1. This is the vision Isaiah son of Amoz saw. God showed Isaiah what would happen to Judah and Jerusalem. Isaiah saw these things while Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah were kings of Judah.
2. Heaven and earth, listen,because the Lord is speaking:“I raised my children and helped them grow.But they have turned against me.
3. An ox knows its master.And a donkey knows where its owner feeds it.But the people of Israel do not know me.My people do not understand.”
4. Terrible times are coming for Israel, a nation of sin.The people are loaded down with guilt.They are like a group of children doing evil.They are full of evil.They have left the Lord.They hate God, the Holy One of Israel.They have turned away from him.
5. Why should you continue to be punished?Why do you continue to turn against him?Your whole head is hurt.And your whole heart is sick.
6. There is no healthy spotfrom the bottom of your foot to the top of your head.You are covered with wounds, hurts and open sores.Your wounds are not cleaned and covered.No medicine takes away the pain.
7. Your land is ruined.Your cities have been burned with fire.While you watch,your enemies are stealing everything from your land.Your land is ruined like a country destroyed by enemies.
8. Jerusalem is left alonelike an empty shelter in a vineyard.It is like a hut left in a field of melons.It is like a city surrounded by enemies.
9. The Lord of heaven’s armiesallowed a few of our people to live.Otherwise we would have been completely destroyedlike the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.