¹ And Jehovah spoke to^▵ Moses, Go, go·​·up from hence, thou^◦ and the people which thou hast made to come·​·up out of the land of Egypt, to^▵ the land which I promised to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, To thy seed will I give it;

² and I will send before thee an angel; and I will drive·​·out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite;

³ to^▵ a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go·​·up in the midst^◦ of thee; for a stiff necked^◦ people art thou^◦; lest I should consume· thee ·all in the way.

⁴ And the people heard this evil word, and they mourned; and they put not any man^◦ his decoration upon him.

⁵ And Jehovah said to^▵ Moses, Say to^▵ the sons of Israel, You^◦ are a stiff necked^◦ people; I will come·​·up into the midst^◦ of thee in one moment, and will consume· thee ·all; and now bring·​·down thine decorations from on thee, and I shall know what I will do to thee.

⁶ And the sons of Israel stripped themselves of their decoration, by Mount Horeb^*.

⁷ And Moses took the tent, and stretched it for himself outside the camp, to be·​·far·​·away from the camp; and he called it the tent of the congregation^◦. And it was, that everyone seeking Jehovah went·​·out to^▵ the tent of the congregation^◦ that was outside the camp.

⁸ And it was, as Moses went·​·out to^▵ the tent, all the people rose·​·up, and each·​·man^◦ stood·​·up at the entrance of his tent, and looked behind Moses, until he came·​·into the tent.

⁹ And it was, as Moses came·​·into the tent, the pillar of cloud went·​·down, and stood at the entrance of the tent, and spoke with Moses.

¹⁰ And all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent; and all the people rose·​·up and bowed· themselves ·down, each·​·man^◦ at the entrance of his tent.

¹¹ And Jehovah spoke to^▵ Moses face to^▵ face, as^◦ a man^◦ speaks to his companion. And he returned to the camp; and his minister Joshua the son of Nun, a lad, departed not from the midst of the tent.

¹² And Moses said to Jehovah, See, Thou sayest to me, Make this people come up; and Thou hast· not ·made·​·known to me whom Thou wilt send with me. And Thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast· also ·found grace in My eyes.

¹³ And now, I pray^◦, if I have found grace in Thine eyes, make·​·known to me, I pray^◦, Thy way, that I may know Thee, because I have found grace in Thine eyes; and see that this nation is Thy people.

¹⁴ And He said, My faces shall go, and I will give thee rest.

¹⁵ And he said to Him, If Thy faces go not, do not make us go up from hence.

¹⁶ And in what shall it then^◦ become·​·known that I have·​·found grace in Thine eyes, I and Thy people? is it not in Thy going with us? And we shall be set·​·apart, I^◦ and Thy people, above all the people that are on the faces of the ground.

¹⁷ And Jehovah said to Moses, I will do this word also that thou hast spoken; because thou hast·​·found grace in My eyes, and I know thee by name.

¹⁸ And he said, Make me see, I pray^◦, Thy glory.

¹⁹ And He said, I will make all My goodness to pass upon thy faces, and will proclaim in the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be·​·gracious to whom I am·​·gracious, and I will have·​·compassion with^◦ whom I have·​·compassion.

²⁰ And He said, Thou art· not ·able to see My faces; for man shall not see Me and live.

²¹ And Jehovah said, Behold, a place with^◦ Me, and thou shalt stand·​·up on the rock;

²² and it shall be when My glory passes·​·by, that I will set thee in a cleft of the rock, and will shelter with My palm over thee, until I have passed·​·by.

²³ And I will remove the palm of My hand, and thou shalt see My back; and My faces shall not be seen.

¹ 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.

² Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken: "I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

³ The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib; but Israel doesn't know, my people don't consider."

⁴ Ah sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken Yahweh. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and backward.

⁵ Why should you be beaten more, that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

⁶ From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it: wounds, welts, and open sores. They haven't been closed, neither bandaged, neither soothed with oil.

⁷ Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

⁸ The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a field of melons, like a besieged city.

⁹ Unless Yahweh of Armies had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom; we would have been like Gomorrah.

¹⁰ Hear the word of Yahweh, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

¹¹ "What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says Yahweh. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of male goats.

¹² When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?

¹³ Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies.

¹⁴ My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them.

¹⁵ When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

¹⁶ Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.

¹⁷ Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow."

¹⁸ "Come now, and let us reason together," says Yahweh: "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

¹⁹ If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;

²⁰ but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it."

²¹ How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

²² Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water.

²³ Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don't judge the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

²⁴ Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says: "Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, and avenge myself of my enemies;

²⁵ and I will turn my hand on you, thoroughly purge away your dross, and will take away all your tin.

²⁶ I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called 'The city of righteousness, a faithful town.'

²⁷ Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.

²⁸ But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed.

²⁹ For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.

³⁰ For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water.

³¹ The strong will be like tinder, and his work like a spark. They will both burn together, and no one will quench them."