1:13 Do not bring any more meaningless 1 offerings;
I consider your incense detestable! 2
You observe new moon festivals, Sabbaths, and convocations,
but I cannot tolerate sin-stained celebrations! 3
1:31 The powerful will be like 4 a thread of yarn,
their deeds like a spark;
both will burn together,
and no one will put out the fire.
3:1 Look, the sovereign Lord who commands armies 5
is about to remove from Jerusalem 6 and Judah
every source of security, including 7
all the food and water, 8
13:10 Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations
no longer give out their light; 10
the sun is darkened as soon as it rises,
and the moon does not shine. 11
29:9 You will be shocked and amazed! 12
You are totally blind! 13
They are drunk, 14 but not because of wine;
they stagger, 15 but not because of beer.
34:10 Night and day it will burn; 16
its smoke will ascend continually.
Generation after generation it will be a wasteland
and no one will ever pass through it again.
38:12 My dwelling place 17 is removed and taken away 18 from me
like a shepherd’s tent.
I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; 19
from the loom he cuts me off. 20
You turn day into night and end my life. 21
42:14 “I have been inactive 22 for a long time;
I kept quiet and held back.
Like a woman in labor I groan;
I pant and gasp. 23
54:10 Even if the mountains are removed
and the hills displaced,
my devotion will not be removed from you,
nor will my covenant of friendship 24 be displaced,”
says the Lord, the one who has compassion on you.
56:2 The people who do this will be blessed, 25
the people who commit themselves to obedience, 26
who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it,
who refrain from doing anything that is wrong. 27
56:4 For this is what the Lord says:
“For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths
and choose what pleases me
and are faithful to 28 my covenant,