Old Testament
Isaiah
Read Isaiah online — the great prophet of the suffering Servant and coming King
66 chapters — your reading progress will grow here.
Chapters
Chapter I
1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz…
Chapter II
1 This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 It shall happen in the latter days, that the…
Chapter III
1 For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply…
Chapter IV
1 Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing. Jus…
Chapter V
1 Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful …
Chapter VI
1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the te…
Chapter VII
1 In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of …
Chapter VIII
1 Yahweh said to me, “Take a large tablet, and write on it with a man’s pen, ‘For Maher Shalal Hash Baz’; 2 and I will t…
Chapter IX
1 But there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of …
Chapter X
1 Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees 2 to deprive the needy of…
Chapter XI
1 A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit. 2 Yahweh’s Spirit will res…
Chapter XII
1 In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned…
Chapter XIII
1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw. 2 Set up a banner on the bare mountain! Lift up your voice to…
Chapter XIV
1 For Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. The foreigner wi…
Chapter XV
1 The burden of Moab. For in a night, Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing. For in a night Kir of Moab is la…
Chapter XVI
1 Send the lambs for the ruler of the land from Selah to the wilderness, to the mountain of the daughter of Zion. 2 For …
Chapter XVII
1 The burden of Damascus. “Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap. 2 The cities…
Chapter XVIII
1 Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia; 2 that sends ambassadors by the sea, ev…
Chapter XIX
1 The burden of Egypt. “Behold, Yahweh rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble at hi…
Chapter XX
1 In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and too…
Chapter XXI
1 The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from …
Chapter XXII
1 The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops? 2 You that are full…
Chapter XXIII
1 The burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in. From…
Chapter XXIV
1 Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants. 2 It will be…
Chapter XXV
1 Yahweh, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned …
Chapter XXVI
1 In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and…
Chapter XXVII
1 In that day, Yahweh with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan…
Chapter XXVIII
1 Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on th…
Chapter XXIX
1 Woe to Ariel! Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts come around; 2 then I will distre…
Chapter XXX
1 “Woe to the rebellious children”, says Yahweh, “who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not w…
Chapter XXXI
1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in ho…
Chapter XXXII
1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice. 2 A man shall be as a hiding place fro…
Chapter XXXIII
1 Woe to you who destroy, but you weren’t destroyed, and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished des…
Chapter XXXIV
1 Come near, you nations, to hear! Listen, you peoples. Let the earth and all it contains hear, the world, and everythin…
Chapter XXXV
1 The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose. 2 It will blossom abund…
Chapter XXXVI
1 Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all of the fortified cities of Judah…
Chapter XXXVII
1 When King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into Yahweh’s house. 2 He s…
Chapter XXXVIII
1 In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, “Ya…
Chapter XXXIX
1 At that time, Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he hea…
Chapter XL
1 “Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. 2 “Speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and call out to her that her warfare i…
Chapter XLI
1 “Keep silent before me, islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come near, then let them speak. Le…
Chapter XLII
1 “Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring ju…
Chapter XLIII
1 But now Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel, says: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you.…
Chapter XLIV
1 Yet listen now, Jacob my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen. 2 This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you f…
Chapter XLV
1 Yahweh says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held to subdue nations before him and strip kings of th…
Chapter XLVI
1 Bel bows down. Nebo stoops. Their idols are carried by animals, and on the livestock. The things that you carried arou…
Chapter XLVII
1 “Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chalde…
Chapter XLVIII
1 “Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah. You sw…
Chapter XLIX
1 Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the inside of my moth…
Chapter L
1 Yahweh says, “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce, with which I have put her away? Or to which of my creditors …
Chapter LI
1 “Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh. Look to the rock you were cut from, and to the…
Chapter LII
1 Awake, awake! Put on your strength, Zion. Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city, for from now on th…
Chapter LIII
1 Who has believed our message? To whom has Yahweh’s arm been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, a…
Chapter LIV
1 “Sing, barren, you who didn’t give birth! Break out into singing, and cry aloud, you who didn’t travail with child! Fo…
Chapter LV
1 “Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk…
Chapter LVI
1 Yahweh says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is near and my righteousness will soon be reveal…
Chapter LVII
1 The righteous perish, and no one lays it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, and no one considers that the righteou…
Chapter LVIII
1 “Cry aloud! Don’t spare! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house …
Chapter LIX
1 Behold, Yahweh’s hand is not shortened, that it can’t save; nor his ear dull, that it can’t hear. 2 But your iniquitie…
Chapter LX
1 “Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you! 2 For behold, darkness will cover the ear…
Chapter LXI
1 The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to…
Chapter LXII
1 For Zion’s sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness shines out…
Chapter LXIII
1 Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? Who is this who is glorious in his clothing, marching…
Chapter LXIV
1 Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence— 2 as wh…
Chapter LXV
1 “I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask. I am found by those who didn’t seek me. I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nati…
Chapter LXVI
1 Yahweh says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build to me? Where will …
