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Isaiah 65
1 I am inquired of by those that didn't ask [for me]; I am found of those that didn't seek me: I said, Look at me, look at me, to a nation that did not call on my name.2 I have spread out my hands all the day to 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, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense on bricks;4 that sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; that eat swine's flesh, and broth of contaminated things is in their vessels;5 that say, Stand by yourself, don't come near to me, for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.6 Look, it is written before me: I will not keep silent, but will recompense, yes, I will recompense into their bosom,7 your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, says Yahweh, that have burned incense on the mountains, and blasphemed me on the hills; therefore I will first measure their work into their bosom.
8 Thus says Yahweh, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, Don't destroy it, for a blessing is in it: so I will do for my slaves' sake, that I may not destroy them all.9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it, and my slaves 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 you that forsake Yahweh, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for Fortune, and that fill up mingled wine to Destiny;12 I will destine you to the sword, and you shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not hear; but you did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that wherein I did not delight.13 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Look, my slaves shall eat, but you shall be hungry; look, my slaves shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; look, my slaves shall rejoice, but you shall be put to shame;14 look, my slaves shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit.15 And you shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen; and the Lord Yahweh will slay you; and he will call his slaves by another name:16 so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes.
17 For, look, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.18 But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for, look, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people; and there shall be heard in her no more the voice of weeping and the voice of crying.20 There shall be no more from there an infant of days, nor an old man that has not filled his days; for the child 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 my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.23 They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Yahweh, 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, says Yahweh.
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