Isaiah 65

CHAPTER 65

Judgment and Salvation

¹“I permitted Myself to be sought by ^athose who did not ask for Me;

I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me.

I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,’

To a nation which ^bdid not call on My name.

²“^aI have spread out My hands all day long to a ^brebellious people,

Who walk in the way which is not good, ¹following their own ^cthoughts,

³A people who continually ^aprovoke Me to My face,

Offering sacrifices in ^bgardens and ^cburning incense on bricks,

⁴Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places,

Who ^aeat swine’s flesh,

And the broth of offensive meat is in their pots,

⁵Who say, ‘^aKeep to yourself, do not come near me,

For I am holier than you!’

These are smoke in My ¹nostrils,

A fire that burns all the day.

⁶“Behold, it is written before Me:

I will ^anot keep silent, but ^bI will repay;

I will even repay into their bosom,

⁷Both ¹their own ^ainiquities and the iniquities of their fathers together,” says Yahweh.

“Because they have ^bburned incense on the mountains

And ^creproached Me on the hills,

Therefore I will ^dmeasure their former work into their bosom.”

⁸Thus says Yahweh,

“As the new wine is found in the cluster,

And one says, ‘Do not make it a ruin, for there is ¹benefit in it,’

So I will act on behalf of My slaves

In order ^anot to make ²all of them a ruin.

⁹“I will bring forth a ^aseed from Jacob,

And a ^bpossessor of My mountains from Judah;

Even ^cMy chosen ones shall possess it,

And ^dMy slaves will dwell there.

¹⁰“^aSharon will be a pasture land for flocks,

And the ^bvalley of Achor a resting place for herds,

For My people who ^cseek Me.

¹¹“But you who ^aforsake Yahweh,

Who forget My ^bholy mountain,

Who set a table for ¹Fortune,

And who fill cups with mixed wine for ²Destiny,

¹²I will destine you for the ^asword,

And all of you will bow down to the ^bslaughter,

Because I called, but you ^cdid not answer;

I spoke, but you did not hear.

And you did what was evil in My eyes

And chose that in which I was not pleased.”

¹³Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh,

“Behold, My slaves will ^aeat, but you will be ^bhungry.

Behold, My slaves will ^cdrink, but you will be ^dthirsty.

Behold, My slaves will ^ebe glad, but you will be ^fput to shame.

¹⁴“Behold, My slaves will ^ashout joyfully with a merry heart,

But you will ^bcry out with a pained heart,

And you will wail with a broken spirit.

¹⁵“You will leave your name for a ^1acurse to My chosen ones,

And Lord Yahweh will put you to death.

But ²My slaves will be called by ^banother name,

¹⁶Because he who ¹is blessed in the earth

Will ²be blessed by the ^aGod of truth,

And he who swears in the earth

Will ^bswear by the God of truth;

Because the former distresses are forgotten,

And because they are hidden from My sight!

New Heavens and a New Earth

¹⁷“For behold, I am creating a ^anew heavens and a new earth;

And the ^bformer things will not be remembered or come upon the heart.

¹⁸“But be ^ajoyful and rejoice forever in what I create;

For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing

And her people for joy.

¹⁹“I will also ^arejoice in Jerusalem and be joyful in My people;

And there will no longer be heard in her

The voice of ^bweeping and the voice of crying.

²⁰“No longer will there be ¹in it an infant who lives but a few days,

Or an old man who does ^anot fulfill his days;

For the youth will die at the age of one hundred,

And the ^2bone who does not reach the age of one hundred

Will be thought accursed.

²¹“They will ^abuild houses and inhabit them;

They will also ^bplant vineyards and eat their fruit.

²²“They will not build and ^aanother inhabit;

They will not plant and another eat;

For ^bas the ¹lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people,

And My chosen ones will ^cwear out the work of their hands.

²³“They will ^anot labor in vain,

Or bear children for terror;

For they are the ^bseed of those blessed by Yahweh,

And their offspring with them.

²⁴“And it will be that before they call, I will ^aanswer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

²⁵“The ^awolf and the lamb will graze together, and the ^blion will eat straw like the ox; and ^cdust will be the serpent’s food. They will ^ddo no evil nor act corruptly in all My ^eholy mountain,” says Yahweh.