Textus Receptus Bibles
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
| 1:1 | A vision of Isaiah, the sonne of Amoz, which he sawe concerning Iudah and Ierusalem: in the dayes of Vzziah, Iotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah Kings of Iudah. |
| 1:2 | Heare, O heauens, and hearken, O earth: for the Lord hath sayde, I haue nourished and brought vp children, but they haue rebelled against me. |
| 1:3 | The oxe knoweth his owner, and the asse his masters crib: but Israel hath not knowen: my people hath not vnderstand. |
| 1:4 | Ah, sinfull nation, a people laden with iniquitie: a seede of the wicked, corrupt children: they haue forsaken the Lord: they haue prouoked the holy one of Israel to anger: they are gone backewarde. |
| 1:5 | 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. |
| 1:6 | From the sole of the foote vnto the head, there is nothing whole therein, but wounds, and swelling, and sores full of corruption: they haue not bene wrapped, nor bound vp, nor mollified with oyle. |
| 1:7 | Your land is waste: your cities are burnt with fire: strangers deuoure your lande in your presence, and it is desolate like the ouerthrowe of strangers. |
| 1:8 | And the daughter of Zion shall remaine like a cotage in a vineyarde, like a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, and like a besieged citie. |
| 1:9 | Except the Lord of hostes had reserued vnto vs, euen a small remnant: we should haue bene as Sodom, and should haue bene like vnto Gomorah. |
| 1:10 | Heare the worde of the Lord, O princes of Sodom: hearken vnto the Law of our God, O people of Gomorah. |
| 1:11 | What haue I to doe with the multitude of your sacrifices, sayth the Lord? I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and of the fat of fed beasts: and I desire not the blood of bullocks, nor of lambs, nor of goates. |
| 1:12 | When ye come to appeare before me, who required this of your hands to tread in my courts? |
| 1:13 | Bring no more oblations, in vaine: incense is an abomination vnto me: I can not suffer your newe moones, nor Sabbaths, nor solemne dayes (it is iniquitie) nor solemne assemblies. |
| 1:14 | My soule hateth your newe moones and your appointed feastes: they are a burden vnto me: I am weary to beare them. |
| 1:15 | And when you shall stretch out your hands, I wil hide mine eyes from you: and though ye make many prayers, I wil not heare: for your hands are full of blood. |
| 1:16 | Wash you, make you cleane: take away the euill of your workes from before mine eyes: cease to doe euill. |
| 1:17 | Learne to doe well: seeke iudgement, relieue the oppressed: iudge the fatherlesse and defend the widowe. |
| 1:18 | Come nowe, and let vs reason together, sayth the Lord: though your sinnes were as crimsin, they shalbe made white as snowe: though they were red like skarlet, they shalbe as wooll. |
| 1:19 | If ye consent and obey, ye shall eate the good things of the land. |
| 1:20 | But if ye refuse and be rebellious, ye shalbe deuoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. |
| 1:21 | Howe is the faithfull citie become an harlot? it was full of iudgement, and iustice lodged therein, but now they are murtherers. |
| 1:22 | Thy siluer is become drosse: thy wine is mixt with water. |
| 1:23 | Thy Princes are rebellious and companions of theeues: euery one loueth giftes, and followeth after rewards: they iudge not the fatherlesse, neither doeth the widowes cause come before them. |
| 1:24 | Therefore sayth the Lord God of hostes, the mightie one of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine aduersaries, and auenge me of mine enemies. |
| 1:25 | Then I will turne mine hand vpon thee, and burne out thy drosse, till it be pure, and take away all thy tinne. |
| 1:26 | And I will restore thy iudges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward shalt thou be called a citie of righteousnes, and a faithfull citie. |
| 1:27 | Zion shall be redeemed in iudgement, and they that returne in her, in iustice. |
| 1:28 | And the destruction of the transgressers and of the sinners shalbe together: and they that forsake the Lord, shalbe consumed. |
| 1:29 | For they shalbe confounded for the okes, which ye haue desired, and ye shall be ashamed of the gardens, that ye haue chosen. |
| 1:30 | For ye shalbe as an oke, whose leafe fadeth: and as a garden that hath no water. |
| 1:31 | And the strong shall be as towe, and the maker thereof, as a sparke: and they shall both burne together, and none shall quench them. |
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
The Geneva Bible is one of the most influential and historically significant translations of the Bible into English, preceding the King James translation by 51 years. It was the primary Bible of 16th century Protestantism and was the Bible used by William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Knox, John Donne, and John Bunyan. The language of the Geneva Bible was more forceful and vigorous and because of this, most readers strongly preferred this version at the time.
The Geneva Bible was produced by a group of English scholars who, fleeing from the reign of Queen Mary, had found refuge in Switzerland. During the reign of Queen Mary, no Bibles were printed in England, the English Bible was no longer used in churches and English Bibles already in churches were removed and burned. Mary was determined to return Britain to Roman Catholicism.
The first English Protestant to die during Mary's turbulent reign was John Rogers in 1555, who had been the editor of the Matthews Bible. At this time, hundreds of Protestants left England and headed for Geneva, a city which under the leadership of Calvin, had become the intellectual and spiritual capital of European Protestants.
One of these exiles was William Whittingham, a fellow of Christ Church at Oxford University, who had been a diplomat, a courtier, was much traveled and skilled in many languages including Greek and Hebrew. He eventually succeeded John Knox as the minister of the English congregation in Geneva. Whittingham went on to publish the 1560 Geneva Bible.
This version is significant because, it came with a variety of scriptural study guides and aids, which included verse citations that allow the reader to cross-reference one verse with numerous relevant verses in the rest of the Bible, introductions to each book of the Bible that acted to summarize all of the material that each book would cover, maps, tables, woodcut illustrations, indices, as well as other included features, all of which would eventually lead to the reputation of the Geneva Bible as history's very first study Bible.