Isaiah has visions about the remaining southern kingdom. God is mad because they allow injustice to reign and the poor to be oppressed. They continue to give sacrifices and honor the Sabbath and annual feasts, but it is all in vain with their skewed sense of justice. To God, this matters more than the ceremonial acts.
Chapter 1 does not specify total destruction for Jerusalem will happen, but it does say that Judah will be purged. It also sets the tone of what is wrong in the country.
The chapter also likens Judah to Sodom and Gomorrah. Since what is pointed out in Isaiah 1 is the sense of injustice, this would suggest that may have been a major reason that Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed.
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