Isaiah 1:1

AMP: The vision of [the prophet] Isaiah the son of Amoz concerning [the kingdom of] Judah and [its capital] Jerusalem, which he saw [as revealed by God] during the reigns 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.

BSB: This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

DARBY: The vision of Isaiah the son of Amos, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

DRA: The vision of Isaias the son of Amos I which he saw concerning Juda and Jerusalem in the days of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of Juda

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.

Isaiah 1:2

AMP: Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth;For the Lord has spoken:“I have reared and brought up sons,But they have rebelled against Me and have broken away.

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.

BSB: Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth,for the LORD has spoken:“I have raised children and brought them up,but they have rebelled against Me.

DARBY: Hear, [ye] heavens, and give ear, [thou] earth! for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children; and they have rebelled against me.

DRA: Hear, O ye heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord hath spoken. I have brought up children, and exalted them: but they have despised me.

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.

Isaiah 1:3

AMP: “The ox [instinctively] knows its owner,And the donkey its master’s feeding trough,But Israel does not know [Me as Lord],My people do not understand.”

ASV: The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master`s crib; [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

BSB: The ox knows its owner,and the donkey its master’s manger,but Israel does not know;My people do not understand.”

DARBY: The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; Israel doth not know, my people hath no intelligence.

DRA: The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.

KJV: The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

Isaiah 1:4

AMP: ¶Ah, sinful nation,A people loaded down with wickedness [with sin, with injustice, with wrongdoing],Offspring of evildoers,Sons who behave corruptly!They have abandoned (rejected) the Lord,They have despised the Holy One of Israel [provoking Him to anger],They have turned away from Him.

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.

BSB: Alas, O sinful nation,a people laden with iniquity,a brood of evildoers,children who act corruptly!They have forsaken the LORD;they have despised the Holy One of Israeland turned their backs on Him.

DARBY: Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that corrupt themselves! They have forsaken Jehovah; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they are turned away backward.

DRA: Woe to the sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a wicked seed, ungracious children: they have forsaken the Lord, they have blasphemed the Holy One of Israel, they are gone away backwards.

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.

Isaiah 1:5

AMP: ¶Why should you be stricken and punished again [since no change results from it]?You [only] continue to rebel.The whole head is sickAnd the whole heart is faint and sick.

ASV: Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

BSB: Why do you want more beatings?Why do you keep rebelling?Your head has a massive wound,and your whole heart is afflicted.

DARBY: Why should ye be smitten any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

DRA: For what shall I strike you any more, you that increase transgression? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart is sad.

KJV: Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

Isaiah 1:6

AMP: From the sole of the foot even to the headThere is nothing healthy in the nation’s body,Only bruises, welts, and raw wounds,Not pressed out or bandaged,Nor softened with oil [as a remedy].

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.

BSB: From the sole of your foot to the top of your head,there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering soresneither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.

DARBY: From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in him; wounds, and weals, and open sores: they have not been dressed, nor bound up, nor mollified with oil.

DRA: From the sole of the foot unto the top of the head, there is no soundness therein: wounds and bruises and swelling sores: they are not bound up, nor dressed, nor fomented with oil.

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.

Isaiah 1:7

AMP: ¶Your land lies desolate [because of your disobedience],Your cities are burned with fire,Your fields—strangers are devouring them in your very presence;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.

BSB: Your land is desolate;your cities are burned with fire.Foreigners devour your fields before you —a desolation demolished by strangers.

DARBY: Your country is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; your land, strangers eat it up in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

DRA: Your land is desolate, your cities are burnt with fire: your country strangers devour before your face, and it shall be desolate as when wasted by enemies.

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.

Isaiah 1:8

AMP: The Daughter of Zion (Jerusalem) is left like a [deserted] shelter in a vineyard,Like a watchman’s hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city [isolated, surrounded by devastation].

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.

BSB: And the Daughter of Zion is abandonedlike a shelter in a vineyard,like a shack in a cucumber field,like a city besieged.

DARBY: And the daughter of Zion is left, as a booth in a vineyard, as a night-lodge in a cucumber-garden, as a besieged city.

DRA: And the daughter of Sion shall be left as a covert in a vineyard, and as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, and as a city that is laid waste.

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.

Isaiah 1:9

AMP: If the Lord of hostsHad not left us a few survivors,We would be like Sodom,We would be like Gomorrah. [Gen 19:24, 25; Rom 9:29]

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.

BSB: Unless the LORD of Hostshad left us a few survivors,we would have become like Sodom,we would have resembled Gomorrah.

DARBY: Unless Jehovah of hosts had left us a very small residue, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

DRA: Except the Lord of hosts had left us seed, we had been as Sodom, and we should have been like to Gomorrha.

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.

Isaiah 1:10

AMP: ¶Hear the word of the Lord [rulers of Jerusalem],You rulers of [another] Sodom,Listen to the law and instruction of our God,You people of [another] Gomorrah.

