The Book of Isaiah (WEB)
65: 1I am inquired of by those who didn't ask; I am found by those who didn't seek me: I said,
See me, see me, to a nation that was not called by my name. 65:2I have spread out my hands all the
day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts; 65:3a
people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense on
bricks; 65:4who sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; who eat pig's flesh, and broth
of abominable things is in their vessels; 65:5who 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. 65:6Behold, it is
written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yes, I will recompense into their
bosom, 65:7your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, says Yahweh, who have
burned incense on the mountains, and blasphemed me on the hills; therefore will I first measure
their work into their bosom. 65:8Thus 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 will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not
destroy them all. 65:9I 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 servants shall dwell there. 65:10Sharon shall be a
fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people who have
sought me. 65:11But you who forsake Yahweh, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table
for Fortune, and who fill up mixed wine to Destiny; 65:12I 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 in which I didn't delight.
65:13Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, 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; 65:14behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for
sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit. 65:15You shall leave your name for a curse to
my chosen; and the Lord Yahweh will kill you; and he will call his servants by another name:
65:16so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he who
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. 65:17For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the
former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. 65:18But be you glad and rejoice
forever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. 65:19I
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. 65:20There shall be no more there an infant of days, nor an old
man who has not filled his days; for the child shall die one hundred years old, and the sinner being
one hundred years old shall be accursed. 65:21They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they
shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 65:22They 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. 65:23They 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. 65:24It shall
happen that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. 65:25The
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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