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Judgment and Salvation

¹ "I permitted Myself to be sought by ^(C1)those 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 ^(C2)did not call on My name.

² "^(C1)I have spread out My hands all day long to a ^(C2)rebellious people,
Who walk in the way which is not good, ^(F1)following their own ^(C3)thoughts,

³ A people who continually ^(C1)provoke Me to My face,
Offering sacrifices in ^(C2)gardens and ^(C3)burning incense on bricks,

⁴ Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places,
Who ^(C1)eat swine's flesh,
And the broth of offensive meat is in their pots,

⁵ Who say, '^(C1)Keep to yourself, do not come near me,
For I am holier than you!'
These are smoke in My ^(F1)nostrils,
A fire that burns all the day.

⁶ "Behold, it is written before Me:
I will ^(C1)not keep silent, but ^(C2)I will repay;
I will even repay into their bosom,

⁷ Both ^(F1)their own ^(C1)iniquities and the iniquities of their fathers together," says Yahweh.
"Because they have ^(C2)burned incense on the mountains
And ^(C3)reproached Me on the hills,
Therefore I will ^(C4)measure their former work into their bosom."

⁸ Thus says Yahweh,

"As the new wine is found in the cluster,
And one says, 'Do not make it a ruin, for there is ^(F1)benefit in it,'
So I will act on behalf of My slaves
In order ^(C1)not to make ^(F2)all of them a ruin.

⁹ "I will bring forth a ^(C1)seed from Jacob,
And a ^(C2)possessor of My mountains from Judah;
Even ^(C3)My chosen ones shall possess it,
And ^(C4)My slaves will dwell there.

¹⁰ "^(C1)Sharon will be a pasture land for flocks,
And the ^(C2)valley of Achor a resting place for herds,
For My people who ^(C3)seek Me.

¹¹ "But you who ^(C1)forsake Yahweh,
Who forget My ^(C2)holy mountain,
Who set a table for ^(F1)Fortune,
And who fill cups with mixed wine for ^(F2)Destiny,

¹² I will destine you for the ^(C1)sword,
And all of you will bow down to the ^(C2)slaughter,
Because I called, but you ^(C3)did not answer;
I spoke, but you did not hear.
And you did what was evil in My eyes
And chose that in which I was not pleased."

¹³ Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh,

"Behold, My slaves will ^(C1)eat, but you will be ^(C2)hungry.
Behold, My slaves will ^(C3)drink, but you will be ^(C4)thirsty.
Behold, My slaves will ^(C5)be glad, but you will be ^(C6)put to shame.

¹⁴ "Behold, My slaves will ^(C1)shout joyfully with a merry heart,
But you will ^(C2)cry out with a pained heart,
And you will wail with a broken spirit.

¹⁵ "You will leave your name for a ^(F1)(C1)curse to My chosen ones,
And Lord Yahweh will put you to death.
But ^(F2)My slaves will be called by ^(C2)another name,

¹⁶ Because he who ^(F1)is blessed in the earth
Will ^(F1)be blessed by the ^(C1)God of truth,
And he who swears in the earth
Will ^(C2)swear by the God of truth;
Because the former distresses are forgotten,
And because they are hidden from My sight!

New Heavens and a New Earth

¹⁷ "For behold, I am creating a ^(C1)new heavens and a new earth;
And the ^(C2)former things will not be remembered or come upon the heart.

¹⁸ "But be ^(C1)joyful and rejoice forever in what I create;
For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing
And her people for joy.

¹⁹ "I will also ^(C1)rejoice in Jerusalem and be joyful in My people;
And there will no longer be heard in her
The voice of ^(C2)weeping and the voice of crying.

²⁰ "No longer will there be ^(F1)in it an infant who lives but a few days,
Or an old man who does ^(C1)not fulfill his days;
For the youth will die at the age of one hundred,
And the ^(F2)(C2)one who does not reach the age of one hundred
Will be thought accursed.

²¹ "They will ^(C1)build houses and inhabit them;
They will also ^(C2)plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

²² "They will not build and ^(C1)another inhabit;
They will not plant and another eat;
For ^(C2)as the ^(F1)lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people,
And My chosen ones will ^(C3)wear out the work of their hands.

²³ "They will ^(C1)not labor in vain,
Or bear children for terror;
For they are the ^(C2)seed of those blessed by Yahweh,
And their offspring with them.