Isaiah 65:1–9

¹I am sought out of them that inquired not for me, I am found of them that sought me not; I have said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. ²I have stretched out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, who walk in a way not good, after their own thoughts; ³the people that provoke me to anger continually to my face, sacrificing in gardens and burning incense upon the bricks; ⁴who sit down among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; who eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; ⁵who say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. ⁶Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, ⁷your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith Jehovah, who have burned incense upon the mountains, and outraged me upon the hills; and I will measure their former work into their bosom.

⁸Thus saith Jehovah: As the new wine is found in the cluster, and it is said, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it; so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all. ⁹And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah a possessor of my mountains; and mine elect shall possess it, and my servants shall dwell there.