Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity: a [a]seed of the wicked, corrupt children: they have forsaken the Lord: they have provoked the [b]Holy one of Israel to anger: they are gone backward.

Wherefore should ye be [c]smitten anymore? for ye fall away more and more: the whole [d]head is sick, and the whole heart is heavy.

From the [e]sole of the foot unto the head, there is nothing whole therein, but wounds and swelling, and sores full of corruption: they have not been wrapped, [f]nor bound up nor mollified with oil.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:4 They were not only wicked as were their fathers, but utterly corrupt, and by their evil example infected others.
  2. Isaiah 1:4 That is, him that sanctifieth Israel.
  3. Isaiah 1:5 What availeth it to seek to amend you by punishment, seeing the more I correct you, the more ye rebel?
  4. Isaiah 1:5 By naming the chief parts of the body, he signifieth that there was no part of the whole body of the Jews free from his rods.
  5. Isaiah 1:6 Every part of the body as well the least as the chiefest, was plagued.
  6. Isaiah 1:6 Their plagues were so grievous, that they were incurable, and yet they would not repent.

Woe to the sinful nation,
    a people whose guilt is great,(A)
a brood of evildoers,(B)
    children given to corruption!(C)
They have forsaken(D) the Lord;
    they have spurned the Holy One(E) of Israel
    and turned their backs(F) on him.

Why should you be beaten(G) anymore?
    Why do you persist(H) in rebellion?(I)
Your whole head is injured,
    your whole heart(J) afflicted.(K)
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head(L)
    there is no soundness(M)
only wounds and welts(N)
    and open sores,
not cleansed or bandaged(O)
    or soothed with olive oil.(P)

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