ASV: Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

BSB: Hear the word of the LORD,you rulers of Sodom;listen to the instruction of our God,you people of Gomorrah!

DARBY: Hear the word of Jehovah, rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, people of Gomorrah!

DRA: Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrha.

KJV: Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.

Isaiah 1:11

AMP: “What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me [without your repentance]?”Says the Lord.“I have had enough of [your] burnt offerings of ramsAnd the fat of well-fed cattle [without your obedience];And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls or lambs or goats [offered without repentance].

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.

BSB: “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?”says the LORD.“I am full from the burnt offerings of ramsand the fat of well-fed cattle;I take no delight in the blood of bullsand lambs and goats.

DARBY: To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith Jehovah. I am sated with burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and in the blood of bullocks, and of lambs, and of he-goats I take no pleasure.

DRA: To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victims, saith the Lord? I am full, I desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of calves, and lambs, and buck goats.

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.

Isaiah 1:12

AMP: “When you come to appear before Me,Who requires this of you, this trampling of My [temple] courts [by your sinful feet]?

ASV: When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?

BSB: When you come to appear before Me,who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts?

DARBY: When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this from your hand to tread my courts?

DRA: When you came to appear before me, who required these things at your hands, that you should walk in my courts?

KJV: When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

Isaiah 1:13

AMP: “Do not bring worthless offerings again,[Your] incense is repulsive to Me;[Your] New Moon and Sabbath [observances], the calling of assemblies—I cannot endure wickedness [your sin, your injustice, your wrongdoing] and [the squalor of] the festive assembly.

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.

BSB: Bring your worthless offerings no more;your incense is detestable to Me.New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.

DARBY: Bring no more vain oblations! Incense is an abomination unto me, new moon and sabbath, the calling of convocations wickedness and the solemn meeting I cannot bear.

DRA: Offer sacrifice no more in vain: incense is an abomination tome. The new moons, and the sabbaths, and other festivals I will not abide, your assemblies are wicked.

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.

Isaiah 1:14

AMP: “I hate [the hypocrisy of] your New Moon festivals and your appointed feasts.They have become a burden to Me;I am weary of bearing them.

ASV: Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary of bearing them.

BSB: I hate your New Moonsand your appointed feasts.They have become a burden to Me;I am weary of bearing them.

DARBY: Your new moons and your set feasts my soul hateth: they are a burden to me; I am wearied of bearing [them].

DRA: My soul hateth your new moons, and your solemnities: they are become troublesome to me, I am weary of bearing them.

KJV: Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

Isaiah 1:15

AMP: “So when you spread out your hands [in prayer, pleading for My help],I will hide My eyes from you;Yes, even though you offer many prayers,I will not be listening.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.

BSB: When you spread out your hands in prayer,I will hide My eyes from you;even though you multiply your prayers,I will not listen.Your hands are covered with blood.

DARBY: 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.

DRA: And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.

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.

Isaiah 1:16

AMP: ¶“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;Get your evil deeds out of My sight.Stop doing evil,

ASV: Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

BSB: Wash and cleanse yourselves.Remove your evil deeds from My sight.Stop doing evil!

DARBY: Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil,

DRA: Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the evil of your devices from my eyes: cease to do perversely,

KJV: Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

Isaiah 1:17

AMP: Learn to do good.Seek justice,Rebuke the ruthless,Defend the fatherless,Plead for the [rights of the] widow [in court].

ASV: learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

BSB: Learn to do right;seek justice and correct the oppressor.Defend the fatherlessand plead the case of the widow.”

DARBY: learn to do well: seek judgment, gladden the oppressed, do justice to the fatherless, plead for the widow.

DRA: Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.

KJV: Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Isaiah 1:18

AMP: ¶“Come now, and let us reason together,”Says the Lord.“Though your sins are like scarlet,They shall be as white as snow;Though they are red like crimson,They shall be like 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.

BSB: “Come now, let us reason together,”says the LORD.“Though your sins are like scarlet,they will be as white as snow;though they are as red as crimson,they will become like wool.

DARBY: Come now, 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.

DRA: And then come, and accuse me, saith the Lord: if your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow: and if they be red as crimson, they shall be white as wool.

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.

Isaiah 1:19

AMP: “If you are willing and obedient,You shall eat the best of the land;

ASV: If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

BSB: If you are willing and obedient,you will eat the best of the land.

DARBY: If ye be willing and hearken, ye shall eat the good of the land;

DRA: if you be willing, and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land.

KJV: If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

Isaiah 1:20

AMP: But if you refuse and rebel,You shall be devoured by the sword.”For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

ASV: but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.

BSB: But if you resist and rebel,you will be devoured by the sword.”For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

DARBY: but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

DRA: But if you will not, and will provoke me to wrath: the sword shall devour you because the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

KJV: But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

Isaiah 1:21

AMP: ¶How the faithful city has become a prostitute [idolatrous, despicable],She who was full of justice!Right standing with God once lodged in her,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.

