Isaiah 65:1–9

^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.