Judah’s Rebellion
(2 Chronicles 28:5–15)
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. 2Ch 26:12Ki 18:1Psa 89:192Ki 15:12Ki 15:322Ki 15:7Act 10:17Amo 1:1
Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, Deu 32:1Deu 30:19Mic 1:2Deu 4:26Psa 50:4Mal 1:6Mic 6:1-2Amo 3:1
for the LORD has spoken:
“I have raised children and brought them up,
but they have rebelled against Me.
The ox knows its owner, Jer 8:7Jer 4:22Isa 44:18Isa 5:12Mat 13:13-15Psa 94:8Rom 1:28Isa 27:11
and the donkey its master’s manger,
but Israel does not know;
My people do not understand.”
Alas, O sinful nation, Isa 5:24Jer 2:17Jer 2:13Rom 8:7Act 7:51-52Isa 5:19Jer 2:19Jer 7:19
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.
Why do you want more beatings? Dan 9:8-11Ezk 24:13Jer 5:3Rev 16:8-11Isa 31:6Jer 5:31Zep 3:1-4Heb 12:5-8
Why do you keep rebelling?
Your head has a massive wound,
and your whole heart is afflicted.
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, Jer 6:14Jer 33:6Mat 9:12Job 5:18Luk 10:34Mal 4:2Psa 38:3-5Psa 77:2
there is no soundness—
only wounds and welts and festering sores
neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.
Your land is desolate; Deu 28:33Deu 28:43Lam 5:2Ezk 30:12Hos 7:92Ch 28:16-212Ch 28:5Deu 28:48-52
your cities are burned with fire.
Foreigners devour your fields before you—
a desolation demolished by strangers.
And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned Zec 9:9Jhn 12:15Zec 2:10Isa 62:11Isa 10:32Lam 2:6Isa 37:22Isa 4:4
like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a shack in a cucumber field,
like a city besieged.
Unless the LORD of Hosts Rom 9:29Isa 37:31-32Gen 19:24Lam 3:22Amo 4:11Rom 11:4-6Gen 18:32Isa 10:20-22
had left us a few survivors, 1
we would have become like Sodom,
we would have resembled Gomorrah. 2
Meaningless Offerings
Hear the word of the LORD, Deu 32:32Ezk 16:49Isa 3:9Rev 11:81Ki 22:19-23Ezk 16:46Gen 13:13Isa 28:14
you rulers of Sodom;
listen to the instruction of our God,
you people of Gomorrah!
“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” 1Sa 15:22Amo 5:21Jer 6:20Isa 66:3Mic 6:7Mal 1:10Mat 9:13Pro 15:8
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.
When you come to appear before Me, Exo 34:23Ecc 5:1Exo 23:17Isa 58:1-2Mic 6:8Psa 40:6Mat 23:5Deu 16:16
who has required this of you—
this trampling of My courts?
Bring your worthless offerings no more; Isa 66:3Mal 1:10Mat 15:9Ezk 20:39Lam 2:61Ch 23:311Co 11:17Deu 16:1-22
your incense is detestable to Me—
your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations.
I cannot endure iniquity
in a solemn assembly.
I hate your New Moons Amo 5:21Isa 43:24Isa 61:8Isa 7:13Amo 2:13Isa 29:1Mal 2:17Zec 11:8
and your appointed feasts.
They have become a burden to Me;
I am weary of bearing them.
When you spread out your hands in prayer, Mic 3:4Isa 59:2-3Pro 1:28Zec 7:13Jer 7:8-10Psa 66:18Isa 58:7Jer 14:12
I will hide My eyes from you;
even though you multiply your prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are covered with blood.
Wash and cleanse yourselves. 1Pe 3:11Isa 55:6-71Pe 2:12Co 7:1Jas 4:8Ezk 18:30-31Tit 2:11-14Mat 3:8
Remove your evil deeds from My sight.
Stop doing evil!
Learn to do right; Mic 6:8Jer 22:3Psa 82:3-4Pro 31:9Isa 1:23Zec 7:9-10Jer 22:15-16Dan 4:27
seek justice and correct the oppressor. 3
Defend the fatherless
and plead the case of the widow.”
“Come now, let us reason together,” Isa 44:22Rev 7:14Psa 51:7Mic 7:18-19Isa 43:24-26Eph 1:6-8Isa 41:21Isa 41:1
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.
If you are willing and obedient, Deu 30:15-16Isa 3:10Jol 2:26Heb 5:9Isa 55:6-7Isa 55:1-3Mat 21:28-32Jer 31:18-20
you will eat the best of the land.
But if you resist and rebel, Isa 65:12Isa 58:14Isa 40:5Num 23:19Isa 3:11Isa 3:251Sa 12:252Ch 36:14-16
you will be devoured by the sword.”
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
The Corruption of Zion
See how the faithful city has become a harlot! Ezk 22:1-23Zec 8:3Zep 3:1-32Ch 19:92Sa 8:15Act 7:52Ezk 16:1-63Heb 12:22
She once was full of justice;
righteousness resided within her,
but now only murderers!
Your silver has become dross; Ezk 22:18-22Hos 4:18Jer 6:28-30Lam 4:1-22Co 2:17Hos 6:4
your fine wine is diluted with water.
Your rulers are rebels, Mic 7:3Exo 23:8Zec 7:10Act 4:5-11Luk 18:2-5Isa 10:1-2Isa 3:14Jer 5:28-29
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.
Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, Isa 60:16Deu 28:63Isa 49:26Ezk 5:13Isa 35:4Isa 61:2Psa 132:2Deu 32:43
the Mighty One of Israel, declares:
“Ah, I will be relieved of My foes
and avenge Myself on My enemies.
I will turn My hand against you; Mal 3:3Isa 1:22Isa 4:4Jer 9:7Ezk 20:38Ezk 22:22Isa 6:11-13Jer 6:29
I will thoroughly purge your dross;
I will remove all your impurities.
I will restore your judges as at first, Jer 33:7Zec 8:3Isa 62:1-2Ezk 34:23-24Ezk 37:24-25Ezk 45:8Isa 1:21Isa 32:1-2
and your counselors as at the beginning.
After that you will be called the City of Righteousness,
the Faithful City.”
Zion will be redeemed with justice, Isa 62:12Isa 45:21-25Isa 5:16Isa 63:41Co 1:301Pe 1:18-192Co 5:21Eph 1:7-8
her repentant ones with righteousness.
But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, 2Th 1:8-9Psa 1:6Isa 30:13Job 31:3Rev 21:81Ch 28:91Ki 9:6-91Sa 12:25
and those who forsake the LORD will perish.
Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks Isa 57:5Isa 65:3Isa 66:17Ezk 16:63Hos 4:13Ezk 36:31Ezk 6:13Hos 14:3
in which you have delighted;
you will be embarrassed by the gardens
that you have chosen.
For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, Jer 17:5-6Ezk 17:24Ezk 17:9-10Ezk 31:4-18Isa 5:6Isa 58:11Jer 31:12Mat 21:19
like a garden without water.
The strong man will become tinder Isa 66:24Ezk 32:21Mal 4:1Ezk 20:47-48Isa 26:11Isa 27:4Isa 33:14Isa 34:9-10
and his work will be a spark;
both will burn together,
with no one to quench the flames.