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Judah’s Rebellion

Isaiah 1:5

In 11 translations

BSB
Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
KJV
¶ Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.revolt…: Heb. increase revolt
WEB
Why should you be beaten more, that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
ASV
Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
LSV
Why are you struck anymore? You add apostasy! Every head has become diseased, and every heart [is] sick.
YLT
Wherefore are ye stricken any more? Ye do add apostasy! Every head is become diseased, and every heart [is] sick.
DBY
Why should ye be smitten any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
DRC
For what shall I strike you any more, you that increase transgression? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart is sad.
GNV
Wherefore shoulde ye be smitten any more? for ye fall away more and more: the whole head is sicke, and the whole heart is heauie.
JPS
On what part will ye yet be stricken, seeing ye stray away more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint;
LXXE
Why should ye be smitten any more, transgressing more and more? the whole head is pained, and the whole heart sad.

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Original-language editions

WLC
עַ֣ל מֶ֥ה תֻכּ֛וּ ע֖וֹד תּוֹסִ֣יפוּ סָרָ֑ה כָּל־רֹ֣אשׁ לָחֳלִ֔י וְכָל־לֵבָ֖ב דַּוָּֽי׃
LXX-Br
Τί ἔτι πληγῆτε προστιθέντες ἀνομίαν; πᾶσα κεφαλὴ εἰς πόνον, καὶ πᾶσα καρδία εἰς λύπην·

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  • Daniel 9:8–11O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You. To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him and have not…
  • Ezekiel 24:13Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.
  • Revelation 16:8–11Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire. And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these…
  • Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
  • Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
  • Isaiah 31:6Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.
  • Zephaniah 3:1–4Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God. Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are…
  • Jeremiah 6:28–30All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt. The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are…
  • Jeremiah 9:3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
  • Isaiah 33:24And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.
  • Hebrews 12:5–8And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He…
  • Jeremiah 2:30“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
  • 2 Chronicles 28:22In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
  • Isaiah 9:13But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.
  • Nehemiah 9:34Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.
  • Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, 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.

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