BSB: See how the faithful city has become a harlot!She once was full of justice;righteousness resided within her,but now only murderers!

DARBY: How is the faithful city become a harlot! It was full of judgment; righteousness used to lodge in it, but now murderers.

DRA: How is the faithful city, that was full of judgment, become a harlot? justice dwelt in it, but now murderers.

KJV: How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

Isaiah 1:22

AMP: Your silver has turned to lead,Your wine is diluted with water.

ASV: Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.

BSB: Your silver has become dross;your fine wine is diluted with water.

DARBY: Thy silver is become dross, thy wine is mixed with water:

DRA: Thy silver is turned into dress: thy wine is mingled with water.

KJV: Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:

Isaiah 1:23

AMP: Your rulers are rebelsAnd companions of thieves;Everyone loves bribesAnd chases after gifts.They do not defend the fatherless,Nor does the widow’s cause come before them [instead they delay or turn a deaf ear].

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.

BSB: Your rulers are rebels,friends of thieves.They all love bribesand chasing after rewards.They do not defend the fatherless,and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

DARBY: thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth presents, and hunteth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, and the cause of the widow cometh not unto them.

DRA: Thy princes are faithless, companions of thieves: they all love bribes, the run after rewards. They judge not for the fatherless: and the widow's cometh not in to them.

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.

Isaiah 1:24

AMP: ¶Therefore the Lord God of hosts,The Mighty One of Israel, declares:“Ah, I will be freed of My adversariesAnd avenge Myself on My 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;

BSB: Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts,the Mighty One of Israel, declares:“Ah, I will be relieved of My foesand avenge Myself on My enemies.

DARBY: 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.

DRA: Therefore saith the Lord the God of hosts, the mighty one of Israel: Ah! I will comfort myself over my adversaries: and I will be revenged of my enemies.

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:

Isaiah 1:25

AMP: “And I will turn My hand against you,And will [thoroughly] purge away your dross as with lyeAnd remove all your tin (impurity).

ASV: and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin;

BSB: I will turn My hand against you;I will thoroughly purge your dross;I will remove all your impurities.

DARBY: And I will turn my hand upon thee, and will thoroughly purge away thy dross, and take away all thine alloy;

DRA: And I will turn my hand to thee, and I will clean purge away thy dress, and I will take away all thy tin.

KJV: And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

Isaiah 1:26

AMP: “Then I will restore your judges as at the first,And your counselors as at the beginning;Afterward you will 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.

BSB: I will restore your judges as at first,and your counselors as at the beginning.After that you will be called the City of Righteousness,the Faithful City.”

DARBY: and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning. Afterwards thou shalt be called, Town of righteousness, Faithful city.

DRA: And I will restore thy judges se they were before, and thy counsellors as of old. After this thou shalt be called the city of the just, a faithful city.

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.

Isaiah 1:27

AMP: ¶Zion will be redeemed with justiceAnd her repentant ones with righteousness.

ASV: Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.

BSB: Zion will be redeemed with justice,her repentant ones with righteousness.

DARBY: Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and they that return of her with righteousness.

DRA: Sion shall be redeemed in judgment, and they shall bring her back in justice.

KJV: Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

Isaiah 1:28

AMP: But rebels and sinners will be crushed and destroyed together,And those who abandon (turn away from) the Lord will be consumed (perish).

ASV: But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.

BSB: But rebels and sinners will together be shattered,and those who forsake the LORD will perish.

DARBY: But the ruin of the transgressors and of the sinners [shall be] together; and they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.

DRA: And he shall destroy the wicked, and the sinners together: and they that have forsaken the Lord, shall be consumed.

KJV: And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

Isaiah 1:29

AMP: For you will be ashamed [of the degradation] of the oaks in which you took [idolatrous] pleasure,And you will be ashamed of the gardens [of passion] which you have chosen [for pagan worship].

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.

BSB: Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaksin which you have delighted;you will be embarrassed by the gardensthat you have chosen.

DARBY: For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths that ye have desired, and ye shall blush for the gardens that ye have chosen.

DRA: For they shall be confounded for the idols, to which they have sacrificed: and you shall be ashamed of the gardens which you have chosen.

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.

Isaiah 1:30

AMP: For you will be like an oak whose leaf withers and diesAnd like a garden that has no water.

ASV: For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

BSB: For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered,like a garden without water.

DARBY: For ye shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

DRA: When you shall be as an oak with the leaves falling off, and as a garden without water.

KJV: For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

Isaiah 1:31

AMP: The strong man will become tinder,And his work a spark.So both will burn togetherAnd there will be none to 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.

BSB: The strong man will become tinderand his work will be a spark;both will burn together,with no one to quench the flames.

DARBY: And the strong shall be for tow, and his work a spark; and they shall both burn together, and there shall be none to quench [them].

DRA: And your strength shall be as the ashes of tow, and your work as a spark: and both shall burn together, and there shall be none to quench it.

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.

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