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The vision^(a) concerning Judah and Jerusalem^(b) that Isaiah son of Amoz saw^(c) during the reigns of Uzziah,^(d) Jotham,^(e) Ahaz^(f) and Hezekiah,^(g) kings of Judah.

Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth!^(h) For the Lord has spoken:⁽ⁱ⁾ "I reared children^(j) and brought them up, but they have rebelled^(k) against me.

The ox knows^(l) its master, the donkey its owner's manger,^(m) but Israel does not know,⁽ⁿ⁾ my people do not understand.^(o)"

Woe to the sinful nation, a people whose guilt is great,^(p) a brood of evildoers,^(q) children given to corruption!^(r) They have forsaken^(s) the Lord ; they have spurned the Holy One^(t) of Israel and turned their backs^(u) on him.

Why should you be beaten^(v) anymore? Why do you persist^(w) in rebellion?^(x) Your whole head is injured, your whole heart^(y) afflicted.^(z)

From the sole of your foot to the top of your head^(aa) there is no soundness^(ab)— only wounds and welts^(ac) and open sores, not cleansed or bandaged^(ad) or soothed with olive oil.^(ae)

Your country is desolate,^(af) your cities burned with fire;^(ag) your fields are being stripped by foreigners^(ah) right before you, laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.^(ai)

Daughter Zion^(aj) is left^(ak) like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut^(al) in a cucumber field, like a city under siege.

Unless the Lord Almighty had left us some survivors,^(am) we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.^(an)