# Isaiah 1 ## Isaiah 1:1 - [KJV] The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, *and* Hezekiah, kings of Judah. - [ASV] The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Isaiah 1:1 - ## Isaiah 1:2 - [KJV] Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. - [ASV] Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Isaiah 1:2 - ## Isaiah 1:3 - [KJV] The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: *but* Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. - [ASV] The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; *but* Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. - [YLT] An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood. ### Notes on Isaiah 1:3 - ## Isaiah 1:4 - [KJV] Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. - [ASV] Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly! they have forsaken Jehovah, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are estranged *and gone* backward. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Isaiah 1:4 - ## Isaiah 1:5 - [KJV] Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. - [ASV] Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. - [YLT] Wherefore are ye stricken any more? Ye do add apostasy! Every head is become diseased, and every heart *is* sick. ### Notes on Isaiah 1:5 - ## Isaiah 1:6 - [KJV] From the sole of the foot even unto the head *there is* no soundness in it; *but* wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. - [ASV] From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; *but* wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Isaiah 1:6 - ## Isaiah 1:7 - [KJV] Your country *is* desolate, your cities *are* burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and *it is* desolate, as overthrown by strangers. - [ASV] Your country is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. - [YLT] 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! ### Notes on Isaiah 1:7 - ## Isaiah 1:8 - [KJV] And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. - [ASV] And the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Isaiah 1:8 - ## Isaiah 1:9 - [KJV] Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, *and* we should have been like unto Gomorrah. - [ASV] Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah. - [YLT] Unless Jehovah of Hosts had left to us a remnant, Shortly -- as Sodom we had been, To Gomorrah we had been like! ### Notes on Isaiah 1:9 - ## Isaiah 1:10 - [KJV] Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. - [ASV] Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. - [YLT] Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom, Give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah, ### Notes on Isaiah 1:10 - ## Isaiah 1:11 - [KJV] To what purpose *is* the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. - [ASV] What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. - [YLT] '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. ### Notes on Isaiah 1:11 - ## Isaiah 1:12 - [KJV] When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? - [ASV] When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts? - [YLT] When ye come in to appear before Me, Who hath required this of your hand, To trample My courts? ### Notes on Isaiah 1:12 - ## Isaiah 1:13 - [KJV] Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; *it is* iniquity, even the solemn meeting. - [ASV] Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies, -- I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting. - [YLT] 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! ### Notes on Isaiah 1:13 - ## Isaiah 1:14 - [KJV] Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear *them*. - [ASV] Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary of bearing them. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Isaiah 1:14 - ## Isaiah 1:15 - [KJV] And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. - [ASV] And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Isaiah 1:15 - ## Isaiah 1:16 - [KJV] Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; - [ASV] Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; - [YLT] Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good. ### Notes on Isaiah 1:16 - ## Isaiah 1:17 - [KJV] Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. - [ASV] learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. - [YLT] Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive *for* the widow. ### Notes on Isaiah 1:17 - ## Isaiah 1:18 - [KJV] Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. - [ASV] Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. - [YLT] 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! ### Notes on Isaiah 1:18 - ## Isaiah 1:19 - [KJV] If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: - [ASV] If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: - [YLT] If ye are willing, and have hearkened, The good of the land ye consume, ### Notes on Isaiah 1:19 - ## Isaiah 1:20 - [KJV] But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken *it*. - [ASV] but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it. - [YLT] And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, *By* the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken. ### Notes on Isaiah 1:20 - ## Isaiah 1:21 - [KJV] How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. - [ASV] How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers. - [YLT] How hath a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it *with* judgment, Righteousness lodgeth in it -- now murderers. ### Notes on Isaiah 1:21 - ## Isaiah 1:22 - [KJV] Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: - [ASV] Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water. - [YLT] Thy silver hath become dross, Thy drink polluted with water. ### Notes on Isaiah 1:22 - ## Isaiah 1:23 - [KJV] Thy princes *are* rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. - [ASV] Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. - [YLT] 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. ### Notes on Isaiah 1:23 - ## Isaiah 1:24 - [KJV] Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies: - [ASV] Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies; - [YLT] 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, ### Notes on Isaiah 1:24 - ## Isaiah 1:25 - [KJV] And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: - [ASV] and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin; - [YLT] And I turn back My hand upon thee, And I refine as purity thy dross, And I turn aside all thy tin, ### Notes on Isaiah 1:25 - ## Isaiah 1:26 - [KJV] And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. - [ASV] and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousness, a faithful town. - [YLT] 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.' ### Notes on Isaiah 1:26 - ## Isaiah 1:27 - [KJV] Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness. - [ASV] Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness. - [YLT] Zion in judgment is redeemed, And her captivity in righteousness. ### Notes on Isaiah 1:27 - ## Isaiah 1:28 - [KJV] And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners *shall be* together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed. - [ASV] But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed. - [YLT] And the destruction of transgressors and sinners *is* together, And those forsaking Jehovah are consumed. ### Notes on Isaiah 1:28 - ## Isaiah 1:29 - [KJV] For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. - [ASV] For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. - [YLT] For *men* are ashamed because of the oaks That ye have desired, And ye are confounded because of the gardens That ye have chosen. ### Notes on Isaiah 1:29 - ## Isaiah 1:30 - [KJV] For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. - [ASV] For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. - [YLT] For ye are as an oak whose leaf is fading, And as a garden that hath no water. ### Notes on Isaiah 1:30 - ## Isaiah 1:31 - [KJV] And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench *them*. - [ASV] And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. - [YLT] 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! ### Notes on Isaiah 1:31 -