Isaiah 65

^aI am sought of them that asked not for me:

I am found of them that sought me not:

I said, Behold me, behold me,

Unto a nation that ^bwas not called by my name.

^2cI have spread out mine hands all the day unto a ^drebellious people,

Which walketh in ^ea way that was not good, after ^ftheir own thoughts;

³A people ^gthat provoketh me to anger continually ^hto my face;

That sacrificeth ⁱin gardens, and burneth incense upon ^kaltars of brick;

^4lWhich remain among the graves,

And lodge in the monuments,

^mWhich eat swine’s flesh,

And ⁿbroth of ^oabominable things is in their vessels;

^5pWhich say, Stand by thyself,

Come not near to me; for I am holier than thou.

These are a smoke in my nose,

^qA fire that burneth all the day.

⁶Behold, ^rit is written before me:

^sI will not keep silence, but ^twill recompense,

Even recompense ^uinto their bosom,

^7vYour iniquities, and ^xthe iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord,

^yWhich have burnt incense upon the mountains,

^zAnd blasphemed me upon the hills:

Therefore will I measure their former ^awork ^uinto their bosom.

⁸Thus saith the Lord,

^bAs the ^cnew wine is found in the cluster,

And one saith, Destroy it not; for ^da blessing is in it:

So will I do ^efor ^umy servants’ sakes,

^bThat I may not destroy them all.

⁹And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob,

And ^fout of Judah ^gan inheritor of my mountains:

And mine ^helect shall ^ginherit it,

And my servants shall dwell there.

¹⁰And ⁱSharon shall be a fold of ^kflocks,

And ^lthe valley of Achor a place for ^kthe herds to lie down in,

For my people that have sought me.

¹¹But ye are they that ^mforsake the Lord,

That forget ⁿmy holy mountain,

That prepare ^oa table for that ^ptroop,

And that furnish ^qthe drink offering unto that number.

¹²Therefore ^rwill I number you to the sword,

And ye shall all bow down to the slaughter:

^stBecause when I called, ye did not answer;

^stWhen I spake, ye did not hear;

^sBut did evil before mine eyes,

^sAnd did choose that wherein I delighted not.

¹³Therefore thus saith the Lord God,

Behold, ^uvmy servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry:

Behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty:

Behold, ^uwmy servants ^xshall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

¹⁴Behold, my servants ^xshall sing ^yfor joy of heart,

But ye shall cry for sorrow of heart,

And ^zshall howl for vexation of spirit.

¹⁵And ye shall leave your name ^afor a curse unto ^bmy chosen:

For the Lord God shall slay thee,

And ^ccall his servants by ^danother name:

¹⁶That he who blesseth himself in the earth ^eshall bless himself in ^fthe God of ^ftruth;

And he that sweareth in the earth ^gshall swear ^hby ^fthe God of truth;

Because ⁱthe former troubles are forgotten,

And because they are hid from mine eyes.

¹⁷For, behold, ^kI create ^enew heavens and a new earth:

And the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

¹⁸But be you glad and rejoice ^lfor ever in that which I create:

For behold, ^mI create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

¹⁹And ⁿI will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people:

And ^othe voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

²⁰There shall be no more thence an infant of days,

Nor an old man that hath not filled his days:

For ^pthe child shall die an hundred years old;

But ^qthe sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

²¹And ^rthey shall build houses, and inhabit them;

And ^rsthey shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

^22rThey shall not build, and ^danother inhabit;

^rsThey shall not plant, and ^danother eat:

For ^tas the days of a tree are the days of my people,

And ^bmine elect shall long enjoy ^uthe work of their hands.

^23vThey shall not labour in vain,

Nor ^wbring forth for ^xtrouble;

For ^ythey are the seed of the blessed of the Lord,

And their ^zoffspring with them.

²⁴And it shall come to pass, that ^abefore they call, I will answer;

And ^bwhiles they are yet speaking, I will hear.

^25cThe wolf and the lamb shall feed ^dtogether,

And ^ethe lion shall eat straw like the bullock:

And ^fdust shall be the serpent’s meat.

^gThey shall not hurt nor destroy in all ^hmy holy mountain, saith the Lord.

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