Isaiah 1 (NET)

Isaiah 1:1¹Here is the message about Judah and Jerusalem that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz during the time when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah reigned over Judah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 26:1-32:332 Kgs 18:1-20:21Isa 7:1Ps 89:19

Isaiah 1:2²Listen, O heavens, pay attention, O earth! For the Lord speaks: “I raised children, I brought them up, but they have rebelled against me!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:1Deut 30:19Mic 1:2Deut 4:26Ps 50:4Mal 1:6Mic 6:1-2Amos 3:1Ezek 36:4Isa 30:1

Isaiah 1:3³An ox recognizes its owner, a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; but Israel does not recognize me, my people do not understand.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 8:7Jer 4:22Isa 44:18Isa 5:12Matt 13:13-15Ps 94:8Rom 1:28Isa 27:112 Pet 3:5Deut 32:28-29

Isaiah 1:4⁴Beware sinful nation, the people weighed down by evil deeds. They are offspring who do wrong, children who do wicked things. They have abandoned the Lord, and rejected the Holy One of Israel. They are alienated from him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 5:24Jer 2:17Jer 2:13Rom 8:7Acts 7:51-52Isa 5:19Jer 2:19Jer 7:19Matt 3:71 Cor 10:22

Isaiah 1:5⁵Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head has a massive wound, your whole heart is sick.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 9:8-11Ezek 24:13Isa 31:6Jer 5:3Rev 16:8-11Jer 5:31Zeph 3:1-4Heb 12:5-8Isa 33:24Jer 2:30

Isaiah 1:6⁶From the soles of your feet to your head, there is no spot that is unharmed. There are only bruises, cuts, and open wounds. They have not been cleansed or bandaged, nor have they been treated with olive oil.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 6:14Jer 33:6Matt 9:12Jer 8:21-22Job 5:18Luke 10:34Mal 4:2Ps 38:3-5Ps 77:22 Chr 6:28-29

Isaiah 1:7⁷Your land is devastated, your cities burned with fire. Right before your eyes your crops are being destroyed by foreign invaders. They leave behind devastation and destruction.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 28:33Deut 28:43Lam 5:2Ezek 30:12Hos 7:92 Chr 28:16-212 Chr 28:5Deut 28:48-52Hos 8:7Isa 24:10-12

Isaiah 1:8⁸Daughter Zion is left isolated, like a hut in a vineyard, or a shelter in a cucumber field; she is a besieged city.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zech 9:9John 12:15Zech 2:10Isa 62:11Isa 10:32Lam 2:6Isa 37:22Isa 4:4Job 27:18Lam 2:1

Isaiah 1:9⁹If the Lord of Heaven’s Armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly been like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 9:29Isa 37:31-32Gen 19:24Lam 3:22Amos 4:11Rom 11:4-6Gen 18:32Isa 10:20-22Isa 17:6Isa 24:13

Isaiah 1:10¹⁰Listen to the Lord ’s message, you leaders of Sodom! Pay attention to our God’s rebuke, people of Gomorrah!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:32Ezek 16:49Isa 3:9Rev 11:81 Kgs 22:19-23Ezek 16:46Gen 13:13Isa 28:14Isa 8:20Jer 23:14

Isaiah 1:11¹¹“Of what importance to me are your many sacrifices?” says the Lord. “I have had my fill of burnt sacrifices, of rams and the fat from steers. The blood of bulls, lambs, and goats I do not want.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 15:22Amos 5:21Jer 6:20Isa 66:3Mic 6:7Mal 1:10Matt 9:13Prov 15:8Prov 21:27Ps 50:8

Isaiah 1:12¹²When you enter my presence, do you actually think I want this— animals trampling on my courtyards?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 34:23Eccl 5:1Exod 23:17Isa 58:1-2Mic 6:8Ps 40:6Matt 23:5Deut 16:16

Isaiah 1:13¹³Do not bring any more meaningless offerings; I consider your incense detestable! You observe new moon festivals, Sabbaths, and convocations, but I cannot tolerate sin-stained celebrations!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 66:3Mal 1:10Matt 15:9Ezek 20:39Joel 2:15Lam 2:61 Chr 23:311 Cor 11:17Deut 16:1-22Eph 4:30

Isaiah 1:14¹⁴I hate your new moon festivals and assemblies; they are a burden that I am tired of carrying.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 5:21Isa 43:24Isa 61:8Isa 7:13Amos 2:13Isa 29:1Mal 2:17Zech 11:8

Isaiah 1:15¹⁵When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mic 3:4Isa 59:2-3Prov 1:28Zech 7:13Jer 7:8-10Jer 14:12Luke 13:25-28Ps 66:181 Kgs 8:22Isa 58:7

