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

^(f)Listen, O heavens, and hear, O ^(g)earth; For the Lord speaks, "^(h)Sons I have reared and brought up, But they have ⁽ⁱ⁾revolted against Me.

"An ox knows its owner, And a donkey its master's manger, But Israel ^(j)does not know, My people ^(k)do not understand."

Alas, sinful nation, People weighed down with iniquity, ^[b](l)Offspring of evildoers, Sons who ^(m)act corruptly! They have ⁽ⁿ⁾abandoned the Lord , They have ^(o)despised the Holy One of Israel, They have turned away ^[c]from Him.

Where will you be stricken again, As you ^(p)continue in your rebellion? The whole head is ^(q)sick And the whole heart is faint.

^(r)From the sole of the foot even to the head There is ^(s)nothing sound in it, Only bruises, welts and raw wounds, ^(t)Not pressed out or bandaged, Nor softened with oil.

Your ^(u)land is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire, Your fields—strangers are devouring them in your presence; It is desolation, as overthrown by strangers.

The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, Like a watchman's hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.

^(v)Unless the Lord of hosts Had left us a few ^(w)survivors, We would be like ^(x)Sodom, We would be like Gomorrah.