Isaiah 65
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| 1 | I gave access to them that asked not for Me, I was at hand to them that sought Me not; I said: ‘Behold Me, behold Me’, unto a nation that was not called by My name. |
| 2 | I have spread out My hands all the day unto a rebellious people, that walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts; |
| 3 | A people that provoke Me to My face continually, that sacrifice in gardens, and burn incense upon bricks; |
| 4 | That sit among the graves, and lodge in the vaults; that eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; |
| 5 | That say: ‘Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou’; these are a smoke in My nose, a fire that burneth all the day. . |
| 6 | Behold, it is written before Me; I will not keep silence, except I have requited, Yea, I will requite into their bosom, |
| 7 | Your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, that have offered upon the mountains, and blasphemed Me upon the hills; therefore will I first measure their wage into their bosom. |
| 8 | Thus saith the LORD: As, when wine is found in the cluster, One saith: ‘Destroy it not, For a blessing is in it’; So will I do for My servants’ sakes, That I may not destroy all. |
| 9 | And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of My mountains; and Mine elect shall inherit it, And My servants shall dwell there. |
| 10 | And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for My people that have sought Me; |
| 11 | But ye that forsake the LORD, That forget My holy mountain, That prepare a table for Fortune, And that offer mingled wine in full measure unto Destiny, |
| 12 | I will destine you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, ye did not answer, when I spoke, ye did not hear; But ye did that which was evil in Mine eyes, And chose that wherein I delighted not. |
| 13 | Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, My servants shall eat, But ye shall be hungry; Behold, My servants shall drink, But ye shall be thirsty; Behold, My servants shall rejoice, But ye shall be ashamed; |
| 14 | Behold, My servants shall sing For joy of heart, But ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, And shall wail for vexation of spirit. |
| 15 | And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto Mine elect: ‘So may the Lord GOD slay thee’; But He shall call His servants by another name; |
| 16 | So that he who blesseth himself in the earth Shall bless himself by the God of truth; And he that sweareth in the earth Shall swear by the God of truth; Because the former troubles are forgotten, And because they are hid from Mine eyes. |
| 17 | For, behold, I create new heavens And a new earth; And the former things shall not be remembered, Nor come into mind. . |
| 18 | But be ye glad and rejoice for ever In that which I create; For, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, And her people a joy. |
| 19 | And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, And joy in My people; And the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, Nor the voice of crying. |
| 20 | There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man, That hath not filled his days; For the youngest shall die a hundred years old, And the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed. |
| 21 | And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; And they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. |
| 22 | They shall not build, and another inhabit, They shall not plant, and another eat; For as the days of a tree shall be the days of My people, And Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. |
| 23 | They shall not labour in vain, Nor bring forth for terror; For they are the seed blessed of the LORD, And their offspring with them. |
| 24 | And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I will answer, And while they are yet speaking, I will hear. |
| 25 | The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, And the lion shall eat straw like the ox; And dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, Saith the LORD. |