10. Hear the word of Jehovah, ye rulers of Sodom, Give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah,
11. `Why to Me the abundance of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah, I have been satiated [with] burnt-offerings of rams, And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, And he-goats I have not desired.
12. When ye come in to appear before Me, Who hath required this of your hand, To trample My courts?
13. Add not to bring in a vain present, Incense--an abomination it [is] to Me, New moon, and sabbath, calling of convocation! Rendure not iniquity--and a restraint!
14. Your new moons and your set seasons hath My soul hated, They have been upon me for a burden, I have been weary of bearing.
15. And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full.
16. Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good.
17. Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive [for] the widow.
18. Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!
19. If ye are willing, and have hearkened, The good of the land ye consume,
20. And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, [By] the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.
21. How hath a faithful city become a harlot? I have filled it [with] judgment, Righteousness lodgeth in it--now murderers.
22. Thy silver hath become dross, Thy drink polluted with water.
23. Thy princes [are] apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them.
24. Therefore--the affirmation of the Lord--Jehovah of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: Ah, I am eased of Mine adversaries, And I am avenged of Mine enemies,
25. And I turn back My hand upon thee, And I refine as purity thy dross, And I turn aside all thy tin,
26. And I give back thy judges as at the first, And thy counsellors as in the beginning, After this thou art called, `A city of righteousness--a faithful city.'
27. Zion in judgment is redeemed, And her captivity in righteousness.
28. And the destruction of transgressors and sinners [is] together, And those forsaking Jehovah are consumed.