Isaiah 1:1-31 Isaiah's Vision About Judah & Jerusalem

Isaiah's Vision About Judah & Jerusalem

Isaiah 1:1-31                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

The vision of Isaiah, [Amoz'] son, [that] he saw concerning: Judah, & Jerusalem, [during] the days of: Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, & Hezekiah, [Judah's] kings. O heavens, & O earth, hear, & [lend] [your] ear: for the Lord [has] spoken. I have [provided for, & raised] up children, & they have rebelled against Me.

[Judges 10:10-14 And the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel cried [out] to the Lord, saying, We have sinned against You, both: because we have [abandoned] our God, & also served Baalim. And the Lord said to the [people,] of Israel, [Didn't] I deliver you from the: Egyptians, Amorites, the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Ammon, & from the Philistines? Also: the Zidonians, [a.k.a. Sidonians,] Amalekites, & the Maonites, [who] [oppressed] you. And you cried [out] to Me, & I delivered you out of their hand. [Still,] you have [abandoned] Me, & served other gods. [For this reason,] I will no [longer] deliver you. Go, & cry [out] to the gods, [that] you have chosen. Let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.]

The ox [knows its] owner, & the [mule] [knows] [its] master's [pen:] but Israel [doesn't] know. My people [don't think about this.] Ah, sinful nation, a people, [loaded] with [sin.] [Descendants] of evil doers, children, [a.k.a. people, who] [behave] [corruptly.]

They have [abandoned] the Lord, & they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger. They [have turned] away, backward. [Proverbs 28:9-10 He, [who turns] his ear away from hearing the Law, even his prayer shall be an abomination. [Whoever causes] the righteous to go astray in an evil [path,] he shall fall into his own pit himself. But the upright, [a.k.a. honest,] shall have good things in possession.]

Why should you be [afflicted] any more? You will [just] revolt more, & more. The whole head [of Israel] is sick, & [faint-hearted.] [Jeremiah 5:3-4 O Lord, aren't Your eyes upon the Truth? You [have struck] them, but they aren't grieved. You [have] consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock, & they have refused to return. Therefore, I said, Surely, these are poor, & they are foolish. For they [don't] know the [ways] of the Lord, nor the judgment, [a.k.a. justice,] of their God.]

From the sole of the foot, even to the head [of Israel,] there isn't [any stability] in it; but [only] wounds, bruises, & [festering] sores. [These sores] haven't been closed, neither [bandaged] up, & neither [soothed] with ointment. [Isaiah 61:1-3 *The [Holy] Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me; because the Lord [has] anointed Me to preach good [news] to the meek, [a.k.a. humble.] He [has] sent Me to [bandage] up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty, [a.k.a. freedom,] to the captives, & the opening of the prison to [those, who] are bound. *To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, & the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all [who] mourn. *To [comfort those who] mourn in Zion, & to give to them: beauty, [instead of:] ashes, the oil of joy, [instead of:] mourning, & the garment of praise, [instead of: a heavy] spirit; [so] that they might be called trees of righteousness, the [Lord's] planting, [so] that He might be glorified.]

Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire, & strangers devour your land, in your presence. And it's desolate, [a.k.a. empty, like] [it's] overthrown by strangers. And [Zion's] daughter, [a.k.a. Jerusalem,] is left [empty] [like] a cottage in a vineyard, & [like] a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, & [like a] city [surrounded.]

[If] the Lord of Hosts [hadn't] left to us a very small [amount] [remaining,] we should have been: like Sodom, & [similar] to Gomorrah. [Genesis 19:24-25 Then, the Lord rained brimstone & fire out of heaven from the Lord, upon Sodom, & Gomorrah. And He overthrew those cities, & all the [plains,] & all the inhabitants of the cities, & [what] grew on the ground.]

Hear the Word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom. [Lend] [your] ear to the Law of our God, you people of Gomorrah. To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me? [says] the Lord. I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, & the fat of fed [animals,] & I [don't] delight in the blood of [bulls,] or of lambs, or [male] goats. [1 Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said, [Has] the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings & sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? [See,] to obey is better than [sacrifices,] & to [pay attention] [is better] than the fat of rams.]

When you come to appear before Me, who [has] required this [by] your hand, to walk My [courtyards?] Bring no more vain, [a.k.a. worthless, offerings.] Incense is an abomination to Me. I can't [endure] the: New Moons, Sabbaths, & the Calling of assemblies. It is [sinful,] even the Solemn Meeting.

My soul [hates:] your New Moons, & your appointed feasts. They are [troublesome] to Me. I am [tired of putting up with] them. And when you spread your hands [out,] I will hide [My] eyes from you. [Yes,] when you make many prayers, I won't hear. Your hands are full of [bloodshed.]

