right; seek justice.
Defend the oppressed.1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor
Take up the cause of the fatherless;
plead the case of the widow.
18“Come now, let us settle the matter,”
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.
19If you are willing and obedient,
you will eat the good things of the land;
20but if you resist and rebel,
you will be devoured by the sword.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
21See how the faithful city
has become a prostitute!
She once was full of justice;
righteousness used to dwell in her—
but now murderers!
22Your silver has become dross,
your choice wine is diluted with water.
23Your rulers are rebels,
partners with thieves;
they all love bribes
and chase after gifts.
They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;
the widow’s case does not come before them.
24Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
the Mighty One of Israel, declares:
“Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes
and avenge myself on my enemies.
25I will turn my hand against you;1:25 That is, against Jerusalem
I will thoroughly purge away your dross
and remove all your impurities.
26I will restore your leaders as in days of old,
your rulers as at the beginning.
Afterward you will be called
the City of Righteousness,
the Faithful City.”
27Zion will be delivered with justice,
her penitent ones with righteousness.
28But rebels and sinners will both be broken,
and those who forsake the Lord will perish.
29“You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks
in which you have delighted;
you will be disgraced because of the gardens
that you have chosen.
30You will be like an oak with fading leaves,
like a garden without water.
31The mighty man will become tinder
and his work a spark;
both will burn together,
with no one to quench the fire.”
1猶大王烏西雅、約坦、亞哈斯和希西迦執政期間，亞摩斯的兒子以賽亞看到了以下有關猶大和耶路撒冷的異象。
上帝責備叛逆的子民
2諸天啊，請聽！
大地啊，要側耳聽！
耶和華說：
「我把孩子撫育成人，
他們竟然背叛我。
3牛認識主人，
驢也認得主人的槽，
以色列卻不認識我，
我的子民卻不明白。」
4唉！這罪惡的民族，
惡貫滿盈的百姓，
作惡的子孫，
敗壞的兒女！
他們背棄耶和華，
藐視以色列的聖者，
與祂疏遠。
5你們為什麼一再叛逆？
你們為什麼還要受責打？
你們已經頭破血流，
身心疲憊不堪。
6你們已經體無完膚，
從頭到腳傷痕纍纍，盡是瘀腫和傷口，
沒有清洗，沒有包紮，
也沒有敷藥。
7你們的土地荒涼，
城邑化為灰燼。
你們親眼目睹自己的田園被外族人侵吞、毀壞、變成不毛之地。
8僅存的少女錫安也像葡萄園裡的草棚，
像瓜田中的茅舍，
像被困無援的孤城。
9若不是萬軍之耶和華讓我們一些人存活，
我們早就像所多瑪和蛾摩拉一樣滅亡了。
10你們這些所多瑪的首領啊，
要聆聽耶和華的話！
你們這些蛾摩拉的百姓啊，
要側耳聽我們上帝的訓誨！
11耶和華說：
「你們獻上許多祭物，對我有什麼用呢？
我厭煩公綿羊的燔祭和肥畜的脂肪，
我不喜歡公牛、羊羔和公山羊的血。
12「你們來朝見我的時候，
誰要求你們帶著這些來踐踏我的院宇呢？
13不要再帶毫無意義的祭物了。
我憎惡你們燒的香。
我無法容忍你們又作惡又舉行莊嚴的聚會，
就是你們的朔日1·13 「朔日」即每月初一。、安息日和大會。
14我憎惡你們的朔日及各種節期，
它們成了我的重擔，
令我厭倦。
15你們舉手禱告，我必掩面不理。
即使你們禱告再多，
我也不會聽，
因為你們雙手沾滿鮮血。
16你們要洗淨自己，
不要讓我再看見你們的惡行，
要停止作惡。
17你們要學習行善，
追求正義，
幫助受欺壓的，
替孤兒辯護，
為寡婦伸冤。」
18耶和華說：
「來吧，我們彼此理論！
你們的罪雖如朱紅，
也必潔白如雪；
你們的罪雖如緋紅，
也必白如羊毛。
19如果你們願意聽從，
就必享用這地方的美好出產。
20如果你們執意叛逆，
就必喪身刀下。」
這是耶和華親口說的。
21忠信的城竟變成了妓女！
從前充滿公平，
是公義之家，
現在卻住著兇手。
22你的銀子變為渣滓；
你的美酒摻了水份。
23你的首領是叛逆之徒，
與盜賊為伍，
個個喜愛賄賂，
貪圖好處，
不為孤兒辯護，
不替寡婦伸冤。
24所以，主——萬軍之耶和華，
以色列的大能者說：
「唉！我要向我的敵人報仇，
向我的仇敵雪恨。
25我必出手攻擊你，
用鹼煉淨你的渣滓，
除盡你的雜質。
26我必像從前一樣恢復你的審判官，
像起初一樣恢復你的謀士。
之後，你必被稱為公義之城，
忠信之邑。」
27耶和華必因祂的公正救贖錫安，
必因祂的公義拯救城中悔改的人。
28但叛逆之輩和犯罪之徒必同遭毀滅，
背棄耶和華的人必滅亡。
29你們必因所喜愛的聖橡樹而抱愧，
必因所選擇的偶像園而蒙羞。
30你們必像葉子枯萎的橡樹，
又如無水的園子。
31有權勢的人像麻絨，他的行為如火花，
兩者要一同焚毀，無人能救。
