Isaiah 65–66

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 my 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 burned 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 ye 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 ^bwhile 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.

66Thus saith the Lord,

^aThe heaven is my throne, and ^bthe earth is my footstool:

Where is the house that ye build unto me?

And where is the place of my rest?

²For ^call those things hath mine hand made,

And all those things have been, saith the Lord:

But ^dto this man will I look,

Even to him that is poor and ^eof a contrite spirit,

And ^ftrembleth at my word.

^3gHe that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man;

He that sacrificeth a ^||lamb, as if ^hhe cut off ⁱa dog’s neck;

He that offereth an oblation, ^kas if he offered swine’s blood;

He that ^†burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol.

Yea, they have chosen ^ltheir own ways,

And their soul delighteth in their abominations.

⁴I also will choose their ^||mdelusions,

And will bring their fears upon them;

ⁿBecause when I called, none did answer;

ⁿWhen I spake, they did not hear:

ⁿBut they did evil before mine eyes,

ⁿAnd chose that in which I delighted not.

⁵Hear the word of the Lord, ye that ^ftremble at his word;

Your brethren ^othat hated you,

That ^pcast you out for my name’s sake, said,

^qLet the Lord be glorified:

But he ^rshall appear ^sto your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

⁶A voice of ^tnoise from the city, a voice from the temple,

A voice of the Lord that rendereth recompence to his enemies.

⁷Before she ^utravailed, she brought forth;

Before her ^upain came, she was delivered of a man child.

⁸Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things?

Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day?

Or shall a nation be born at once?

For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

⁹Shall I bring to the birth, and not ^||cause to bring forth? saith the Lord:

Shall I cause to bring forth, and ^vshut ^wthe womb? saith thy God.

^10xRejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her:

^yRejoice for joy with her, all ye ^zthat mourn for her:

¹¹That ^aye may suck, and be satisfied with ^athe breasts of her consolations;

That ye may milk out, and ^bbe delighted with the ^||abundance of her glory.

¹²For thus saith the Lord,

Behold, I will extend ^cpeace to her like a river,

And ^dthe glory of the Gentiles ^elike a flowing stream:

Then ^ashall ye suck, ^fye shall be borne ^gupon her sides,

And ^hbe dandled upon ⁱher knees.

^13kAs one whom his mother comforteth, so ^lwill I comfort you;

And ye shall be comforted ^kin Jerusalem.

¹⁴And when ye see this, ^myour heart shall rejoice,

And ⁿyour bones shall flourish ^olike an herb:

And the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants,

And his indignation toward his enemies.

¹⁵For, behold, ^pthe Lord will come with fire,

And with ^qhis chariots ^rlike a whirlwind,

To render his anger ^swith fury,

And his rebuke with flames of fire.

¹⁶For by fire and ^tby his sword will the Lord ^uplead with all flesh:

And ^vthe slain of the Lord ^wshall be many.

¹⁷They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves ^xin the gardens

^||Behind one tree ^yin the midst,

^zEating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and ^athe mouse,

Shall be ^bconsumed together, saith the Lord.

¹⁸For I know their works and ^ctheir thoughts:

It shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues;

And ^dthey shall come, and see my glory.

¹⁹And I will set ^ea sign among them,

And I will send ^fthose that escape of them unto the nations,

To ^gTarshish, ^hPul, and ^hLud, ^hthat draw the bow,

To ⁱTubal, and ⁱJavan, to ^kthe isles afar off,

That have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory;

And ^lthey shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

²⁰And ^mthey shall bring ⁿall your brethren ^ofor an offering unto the Lord out of all nations

^pUpon horses, and in chariots, and in ^||litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts,

To my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord,

As the children of Israel bring an offering

In a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.

²¹And I will also take of them for ^qpriests and for Levites, saith the Lord.

²²For as ^rthe new heavens and the new earth, which I will make,

Shall remain before me, saith the Lord,

So ^sshall your seed and your name remain.

^23tAnd it shall come to pass, that ^†tfrom one new moon to another,

And from one sabbath to another,

^tuShall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.

²⁴And they shall go forth, and look

Upon ^vthe carcases of the men that have transgressed against me:

For ^wxtheir worm shall not die,

Neither shall ^wtheir ^yfire be quenched;

And they shall be ^zan abhorring unto all flesh.