Isaías 65
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Dios condena la idolatría
65 Dios dijo:
«Yo he salido al encuentro
de gente que no me buscaba;
a un pueblo que no me había llamado,
yo le dije: “Aquí estoy”.
2 Siempre he estado dispuesto
a recibir a ese pueblo rebelde,
que va por malos caminos
y sigue sus propios caprichos.
3 Ese pueblo siempre me ofende:
ofrece sacrificios a los ídolos
y quema incienso sobre unos ladrillos.
4 »Este pueblo se sienta en los sepulcros
y pasa la noche en las cuevas
para rendirles culto a sus muertos;
hasta come carne de cerdo
y llena sus ollas con el caldo
que ha ofrecido a los ídolos.
5 »Este pueblo anda diciendo:
“No se metan con nosotros;
somos un pueblo elegido por Dios”.
»Pero son un pueblo tan molesto
como el humo en las narices,
como un fuego que arde todo el día.
6 Por eso llevo la cuenta
de todo lo que hace,
y no me quedaré callado,
sino que le daré su merecido.
7 »Castigaré a este pueblo
por todos los crímenes que ha cometido.
Me ofendió grandemente
al quemar incienso a los ídolos
sobre los montes y las colinas.
Por eso, ajustaremos cuentas,
y le daré su merecido.
Les juro que así será».
Dios da a cada uno su merecido
8 Dios también dijo:
«Cuando las uvas están jugosas,
la gente no las desecha,
porque puede sacar mucho vino.
Por eso yo,
por amor a mis servidores,
no destruiré a toda la nación.
9 Haré que Israel y Judá
tengan muchos descendientes,
y que habiten esta tierra
llena de colinas y montañas.
Mis elegidos poseerán la tierra,
mis servidores habitarán allí.
10 En la llanura de Sarón
habrá muchas ovejas,
y en el valle de Acor
pastará el ganado
que tendrá mi pueblo fiel.
11 »Pero a ustedes,
que se apartan de mí,
que se olvidan de mi templo,
y ofrecen comida y vino
a los dioses de la buena fortuna
y del destino,
12 no les espera nada bueno.
Porque yo los llamé
y ustedes no me respondieron,
les hablé y no me obedecieron;
hicieron lo que no me gusta,
y eligieron lo que no me agrada».
13 Dios también dijo:
«Mis fieles seguidores tendrán comida,
pero ustedes,
los que se apartan de mí,
sentirán hambre;
mis seguidores tendrán agua,
pero ustedes tendrán sed.
»Mis seguidores se alegrarán,
pero ustedes quedarán avergonzados.
14 Ellos cantarán con el corazón alegre,
mientras que ustedes gritarán y llorarán
con el corazón hecho pedazos.
15 »A mis seguidores les daré
un nombre hermoso;
en cambio, el nombre de ustedes
se usará para maldecir a otros.
16 »Yo soy un Dios fiel,
y prometo que mis fieles seguidores
dejarán de sufrir.
Todo el que pida
una bendición en el país,
la pedirá en mi nombre,
porque yo cumplo lo que prometo;
y todo el que haga un juramento
jurará en mi nombre,
porque yo cumplo mis juramentos».
El cielo nuevo y la tierra nueva
17-18 Dios dijo:
«Llénense de alegría,
porque voy a crear algo nuevo.
Voy a crear un cielo nuevo
y una tierra nueva.
Todo lo del pasado será olvidado,
y nadie lo recordará más.
»Voy a crear una nueva Jerusalén;
será una ciudad feliz
y en ella vivirá un pueblo alegre.
19 Yo mismo me alegraré con Jerusalén
y haré fiesta con mi pueblo.
En Jerusalén no habrá más llanto
ni se oirán gritos de angustia.
20 »No habrá niños
que mueran al nacer,
ni ancianos que mueran
antes de tiempo.
Morir a los cien años
será morir joven;
no llegar a esa edad
será una maldición.
21-22 »Mi pueblo construirá casas,
y vivirá en ellas;
sembrará viñedos y campos de trigo,
y comerá pan y beberá vino.
