The vision that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw against Judea, and against Jerusalem, in the reign of Uzzi, and Joatham, and Ahaz, and Hezekiah, the kings of Judea. Hear, O heavens, and hear, earth, for the Lord has spoken. I gave birth to and raised sons, but they betrayed me. I will make the man who is possessed, and he will be the manger of his master, but Israel will not make me, and my people will not gather. Alas, nation of sinners, people full of sins, seed of wickedness, sons of iniquity! you have forsaken the Lord, and have forsaken the Holy One of Israel. Why are you afflicted, you who have committed iniquity? every head in pain, and every heart in sorrow: from the feet to the head, there is not in him whole, neither wound, nor bruise, nor burning wound; there is no ointment, nor oil, nor bandages. Your land is a desert, your cities are on fire; your country, in front of you, foreigners will occupy it, and it is desolate, destroyed by foreign peoples.
The daughter of Zion is forsaken, as a tent in a vineyard, and as an orchard in an orchard, as a besieged city. And if the Lord of Sabaoth did not leave us seed, like Sodom if we were born, and like Gomorrah if we were shaped. Hear the word of the Lord, rulers of Sodom; heed the law of God, people of Gomos. What is the abundance of your sacrifices to me, says the Lord: I am full of burnt rams, and steers of rams, and the blood of bulls, and goats, I do not want. No, if you come, it is dear to me, for why did he seek these things from your hands? set foot in my yard, do not add; if you bring me seed, in vain; incense, it is an abomination to me; I will not tolerate your vows, and sabbaths, and great days; fasting and holidays, and your festivals my soul hates; be born to me in flood; I do not understand your sins. When you stretch out your hands towards me, I turn away my eyes from you, and if you multiply your supplication, I will not listen to you, because your hands are full of blood.
Wash, and be clean; put away wickedness from your souls; before my eyes, cease from your wickedness; learn who is good; seek judgment; flee the unjust; judge the fatherless, and justify the widow. And see, and let us be chosen, says the Lord: if our sins are like palm trees, I will whiten them like snow; but if they are like scarlet, I will whiten them like lions. And if you will, and listen to me, eat the good things of the earth; but if you do not want, do not listen to me, a sword is handed over to you, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken these things.
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Проки́мен, глас седьмы́й: Work for God with fear and rejoice in Him with trembling.
Verse: Вску́ю шата́шася язы́цы, и лю́дие поучи́шася тще́тным?
Prokimen (Psalm 2), voice 7: Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice before Him!
Verse: Why did the tribes rise up, and the people did something important?
About. A heavy sound Psalm b´. Work for the Lord in fear, and rejoice in him in fear.
verse Why did the nations cry out, and the peoples study blanks?
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