You [go &] wash, & make [yourselves] clean. Put away the evil of your [actions] from [in front of My] eyes. [Stop doing] [what is:] evil. [Jeremiah 4:14 O Jerusalem, [cleanse] your heart from wickedness, [so] that you [may] be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts [remain] within you?]

Learn to do well. Seek judgment, [a.k.a justice,] relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, & plead for the widow. Come now, & let's reason together, [says] the Lord. [Although] your sins [are like] scarlet, they shall be white as snow. [Although] they [are] red like crimson, they shall be [white] [like] wool.  [Revelation 7:14-17 And I said to him, Sir, you [know.] And he said to me, These are [those, who] came out of great tribulation, & have washed their robes, & made them white [through] the Blood of the Lamb. Therefore, they are [in front of] the throne of God, & serve Him day & night in His temple. And He, [Who sits] on the throne, shall dwell among them. They shall no [longer] hunger, & neither thirst anymore. Neither shall the sunlight, nor any heat [scorch] them. For the Lamb, [Who] is in the [middle] of the throne, shall feed them, & shall lead them to Fountains of Living Waters. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.]

If you [are] willing & obedient, you shall eat the good of the land. But if you refuse & rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord [has] spoken it. [Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that He should lie; & neither [is] the Son of Man, that He should repent. [Hasn't] He said [it,] & shall He not do it? Or [has] He spoken, & shall He not make it good.]

How [has] the faithful city become [a] harlot? It was full of judgment, [a.k.a. justice,] & righteousness [resided] in it; but now murderers [reside there.]         [1 Chronicles 5:25 And they [sinned] against the God of their [forefathers,] & went [like] a [harlot] after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.]

Your silver [has] become [scum,] & your wine [is] mixed with water. Your princes are rebellious, & [are] [friends] of thieves. Everyone [loves] gifts, & [follows] after rewards, [a.k.a. bribes.] They [don't fairly] judge the fatherless, & neither [does] the [case] of the widow come to them.

Therefore, [says] the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will [be relieved of My] adversaries, & avenge [Myself] of [My] enemies. And I will [return] My hand upon you, & [completely] purge away your [scum,] & take away all your tin.

And I will restore your judges [like] [it was] [1st,] & your [counselors] [shall be] [like] at the [beginning.] Afterward, you [shall] be called, The City of Righteousness, The Faithful City. Zion shall be redeemed with [justice,] & her converts [redeemed] with righteousness. [Jeremiah 33:7-9 And I will cause [those who have been in] captivity [from:] Judah, & Israel] to return. & will build them [up,] [like] at the [beginning.] And I will cleanse them from their [sinfulness, with which] they have sinned against Me. And I will pardon all their [sins with which:] they have sinned, & they have transgressed against Me. And it shall be a name of: joy,  praise, & [honor]  to Me, before all the nations of the earth, [that] shall hear all the good that I do to them. And they shall fear, [a.k.a. respect,] for all the goodness, & for all the prosperity that I [provided for] it.]

And the destruction of the [rebels,] & sinners shall be together. And [those who abandon] the Lord, shall be [destroyed.] [Psalm 9:5 You [have chastised] the heathen, & You [have] destroyed the wicked. You [have] put out their name forever & ever.]

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks [that] you desired. [Isaiah 45:20 Assemble yourselves, & draw near together, you, [who have] escaped [from] the nations. They have no knowledge, [who] set up the wood of their [carved] image, & pray to a god that can't save.]

And you shall be [confused, because of] the gardens you have chosen. [Deuteronomy 12:2-3 You shall [totally] destroy all the places, [in which] the nations [that] you shall possess, served their gods, upon: the high mountains, & the hills, & under every green tree. And you shall overthrow their altars, & break their pillars, & burn their groves with fire. And you shall [cut] down their [carved] images of their gods, & destroy the names of them out of that place.]

For you shall be [like] an oak, whose leaf [fades,] & like a garden that [has] no water. And the strong shall be [like kindling,] & the [idols'] maker, [like] a spark. And they shall both burn together, & none shall [put] them [out.] [Revelation 14:9-11 And the 3rd Angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man [worships] the beast & his image, & [receives] his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink [from] the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture, [a.k.a. not watered down,] into the cup of His indignation, [a.k.a. anger aroused by injustice.] And he shall be tormented with fire & brimstone in the presence of the holy Angels, & in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment [ascends] up forever, & ever. And those, who worship the beast, & his image, & [whoever receives] the mark of his name, have no rest day nor night.]