Book of Isaiah, Chapter 65
Chapter 65 of Isaiah
I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, “Here am I, here am I,”
to a nation that did not call on my name.
to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good,
following their own devices;
to my face continually,
sacrificing in gardens
and burning incense upon bricks;
and spend the night in secret places;
who eat swine’s flesh,
and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
do not come near me, for I am set apart from you.”
These are a smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that burns all the day.
“I will not keep silent, but I will repay,
yea, I will repay into their bosom
says the LORD;
because they burned incense upon the mountains
and reviled me upon the hills,
I will measure into their bosom
payment for their former doings.”
“As the wine is found in the cluster,
and they say, ‘Do not destroy it,
for there is a blessing in it,’
so I will do for my servants’ sake,
and not destroy them all.
and from Judah inheritors of my mountains;
my chosen shall inherit it,
and my servants shall dwell there.
and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,
for my people who have sought me.
who forget my holy mountain,
who set a table for Fortune
and fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny;
and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter;
because, when I called, you did not answer,
when I spoke, you did not listen,
but you did what was evil in my eyes,
and chose what I did not delight in.”
“Behold, my servants shall eat,
but you shall be hungry;
behold, my servants shall drink,
but you shall be thirsty;
behold, my servants shall rejoice,
but you shall be put to shame;
but you shall cry out for pain of heart,
and shall wail for anguish of spirit.
and the Lord GOD will slay you;
but his servants he will call by a different name.
shall bless himself by the God of truth,
and he who takes an oath in the land
shall swear by the God of truth;
because the former troubles are forgotten
and are hid from my eyes.
and a new earth;
and the former things shall not be remembered
or come into mind.
in that which I create;
for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing,
and her people a joy.
and be glad in my people;
no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping
and the cry of distress.
an infant that lives but a few days,
or an old man who does not fill out his days,
for the child shall die a hundred years old,
and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.
they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
they shall not plant and another eat;
for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
or bear children for calamity;[c]
for they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the LORD,
and their children with them.
while they are yet speaking I will hear.
the lion shall eat straw like the ox;
and dust shall be the serpent’s food.
They shall not hurt or destroy
in all my holy mountain,
says the LORD.”FOOTNOTES
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