Mi pueblo tendrá una larga vida,
y podrá disfrutar del trabajo de sus manos.
23 »Mi pueblo no trabajará en vano,
ni sus hijos morirán antes de tiempo.
Porque yo los bendeciré
a ellos, a sus hijos y a sus nietos.
24 Antes de que me llamen,
yo les responderé;
antes de que terminen de hablar,
ya los habré escuchado.
25 »El lobo y el cordero comerán juntos,
el león comerá pasto como el buey,
y la serpiente sólo comerá tierra.
No habrá en toda Jerusalén
nadie que haga daño a los demás.
Les juro que así será».
Isaiah 65
New King James Version
The Righteousness of God’s Judgment
65 “I was (A)sought 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 (B)was not called by My name.
2 (C)I have stretched out My hands all day long to a (D)rebellious people,
Who (E)walk in a way that is not good,
According to their own thoughts;
3 A people (F)who provoke Me to anger continually to My face;
(G)Who sacrifice in gardens,
And burn incense on altars of brick;
4 (H)Who sit among the graves,
And spend the night in the tombs;
(I)Who eat swine’s flesh,
And the broth of [a]abominable things is in their vessels;
5 (J)Who say, ‘Keep to yourself,
Do not come near me,
For I am holier than you!’
These [b]are smoke in My nostrils,
A fire that burns all the day.
6 “Behold, (K)it is written before Me:
(L)I will not keep silence, (M)but will repay—
Even repay into their bosom—
7 Your iniquities and (N)the iniquities of your fathers together,”
Says the Lord,
(O)“Who have burned incense on the mountains
(P)And blasphemed Me on the hills;
Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.”
8 Thus says the Lord:
“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
And one says, ‘Do not destroy it,
For (Q)a blessing is in it,’
So will I do for My servants’ sake,
That I may not destroy them (R)all.
9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,
And from Judah an heir of My mountains;
My (S)elect shall inherit it,
And My servants shall dwell there.
10 (T)Sharon shall be a fold of flocks,
And (U)the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,
For My people who have (V)sought Me.
11 “But you are those who forsake the Lord,
Who forget (W)My holy mountain,
Who prepare (X)a table for [c]Gad,
And who furnish a drink offering for [d]Meni.
12 Therefore I will number you for the sword,
And you shall all bow down to the slaughter;
(Y)Because, when I called, you did not answer;
When I spoke, you did not hear,
But did evil before My eyes,
And chose that in which I do not delight.”
13 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, My servants shall eat,
But you shall be hungry;
Behold, My servants shall drink,
But you shall be thirsty;
Behold, My servants shall rejoice,
But you shall be ashamed;
14 Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart,
But you shall cry for sorrow of heart,
And (Z)wail for [e]grief of spirit.
15 You shall leave your name (AA)as a curse to (AB)My chosen;
For the Lord God will slay you,
And (AC)call His servants by another name;
16 (AD)So that he who blesses himself in the earth
Shall bless himself in the God of truth;
And (AE)he who swears in the earth
Shall swear by the God of truth;
Because the former troubles are forgotten,
And because they are hidden from My eyes.
The Glorious New Creation
17 “For behold, I create (AF)new heavens and a new earth;
And the former shall not be remembered or [f]come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create;
For behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing,
And her people a joy.
19 (AG)I will rejoice in Jerusalem,
And joy in My people;
The (AH)voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her,
Nor the voice of crying.
20 “No more shall an infant from there live but a few days,
Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days;
For the child shall die one hundred years old,
(AI)But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.
21 (AJ)They shall build houses and inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 They shall not build and another inhabit;
They shall not plant and (AK)another eat;
For (AL)as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people,
And (AM)My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23 They shall not labor in vain,
(AN)Nor bring forth children for trouble;
For (AO)they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord,
And their offspring with them.
24 “It shall come to pass
That (AP)before they call, I will answer;
And while they are still speaking, I will (AQ)hear.
