Isaiah 65:1-11

Complete Jewish Bible

65 “I made myself accessible
to those who didn’t ask for me,
I let myself be found
by those who didn’t seek me.
I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’
to a nation not called by my name.
² I spread out my hands all day long
to a rebellious people
who live in a way that is not good,
who follow their own inclinations;
³ a people who provoke me to my face all the time,
sacrificing in gardens and burning incense on bricks.
⁴ They sit among the graves
and spend the night in caverns;
they eat pig meat
and their pots hold soup made from disgusting things.
⁵ They say, ‘Keep your distance, don’t come near me,
because I am holier than you.’
These are smoke in my nose,
a fire that burns all day!
⁶ See, it is written before me;
I will not be silent until I repay them;
I will repay them to the full,
⁷ your own crimes and those of your ancestors together,”

says Adonai.

“They offered incense on the mountains
and insulted me on the hills.
First I will measure out their wages
and then repay them in full.”

⁸ Here is what Adonai says:
“As when juice is found in a cluster of grapes,
and people say, ‘Don’t destroy it,
there is still some good in it,’
so I will do likewise for the sake of my servants,
and not destroy them all.
⁹ I will bring forth descendants from Ya‘akov,
heirs of my mountains from Y’hudah;
my chosen ones will possess them,
and my servants will live there.
¹⁰ The Sharon will be a pasture for flocks,
the Akhor Valley a place for cattle to rest,
for my people who have sought me.

¹¹ “But as for you who abandon Adonai,
who forget my holy mountain,
who prepare a table for a Gad, a god of luck,
and fill bowls of mixed wine for Meni, a god of destiny —