Biblia
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- The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
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- Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, For Jehovah hath spoken: Sons I have nourished and brought up, And they -- they transgressed against Me.
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- An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood.
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- Ah, sinning nation, a people heavy `with' iniquity, A seed of evil doers, sons -- corrupters! They have forsaken Jehovah, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have gone away backward.
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- Wherefore are ye stricken any more? Ye do add apostacy! Every head is become diseased, and every heart `is' sick.
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- From the sole of the foot -- unto the head, There is no soundness in it, Wound, and bruise, and fresh smiting! They have not been closed nor bound, Nor have they softened with ointment.
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- Your land `is' a desolation, your cities burnt with fire, Your ground, before you strangers are consuming it, And a desolation as overthrown by strangers!
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- And left hath been the daughter of Zion, As a booth in a vineyard, As a lodge in a place of cucumbers -- as a city besieged.
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- Unless Jehovah of Hosts had left to us a remnant, Shortly -- as Sodom we had been, To Gomorrah we had been like!
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- Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom, Give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah,
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- `Why to Me the abundance of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah, I have been satiated `with' burnt-offerings of rams, And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, And he-goats I have not desired.
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- When ye come in to appear before Me, Who hath required this of your hand, To trample My courts?
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- Add not to bring in a vain present, Incense -- an abomination it `is' to Me, New moon, and sabbath, calling of convocation! Rendure not iniquity -- and a restraint!
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- Your new moons and your set seasons hath My soul hated, They have been upon me for a burden, I have been weary of bearing.
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- And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full.
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- Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good.
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- Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive `for' the widow.
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- Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!
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- If ye are willing, and have hearkened, The good of the land ye consume,
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- And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, `By' the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.
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- How hath a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it `with' judgment, Righteousness lodgeth in it -- now murderers.
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- Thy silver hath become dross, Thy drink polluted with water.
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- Thy princes `are' apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them.
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- Therefore -- the affirmation of the Lord -- Jehovah of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah, I am eased of Mine adversaries, And I am avenged of Mine enemies,
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- And I turn back My hand upon thee, And I refine as purity thy dross, And I turn aside all thy tin,
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- And I give back thy judges as at the first, And thy counsellors as in the beginning, After this thou art called, `A city of righteousness -- a faithful city.'
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- Zion in judgment is redeemed, And her captivity in righteousness.
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- And the destruction of transgressors and sinners `is' together, And those forsaking Jehovah are consumed.
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- For `men' are ashamed because of the oaks That ye have desired, And ye are confounded because of the gardens That ye have chosen.
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- For ye are as an oak whose leaf is fading, And as a garden that hath no water.
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- And the strong hath been for tow, And his work for a spark, And burned have both of them together, And there is none quenching!