25 The (AR)wolf and the lamb shall feed together,
The lion shall eat straw like the ox,
(AS)And dust shall be the serpent’s food.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,”
Says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 65:4 Unclean meats, Lev. 7:18; 19:7
- Isaiah 65:5 Cause My wrath to smoke
- Isaiah 65:11 Lit. Troop or Fortune; a pagan deity
- Isaiah 65:11 Lit. Number or Destiny; a pagan deity
- Isaiah 65:14 Or a broken spirit
- Isaiah 65:17 Lit. come upon the heart
Isaiah 65
English Standard Version
Judgment and Salvation
65 (A)I was ready to be sought by (B)those who did not ask for me;
I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, “Here I am, here I am,”
to a nation that was not called by[a] my name.
2 (C)I spread out my hands all the day
to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good,
following their own devices;
3 a people who provoke me
to my face continually,
(D)sacrificing in gardens
and making offerings on bricks;
4 who sit in tombs,
and spend the night in secret places;
(E)who eat pig's flesh,
and broth of tainted meat is in their vessels;
5 who say, “Keep to yourself,
do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
(F)These are a smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that burns all the day.
6 Behold, (G)it is written before me:
(H)“I will not keep silent, but I will repay;
(I)I will indeed repay into their lap
7 both your iniquities (J)and your fathers' iniquities together,
says the Lord;
(K)because they made offerings on the mountains
(L)and insulted me on the hills,
I will measure into their lap
payment for their former deeds.”[b]
8 Thus says the Lord:
(M)“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
and they say, ‘Do not destroy it,
for there is a blessing in it,’
so I will do for my servants' sake,
(N)and not destroy them all.
9 (O)I will bring forth offspring from Jacob,
and from Judah possessors of my mountains;
my chosen shall possess it,
and my servants shall dwell there.
10 (P)Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks,
and (Q)the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,
for my people (R)who have sought me.
11 But (S)you who forsake the Lord,
who forget (T)my holy mountain,
who (U)set a table for Fortune
and (V)fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny,
12 I will destine you to the sword,
and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter,
(W)because, when I called, you did not answer;
when I spoke, you did not listen,
(X)but you did what was evil in my eyes
and chose what I did not delight in.”
13 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, (Y)my servants shall eat,
but you shall be hungry;
behold, my servants shall drink,
but you shall be thirsty;
behold, my servants shall rejoice,
but you shall be put to shame;
14 behold, (Z)my servants shall sing for gladness of heart,
but you shall cry out for pain of heart
and shall wail for breaking of spirit.
15 You shall leave your name to (AA)my chosen (AB)for a curse,
and the Lord God will put you to death,
but his servants (AC)he will call by another name,
16 so that he who (AD)blesses himself in the land
shall bless himself by (AE)the God of truth,
and he who takes an oath in the land
shall swear by (AF)the God of truth;
(AG)because the former troubles are forgotten
and are hidden from my eyes.
New Heavens and a New Earth
17 “For behold, (AH)I create new heavens
and a new earth,
and the former things shall not be remembered
or come into mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever
in that which I create;
for behold, (AI)I create Jerusalem to be a joy,
and her people to be a gladness.
19 (AJ)I will rejoice in Jerusalem
and be glad in my people;
(AK)no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping
and the cry of distress.
20 No more shall there be in it
an infant who lives but a few days,
or an old man who does not fill out his days,
for (AL)the young man shall die a hundred years old,
and (AM)the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.
21 (AN)They shall build houses and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 (AO)They shall not build and another inhabit;
they shall not plant and another eat;
(AP)for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
and my chosen shall long enjoy[c] the work of their hands.
23 (AQ)They shall not labor in vain
(AR)or bear children for calamity,[d]
for (AS)they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord,
and their descendants with them.
24 (AT)Before they call I will answer;
(AU)while they are yet speaking I will hear.
25 (AV)The wolf and the lamb shall graze together;
the lion shall eat straw like the ox,
and (AW)dust shall be the serpent's food.
(AX)They shall not hurt or destroy
in all my holy mountain,”
says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 65:1 Or that did not call upon
- Isaiah 65:7 Or I will first measure their payment into their lap
- Isaiah 65:22 Hebrew shall wear out
- Isaiah 65:23 Or for sudden terror
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