Isaiah 1-2: Let us Reason

How weary Isaiah must have been of all the evil doings of the kings and the entire nation of Israel.  God was even wearier still, and they both saw the results of sin on the nation.
Your country is desolate,
your cities burned with fire;
your fields are being stripped by foreigners
right before you,
laid waste as when overthrown by strangers. - Is. 1:7 NIV

I am weary, God says, of all your festivals and feasts (today he might say 'conventions, programs, fund raisers and pot lucks').
They have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
When you spread out your hands in prayer,
I will hide my eyes from you;
even if you offer many prayers,
I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood;
wash and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds out of my sight!
Stop doing wrong,learn to do right!
Seek justice, encourage the oppressed.
Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. - Is. 1:14-17 NIV

But, God still offers hope:
"Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD.
"Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool. - Is. 1:8 NIV

We tend to concentrate on what Isaiah saw in chapter two concerning the last days where the mountain of the Lord's temple will be established.  But all of that was conditioned on God's plea to His people.
Come, O house of Jacob,
let us walk in the light of the LORD. - Is. 2:5 NIV

And so it remains today, we must walk in the light of the Lord, we must heed his commands to stop doing wrong, learn to do right, seek justice, encourage the oppressed, defend the cause of the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.  God has been trying to reason with his people through the centuries, hopefully it is not too late for this generation to learn.