Isaiah 65:1–9

The Righteousness of God’s Judgment

65“I was ^asought by those who did not ask for Me;

I was found by those who did not seek Me.

I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’

To a nation that ^bwas not called by My name.

^2cI have stretched out My hands all day long to a ^drebellious people,

Who ^ewalk in a way that is not good,

According to their own thoughts;

³A people ^fwho provoke Me to anger continually to My face;

^gWho sacrifice in gardens,

And burn incense on altars of brick;

^4hWho sit among the graves,

And spend the night in the tombs;

ⁱWho eat swine’s flesh,

And the broth of ¹abominable things is in their vessels;

^5jWho say, ‘Keep to yourself,

Do not come near me,

For I am holier than you!’

These ²are smoke in My nostrils,

A fire that burns all the day.

⁶“Behold, ^kit is written before Me:

^lI will not keep silence, ^mbut will repay—

Even repay into their bosom—

⁷Your iniquities and ⁿthe iniquities of your fathers together,”

Says the Lord,

^o“Who have burned incense on the mountains

^pAnd blasphemed Me on the hills;

Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.”

⁸Thus says the Lord:

“As the new wine is found in the cluster,

And one says, ‘Do not destroy it,

For ^qa blessing is in it,’

So will I do for My servants’ sake,

That I may not destroy them ^rall.

⁹I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,

And from Judah an heir of My mountains;

My ^select shall inherit it,

And My servants shall dwell there.