Book of Isaiah, Chapter 65
Isaiah 65 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 65 of Isaiah—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ “I permitted Myself to be sought by 1those who did not ask for Me;
I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me.
I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,’
To a nation which 2did not call on My name. - “3I have spread out My hands all day long to a 4rebellious people,
Who walk in the way which is not good, [a]following their own 5thoughts, - A people who continually 6provoke Me to My face,
Offering sacrifices in 7gardens and 8burning incense on bricks; - Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places;
Who 9eat swine’s flesh,
And the broth of unclean meat is in their pots. - “Who say, ‘10Keep to yourself, do not come near me,
For I am holier than you!’
These are smoke in My [b]nostrils,
A fire that burns all the day. - “Behold, it is written before Me,
I will 11not keep silent, but 12I will repay;
I will even repay into their bosom, - Both [c]their own 13iniquities and the iniquities of their fathers together,” says the LORD.
“Because they have 14burned incense on the mountains
And 15scorned Me on the hills,
Therefore I will 16measure their former work into their bosom.” - ¶ Thus says the LORD,
¶ “As the new wine is found in the cluster,
And one says, ‘Do not destroy it, for there is [d]benefit in it,’
So I will act on behalf of My servants
In order 17not to destroy [e]all of them. - “I will bring forth 18offspring from Jacob,
And an 19heir of My mountains from Judah;
Even 20My chosen ones shall inherit it,
And 21My servants will dwell there. - “22Sharon will be a pasture land for flocks,
And the 23valley of Achor a resting place for herds,
For My people who 24seek Me. - “But you who 25forsake the LORD,
Who forget My 26holy mountain,
Who set a table for [f]Fortune,
And who fill cups with mixed wine for [g]Destiny, - I will destine you for the 27sword,
And all of you will bow down to the 28slaughter.
Because I called, but you 29did not answer;
I spoke, but you did not hear.
And you did evil in My sight
And chose that in which I did not delight.” - ¶ Therefore, thus says the Lord [h]GOD,
¶ “Behold, My servants will 30eat, but you will be 31hungry.
Behold, My servants will 32drink, but you will be 33thirsty.
Behold, My servants will 34rejoice, but you will be 35put to shame. - “Behold, My servants will 36shout joyfully with a glad heart,
But you will 37cry out with a [i]heavy heart,
And you will wail with a broken spirit. - “You will leave your name for a 38curse to My chosen ones,
And the Lord [j]GOD will slay you.
But [k]My servants will be called by 39another name. - “Because he who [l]is blessed in the earth
Will [m]be blessed by the 40God of truth;
And he who swears in the earth
Will 41swear by the God of truth;
Because the former troubles are forgotten,
And because they are hidden from My sight! - ¶ “For behold, I create 42new heavens and a new earth;
And the 43former things will not be remembered or come to [n]mind. - “But be 44glad and rejoice forever in what I create;
For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing
And her people for gladness. - “I will also 45rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people;
And there will no longer be heard in her
The voice of 46weeping and the sound of crying. - “No longer will there be [o]in it an infant who lives but a few days,
Or an old man who does 47not [p]live out his days;
For the youth will die at the age of one hundred
And the [q]48one who does not reach the age of one hundred
Will be thought accursed. - “They will 49build houses and inhabit them;
They will also 50plant vineyards and eat their fruit. - “They will not build and 51another inhabit,
They will not plant and another eat;
For 52as the [r]lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people,
And My chosen ones will 53wear out the work of their hands. - “They will 54not labor in vain,
Or bear children for calamity;
For they are the [s]55offspring of those blessed by the LORD,
And their descendants with them. - ¶ It will also come to pass that before they call, I will 56answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
- The 57wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the 58lion will eat straw like the ox; and 59dust will be the serpent’s food. They will 60do no evil or harm in all My 61holy mountain,” says the LORD.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Lit after
- ^ Lit nose
- ^ Lit your
- ^ Lit blessing
- ^ Lit the whole
- ^ Heb Gad
- ^ Heb Meni
- ^ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- ^ Lit pain of
- ^ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- ^ So with Gr; Heb He will call His servants
- ^ Or bless(es) himself
- ^ Or bless(es) himself
- ^ Lit heart
- ^ Lit from there
- ^ Lit fill out
- ^ Lit one who misses the mark
- ^ Lit days
- ^ Lit seed
REFERENCES
- ^ Ro 9:24-26; 10:20
- ^ Is 63:19; Ho 1:10
- ^ Ro 10:21
- ^ Is 1:2, 23; 30:1, 9
- ^ Ps 81:11, 12; Is 59:7; 66:18
- ^ Jb 1:11; 2:5; Is 3:8
- ^ Is 1:29; 66:17
- ^ Is 66:3
- ^ Le 11:7; Is 66:3, 17
- ^ Mt 9:11; Lu 7:39; 18:9-12
- ^ Ps 50:3, 21; Is 42:14; 64:12
- ^ Je 16:18
- ^ Is 13:11; 22:14; 26:21; 30:13, 14
- ^ Is 57:7; Ho 2:13
- ^ Eze 20:27, 28
- ^ Je 5:29; 13:25
- ^ Is 1:9; 10:21, 22; 48:9
- ^ Is 45:19, 25; Je 31:36, 37
- ^ Is 49:8; 60:21; Am 9:11-15
- ^ Is 57:13
- ^ Is 32:18
- ^ Is 33:9; 35:2
- ^ Jos 7:24, 26; Ho 2:15
- ^ Is 51:1; 55:6
- ^ De 29:24, 25; Is 1:4, 28
- ^ Is 2:2, 3; 66:20
- ^ Is 27:1; 34:5, 6; 66:16
- ^ Is 63:6
- ^ 2Ch 36:15, 16; Pr 1:24; Is 41:28; 50:2; 66:4; Je 7:13
- ^ Is 1:19
- ^ Is 8:21
- ^ Is 41:17, 18; 49:10
- ^ Is 5:13
- ^ Is 61:7; 66:14
- ^ Is 42:17; 44:9, 11; 66:5
- ^ Ps 66:4; Is 51:11; Jm 5:13
- ^ Is 13:6; Mt 8:12
- ^ Je 24:9; 25:18; Zc 8:13
- ^ Is 62:2
- ^ Ex 34:6; Ps 31:5
- ^ Is 19:18; 45:23
- ^ Is 66:22; 2Pe 3:13; Re 21:1
- ^ Is 43:18; Je 3:16
- ^ Ps 98; Is 12:1, 2; 25:9; 35:10; 41:16; 51:3; 61:10
- ^ Is 62:4, 5; Je 32:41
- ^ Is 25:8; 30:19; 35:10; 51:11; Re 7:17; 21:4
- ^ De 4:40; Jb 5:26; Ps 34:12
- ^ Ec 8:12, 13; Is 3:11; 22:14
- ^ Is 32:18; Am 9:14
- ^ Is 30:23; 37:30; Je 31:5
- ^ Is 62:8, 9
- ^ Ps 92:12-14
- ^ Ps 21:4; 91:16
- ^ De 28:3-12; Is 55:2
- ^ Is 61:9; Je 32:38, 39; Ac 2:39
- ^ Ps 91:15; Is 55:6; 58:9; Da 9:20-23; 10:12
- ^ Is 11:6
- ^ Is 11:7
- ^ Ge 3:14; Mc 7:17
- ^ Is 11:9; Mc 4:3
- ^ Is 65:11
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