Isaiah · Berean Standard Bible
Isaiah 1 Berean Standard Bible
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1 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.
1 VISIÓN de Isaías hijo de Amoz, la cual vió sobre Judá y Jerusalem, en días de Uzzías, Jotham, Achâz y Ezechîas, reyes de Judá.
2 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.
2 Oid, cielos, y escucha tú, tierra; porque habla Jehová: Crié hijos, y engrandecílos, y ellos se rebelaron contra mí.
3 The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”
3 El buey conoce á su dueño, y el asno el pesebre de su señor: Israel no conoce, mi pueblo no tiene entendimiento.
4 Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
4 ¡Oh gente pecadora, pueblo cargado de maldad, generación de malignos, hijos depravados! Dejaron á Jehová, provocaron á ira al Santo de Israel, tornáronse atrás.
5 Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
5 ¿Para qué habéis de ser castigados aún? todavía os rebelaréis. Toda cabeza está enferma, y todo corazón doliente.
6 From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.
6 Desde la planta del pie hasta la cabeza no hay en él cosa ilesa, [sino] herida, hinchazón y podrida llaga: no están curadas, ni vendadas, ni suavizadas con aceite.
7 Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you— a desolation demolished by strangers.
7 Vuestra tierra está destruída, vuestras ciudades puestas á fuego, vuestra tierra delante de vosotros comida de extranjeros, y asolada como asolamiento de extraños.
8 And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.
8 Y queda la hija de Sión como choza en viña, y como cabaña en melonar, como ciudad asolada.
9 Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
9 Si Jehová de los ejércitos no hubiera hecho que nos quedasen muy cortos residuos, como Sodoma fuéramos, y semejantes á Gomorra.
10 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
10 Príncipes de Sodoma, oid la palabra de Jehová; escuchad la ley de nuestro Dios, pueblo de Gomorra.
11 “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
11 ¿Para qué á mí, dice Jehová, la multitud de vuestros sacrificios? Harto estoy de holocaustos de carneros, y de sebo de animales gruesos: no quiero sangre de bueyes, ni de ovejas, ni de machos cabríos.
12 When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you— this trampling of My courts?
12 ¿Quién demandó esto de vuestras manos, cuando vinieseis á presentaros delante de mí, para hollar mis atrios?
13 Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me— your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.
13 No me traigáis más vano presente: el perfume me es abominación: luna nueva y sábado, el convocar asambleas, no las puedo sufrir: son iniquidad vuestras solemnidades.
14 I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.
14 Vuestras lunas nuevas y vuestras solemnidades tiene aborrecidas mi alma: me son gravosas; cansado estoy de llevarlas.
15 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.
15 Cuando extendiereis vuestras manos, yo esconderé de vosotros mis ojos: asimismo cuando multiplicareis la oración, yo no oiré: llenas están de sangre vuestras manos.
16 Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
16 Lavad, limpiaos; quitad la iniquidad de vuestras obras de ante mis ojos; dejad de hacer lo malo:
17 Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
17 Aprended á hacer bien; buscad juicio, restituid al agraviado, oid en derecho al huérfano, amparad á la viuda.
18 “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.
18 Venid luego, dirá Jehová, y estemos á cuenta: si vuestros pecados fueren como la grana, como la nieve serán emblanquecidos: si fueren rojos como el carmesí, vendrán á ser como [blanca] lana.
19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.
19 Si quisiereis y oyereis, comeréis el bien de la tierra:
20 But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
20 Si no quisiereis y fuereis rebeldes, seréis consumidos á espada: porque la boca de Jehová lo ha dicho.
21 See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!
21 ¿Cómo te has tornado ramera, oh ciudad fiel? Llena estuvo de juicio, en ella habitó equidad; mas ahora, homicidas.
22 Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.
22 Tu plata se ha tornado escorias, tu vino mezclado [está] con agua.
23 Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
23 Tus príncipes, prevaricadores y compañeros de ladrones: todos aman las dádivas, y van tras las recompensas: no oyen en juicio al huérfano, ni llega á ellos la causa de la viuda.
24 Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.
24 Por tanto, dice el Señor Jehová de los ejércitos, el Fuerte de Israel: Ea, tomaré satisfacción de mis enemigos, vengaréme de mis adversarios:
25 I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.
25 Y volveré mi mano sobre ti, y limpiaré hasta lo más puro tus escorias, y quitaré todo tu estaño:
26 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.”
26 Y restituiré tus jueces como al principio, y tus consejeros como de primero: entonces te llamarán Ciudad de justicia, Ciudad fiel.
27 Zion will be redeemed with justice, her repentant ones with righteousness.
27 Sión con juicio será rescatada, y los convertidos de ella con justicia.
28 But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.
28 Mas los rebeldes y pecadores á una serán quebrantados, y los que dejan á Jehová serán consumidos.
29 Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.
29 Entonces os avergonzarán los olmos que amasteis, y os afrentarán los bosques que escogisteis.
30 For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, like a garden without water.
30 Porque seréis como el olmo que se le cae la hoja, y como huerto que le faltan las aguas.
31 The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.
31 Y el fuerte será como estopa, y lo que hizo como centella; y ambos serán encendidos juntamente, y no habrá quien apague.
