TSK · Isaiah 1:4

And the Lord sayd vnto Moyses: Go get thee downe, thy people which thou broughtest out of the lande of Egypt, hath marred all.

And men shall say: Because they haue forsaken the couenaunt of the Lorde God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the lande of Egypt.

Frowardly haue they done agaynst hym by their vices, not beyng his owne children, but a wicked and frowarde generation.

And the children of Israel cryed vnto ye Lord, saying: We haue sinned against thee, for we haue forsaken our owne God, and haue carued Baalim.

And it came to passe, that when Rehoboam had stablished the kingdome & became mightie, he forsooke the law of the Lorde, and all Israel with him.

The vngodly are straungers euen from their mothers wombe: assoone as they be borne, they go astray and speake a lye.

How oft dyd they prouoke hym in the wildernes: & greeued hym in the desert?

They turned backewarde, and they went astray like their forefathers: they started aside like a bowe that breaketh.

Thy princes are wicked, and companions of theeues: they loue gyftes altogether, and gape for rewardes: As for the fatherlesse they helpe hym not to his ryght, neither wyll they let the widdowes causes come before them.

Which vse to speake on this maner, Let hym make speede and hasten his worke, that we may see it: let the counsayle of the holy one of Israel come and drawe nye, that we may knowe it.

I wyll sende hym among those hypocritishe people: among the people that haue deserued my disfauour wyll I sende hym, that he vtterly rob them, spoyle them, and treade them downe lyke the myre in the streete.

Thou art not buried with them: euen because that thou hast wasted thy lande & destroyed thy people: The generation of the wicked shalbe out of memorie for euer.

Alas for those disobedient chyldren saith the Lorde, that they will take counsell and not of me, that they wyll take a secrete aduice and not out of my spirite, and therefore adde they sinne vnto sinne.

Get you out of this way, depart out of this path, and turne the holy one of Israel from vs.

But thou Sennacherib, whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? Agaynst whom hast thou lifted vp thy voyce, and exalted thy proude lokes? euen agaynst the holy one of Israel.

Thou shalt fanne them, and the winde shall carrie them away, and the whirle winde shall scatter them: but thou shalt reioyce in the Lorde, and shalt delight in the holy one of Israel.

Come hyther therfore ye charmers children, ye sonnes of the adulterer and the whore.

To a people that is euer defiyng me to my face, they make their oblations in gardens, and their smoke vpon aulters of bricke.

For my people hath done two euils: they haue forsaken me the well of the water of lyfe, and digged them pittes, yea vile and broken pittes that can holde no water.

Thine owne wickednesse shall reproue thee, and thy turnyng away shall condempne thee: that thou mayest knowe and vnderstand howe euyll and hurtfull a thyng it is, that thou hast forsaken the Lorde thy God, and hast not feared me, saith the Lorde God of hoastes.

Why beautifiest thou thy wayes so hyely, to obteyne fauour therthrough? therfore also hast thou taught wickednesse through thy wayes.

Yet woulde they not hearken nor offer me their eares, but were obstinate, and worse then their fathers.

Call vp all the archers agaynst Babylon, pitch your tentes rounde about her, that none escape, recompence her as she hath deserued, and accordyng as she hath done, so deale with her agayne: for she hath set vp her selfe agaynst the Lorde, agaynst the holy one of Israel.

That the house of Israel may be snared in their owne heartes, because they be cleane gone from me all of them thorowe their idols.

Which start backe from the Lorde, and neither seke after the Lorde nor regard hym.

Come vnto me all ye that labour sore, and are laden, and I wyll ease you.

Ye styfnecked and of vncircumcised heartes and eares, ye haue alwayes resisted the holy ghost: as your fathers dyd, so do ye.

Either do we prouoke the Lorde to anger? Are we stronger then he?

For her sinnes are gone vp to heauen, and God hath remembred her wickednesse.