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Castigo de los rebeldes

65 Los que no preguntaban por mí, me buscaron; los que no me buscaban, me encontraron.(A) A los que no invocaban mi nombre, les dije «Aquí me tienen». Todo el día tendí mis manos hacia un pueblo rebelde,(B) un pueblo que va por mal camino y en pos de sus pensamientos; un pueblo que descaradamente me provoca a ira todo el tiempo, que ofrece sacrificios en los huertos y quema incienso sobre ladrillos; un pueblo que se sienta entre los sepulcros y pasa la noche en lugares escondidos; que come carne de cerdo, y que en sus ollas tiene caldo de cosas inmundas; un pueblo que dice: «Quédate donde estás y no te acerques a mí, porque yo soy más santo que tú».

Todo esto es para mí como humo en la nariz; ¡es un fuego que arde todo el día! Pero esto lo tengo escrito delante de mí, y no voy a quedarme callado, sino que voy a darles su merecido; voy a herirlos en el pecho por causa de sus iniquidades y por las iniquidades de sus padres, pues ellos quemaron incienso sobre los montes y me ofendieron sobre las colinas. Por lo tanto, yo el Señor les digo que los heriré en el pecho, en pago de sus acciones pasadas.

Así ha dicho el Señor:

«Así como alguien que halla un racimo con uvas jugosas, dice: “Esto es una bendición. No hay que dañarlo”, así voy a actuar en favor de mis siervos: No los destruiré a todos. Haré que de Jacob salgan descendientes, y que Judá sea el heredero de mis montes. Mis elegidos tomarán posesión de la tierra, y mis siervos la habitarán. 10 Para el pueblo que me buscó, Sarón será el lugar donde descansarán sus ovejas, y el valle de Acor(C) será un lugar de pastos para sus vacas. 11 Pero a ustedes, los que me abandonaron, los que se olvidaron de mi santo monte y tienden mesas para la Fortuna y ofrecen libaciones para el Destino, 12 yo, el Señor, los destinaré a morir por la espada. Todos ustedes se arrodillarán para ser degollados, porque los llamé y ustedes no me respondieron; les hablé, y ustedes no me hicieron caso. Al contrario, hicieron lo malo ante mis propios ojos, y decidieron hacer lo que me disgusta.»

13 Por eso, Dios el Señor ha dicho:

«A mis siervos los verán comer, pero ustedes sufrirán de hambre. A mis siervos los verán beber, pero ustedes sufrirán de sed. A mis siervos los verán alegrarse, pero ustedes serán avergonzados. 14 A mis siervos los verán cantar con corazón alegre, pero ustedes clamarán con dolido corazón y chillarán con espíritu quebrantado. 15 Ustedes dejarán su nombre para que mis elegidos lo usen como maldición. Yo soy Dios, el Señor, y voy a quitarte la vida, y a mis siervos les daré otro nombre. 16 En este país, el que quiera pronunciar una bendición, lo hará en nombre del Dios de la verdad; y el que quiera hacer un juramento, lo hará en nombre del Dios de la verdad. Ciertamente las angustias de antaño quedarán en el olvido y fuera de mi vista.

Cielos nuevos y tierra nueva

17 »¡Fíjense bien! ¡Ya estoy creando nuevos cielos y nueva tierra!(D) De los primeros, nadie volverá a acordarse, ni los traerá más a la memoria. 18 Al contrario, ustedes se alegrarán y regocijarán siempre en lo que voy a crear. Estoy por crear una Jerusalén alegre y un pueblo gozoso. 19 Yo me alegraré con Jerusalén; me gozaré con mi pueblo, y nunca más volverán a oírse en ella voces de llanto ni de clamor.(E) 20 No habrá en ella niños que mueran a los pocos días, ni ancianos que no cumplan sus años de vida; los niños morirán a los cien años de vida, y los pecadores que lleguen a vivir cien años serán malditos. 21 Edificarán casas, y las habitarán; plantarán viñas, y comerán las uvas. 22 No volverán a edificar casas para que otro las habite, ni plantarán nada para que otros se coman los frutos. La vida de mi pueblo será semejante a la vida de los árboles; mis elegidos disfrutarán del trabajo de sus manos. 23 No trabajarán en vano, ni darán a luz hijos que estén bajo maldición, porque ellos y sus descendientes son un linaje bendecido por el Señor. 24 Antes de que me pidan ayuda, yo les responderé; no habrán terminado de hablar cuando ya los habré escuchado. 25 El lobo y el cordero descansarán juntos, el león comerá paja como el buey, y la serpiente se alimentará con el polvo de la tierra. En todo mi santo monte no habrá aflicción ni nadie hará daño a nadie. Yo, el Señor, lo he dicho.»(F)

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.
(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;
a people who provoke me
    to my face continually,
(D)sacrificing in gardens
    and making offerings on bricks;
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;
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.
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
    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]

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.
(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

  1. Isaiah 65:1 Or that did not call upon
  2. Isaiah 65:7 Or I will first measure their payment into their lap
  3. Isaiah 65:22 Hebrew shall wear out
  4. Isaiah 65:23 Or for sudden terror

65 I 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 was not called by my name.

I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;

A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.

Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.

Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.

11 But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.

12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.

13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:

16 That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.

17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.

24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.