Cross references (31)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Chronicles 26:1–32:33; 2 Kings 18:1–20:21
- 2 Deuteronomy 32:1; Deuteronomy 30:19; Micah 1:2; Deuteronomy 4:26; Psalm 50:4
- 3 Jeremiah 8:7; Jeremiah 4:22; Isaiah 44:18; Isaiah 5:12; Matthew 13:13–15
- 4 Isaiah 5:24; Jeremiah 2:17; Jeremiah 2:13; Romans 8:7; Isaiah 5:19
- 5 Daniel 9:8–11; Ezekiel 24:13; Jeremiah 5:3; Revelation 16:8–11; Zephaniah 3:1–4
- 6 Jeremiah 6:14; Jeremiah 33:6; Matthew 9:12; Psalm 77:2; Job 5:18
- 7 Deuteronomy 28:43; Lamentations 5:2; Deuteronomy 28:33; Hosea 7:9; Ezekiel 30:12
- 8 Zechariah 9:9; John 12:15; Zechariah 2:10; Isaiah 62:11; Isaiah 10:32
- 9 Romans 9:29; Isaiah 37:31–32; Genesis 19:24; Lamentations 3:22; Romans 11:4–6
- 10 Revelation 11:8; Ezekiel 16:49; Deuteronomy 32:32; Isaiah 3:9; Jeremiah 23:14
- 11 1 Samuel 15:22; Amos 5:21; Jeremiah 6:20; Isaiah 66:3; Micah 6:7
- 12 Exodus 34:23; Psalm 40:6; Isaiah 58:1–2; Exodus 23:17; Ecclesiastes 5:1
- 13 Isaiah 66:3; Malachi 1:10; Matthew 15:9; Ezekiel 20:39; Lamentations 2:6
- 14 Amos 5:21; Isaiah 43:24; Isaiah 7:13; Isaiah 61:8; Malachi 2:17
- 15 Micah 3:4; Isaiah 59:2–3; Proverbs 1:28; Zechariah 7:13; Jeremiah 7:8–10
- 16 Isaiah 55:6–7; 1 Peter 3:11; 1 Peter 2:1; 2 Corinthians 7:1; James 4:8
- 17 Micah 6:8; Jeremiah 22:3; Psalm 82:3–4; Proverbs 31:9; Isaiah 1:23
- 18 Isaiah 44:22; Revelation 7:14; Psalm 51:7; Micah 7:18–19; Isaiah 43:24–26
- 19 Deuteronomy 30:15–16; Isaiah 3:10; Joel 2:26; Hebrews 5:9; Isaiah 55:6–7
- 20 Isaiah 65:12; Isaiah 58:14; Numbers 23:19; Isaiah 40:5; Isaiah 3:11
- 21 Zechariah 8:3; Zephaniah 3:1–3; Ezekiel 22:1–23; Isaiah 48:2; Micah 3:2–3
- 22 Lamentations 4:1–2; Jeremiah 6:28–30; Ezekiel 22:18–22; Hosea 4:18; 2 Corinthians 2:17
- 23 Micah 7:3; Zechariah 7:10; Exodus 23:8; Luke 18:2–5; Acts 4:5–11
- 24 Isaiah 60:16; Isaiah 49:26; Deuteronomy 28:63; Isaiah 61:2; Ezekiel 5:13
- 25 Malachi 3:3; Isaiah 1:22; Jeremiah 9:7; Isaiah 4:4; Ezekiel 20:38
- 26 Jeremiah 33:7; Zechariah 8:3; Isaiah 62:1–2; Isaiah 32:1–2; Numbers 12:3
- 27 Isaiah 62:12; Isaiah 63:4; Isaiah 5:16; Isaiah 45:21–25; Romans 3:24–26
- 28 2 Thessalonians 1:8–9; Psalm 1:6; Revelation 21:8; Job 31:3; Isaiah 30:13
- 29 Isaiah 65:3; Isaiah 57:5; Isaiah 66:17; Hosea 4:13; Ezekiel 16:63
- 30 Jeremiah 17:5–6; Isaiah 5:6; Jeremiah 31:12; Isaiah 58:11; Ezekiel 17:24
- 31 Isaiah 66:24; Malachi 4:1; Ezekiel 32:21; Isaiah 34:9–10; Revelation 19:20
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And if ye be willing and obey Me, ye shall eat the good of the land; but if ye refuse, and will not hearken unto Me, the sword shall devour you, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken these things." Desiring, therefore, that all His beloved should be partakers of repentance, He has, by His almighty will, established [these …
He spoke as from their person: "Except the Lord had left us a seed, we should have been as Sodom and Gomorrah." For Sodom and Gomorrah are related by Moses to have been cities of ungodly men, which God burned with fire and brimstone, and overthrew, no one of their inhabitants being saved except a certain stranger, a Chaldæan by …
He says: "Hear, O heavens; and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken." And again: "Thus saith the Lord God, who made the heaven, and stretched it out; who established the earth, and the things in it; and who giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them who walk therein."
… for the prophets often show that this same Lord of ours might have been their Father also, if they had not strayed from His commandments: as, for instance, we have that statement, "I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me;" and that other, "I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
And the city, too, it is said, shall be called "the city of righteousness, the faithful city Sion." And yet we nowhere find that the city was called "righteousness," but it continued to be called Jerusalem.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)