Isaiah 1:16¹⁶Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 3:11Isa 55:6-71 Pet 2:12 Cor 7:1Jas 4:8Ezek 18:30-31Titus 2:11-14Matt 3:8Rev 7:14Jer 4:14

Isaiah 1:17¹⁷Learn to do what is right. Promote justice. Give the oppressed reason to celebrate. Take up the cause of the orphan. Defend the rights of the widow.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mic 6:8Jer 22:3Ps 82:3-4Prov 31:9Isa 1:23Zech 7:9-10Jer 22:15-16Dan 4:27Zech 8:16Zeph 2:3

Isaiah 1:18¹⁸Come, let’s consider your options,” says the Lord. “Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 44:22Rev 7:14Ps 51:7Mic 7:18-19Isa 43:24-26Eph 1:6-8Isa 41:21Isa 41:1Rom 5:201 Sam 12:7

Isaiah 1:19¹⁹If you have a willing attitude and obey, then you will again eat the good crops of the land.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 30:15-16Isa 3:10Joel 2:26Heb 5:9Isa 55:6-7Isa 55:1-3Matt 21:28-32Jer 31:18-20Jer 3:12-14Hos 14:1-4

Isaiah 1:20²⁰But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” Know for certain that the Lord has spoken.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 65:12Isa 58:14Isa 40:5Num 23:19Isa 3:11Isa 3:251 Sam 12:252 Chr 36:14-16Lev 26:33Mic 4:4

Isaiah 1:21²¹How tragic that the once-faithful city has become a prostitute! She was once a center of justice; fairness resided in her— but now only murderers!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 22:1-23Zech 8:3Zeph 3:1-32 Chr 19:92 Sam 8:15Acts 7:52Ezek 16:1-63Heb 12:22Hos 11:12Isa 48:2

Isaiah 1:22²²Your silver has become scum, your beer is diluted with water.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 22:18-22Hos 4:18Jer 6:28-30Lam 4:1-22 Cor 2:17Hos 6:4

Isaiah 1:23²³Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mic 7:3Exod 23:8Zech 7:10Acts 4:5-11Luke 18:2-5Isa 10:1-2Isa 3:14Jer 5:28-29Luke 19:46Mal 3:5

Isaiah 1:24²⁴Therefore, the Sovereign Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the Powerful One of Israel, says this: “Ah, I will seek vengeance against my adversaries, I will take revenge against my enemies.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 60:16Deut 28:63Isa 49:26Ezek 5:13Isa 35:4Isa 61:2Ps 132:2Deut 32:43Ezek 16:42Ezek 21:17

Isaiah 1:25²⁵I will attack you; I will purify your metal with flux. I will remove all your slag.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mal 3:3Isa 1:22Isa 4:4Jer 9:7Ezek 20:38Ezek 22:22Isa 6:11-13Jer 6:29Zeph 3:11Ezek 22:20

Isaiah 1:26²⁶I will reestablish honest judges as in former times, wise advisers as in earlier days. Then you will be called, ‘The Just City, Faithful Town.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 33:7Zech 8:3Isa 62:1-2Ezek 34:23-24Ezek 37:24-25Ezek 45:8Isa 1:21Isa 32:1-2Isa 33:5Isa 60:14

Isaiah 1:27²⁷Zion will be freed by justice, and her returnees by righteousness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 62:12Isa 45:21-25Isa 5:16Isa 63:41 Cor 1:301 Pet 1:18-192 Cor 5:21Eph 1:7-8Rom 11:26-27Rom 3:24-26

Isaiah 1:28²⁸All rebellious sinners will be shattered, those who abandon the Lord will perish.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Thess 1:8-9Ps 1:6Isa 30:13Job 31:3Rev 21:81 Chr 28:91 Kgs 9:6-91 Sam 12:251 Thess 5:32 Pet 3:7

Isaiah 1:29²⁹Indeed, they will be ashamed of the sacred trees you find so desirable; you will be embarrassed because of the sacred orchards where you choose to worship.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 57:5Isa 65:3Isa 66:17Ezek 16:63Hos 4:13Ezek 36:31Ezek 6:13Hos 14:3Hos 14:8Isa 30:22

Isaiah 1:30³⁰For you will be like a tree whose leaves wither, like an orchard that is unwatered.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 17:5-6Ezek 17:24Ezek 17:9-10Ezek 31:4-18Isa 5:6Isa 58:11Jer 31:12Matt 21:19

Isaiah 1:31³¹The powerful will be like a thread of yarn, their deeds like a spark; both will burn together, and no one will put out the fire.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 66:24Ezek 32:21Mal 4:1Ezek 20:47-48Isa 26:11Isa 27:4Isa 33:14Isa 34:9-10Isa 43:17Isa 5:24