Bits and Pieces From Isaiah Chapt. 1:2-4 "The Lord has spoken" The ox knows his owner and the *** his crib, but Israel does not know. A sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, having forsaken the Lord and provoked the Holy One to anger."
The book of Isaiah is principally about Israel, Jerusalem and Judah, but the message carries over to all the nations of the world today, especially the Jews and Gentles of America.
Vs. 9 speaks of a very small remnant of faithful believers among Jerusalem and Judah, even so, scattered throughout the world and America, there is a small remnant of faithful servants of the Lord.
But to those who are rebellious against God, just going through the motions of worshipping God, i.e. the Easter/ Christmas crowd, God says in vs's 11-15, He is sick of their vain worship; vs. 15 He won't even respond to their prayers.
In these opening vs's Isaiah is describing Judah and Jerusalem, but they also are descriptive of the majority of America