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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 “I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me;
    I was found by those who did not seek me.(A)
To a nation(B) that did not call on my name,(C)
    I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’
All day long I have held out my hands
    to an obstinate people,(D)
who walk in ways not good,
    pursuing their own imaginations(E)
a people who continually provoke me
    to my very face,(F)
offering sacrifices in gardens(G)
    and burning incense(H) on altars of brick;
who sit among the graves(I)
    and spend their nights keeping secret vigil;
who eat the flesh of pigs,(J)
    and whose pots hold broth of impure meat;
who say, ‘Keep away; don’t come near me,
    for I am too sacred(K) for you!’
Such people are smoke(L) in my nostrils,
    a fire that keeps burning all day.

“See, it stands written before me:
    I will not keep silent(M) but will pay back(N) in full;
    I will pay it back into their laps(O)
both your sins(P) and the sins of your ancestors,”(Q)
    says the Lord.
“Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains
    and defied me on the hills,(R)
I will measure into their laps
    the full payment(S) for their former deeds.”

This is what the Lord says:

“As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes(T)
    and people say, ‘Don’t destroy it,
    there is still a blessing in it,’
so will I do in behalf of my servants;(U)
    I will not destroy them all.
I will bring forth descendants(V) from Jacob,
    and from Judah those who will possess(W) my mountains;
my chosen(X) people will inherit them,
    and there will my servants live.(Y)
10 Sharon(Z) will become a pasture for flocks,(AA)
    and the Valley of Achor(AB) a resting place for herds,
    for my people who seek(AC) me.

11 “But as for you who forsake(AD) the Lord
    and forget my holy mountain,(AE)
who spread a table for Fortune
    and fill bowls of mixed wine(AF) for Destiny,
12 I will destine you for the sword,(AG)
    and all of you will fall in the slaughter;(AH)
for I called but you did not answer,(AI)
    I spoke but you did not listen.(AJ)
You did evil in my sight
    and chose what displeases me.”(AK)

13 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“My servants will eat,(AL)
    but you will go hungry;(AM)
my servants will drink,(AN)
    but you will go thirsty;(AO)
my servants will rejoice,(AP)
    but you will be put to shame.(AQ)
14 My servants will sing(AR)
    out of the joy of their hearts,
but you will cry out(AS)
    from anguish of heart
    and wail in brokenness of spirit.
15 You will leave your name
    for my chosen ones to use in their curses;(AT)
the Sovereign Lord will put you to death,
    but to his servants he will give another name.(AU)
16 Whoever invokes a blessing(AV) in the land
    will do so by the one true God;(AW)
whoever takes an oath in the land
    will swear(AX) by the one true God.
For the past troubles(AY) will be forgotten
    and hidden from my eyes.

New Heavens and a New Earth

17 “See, I will create
    new heavens and a new earth.(AZ)
The former things will not be remembered,(BA)
    nor will they come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice(BB) forever
    in what I will create,
for I will create Jerusalem(BC) to be a delight
    and its people a joy.
19 I will rejoice(BD) over Jerusalem
    and take delight(BE) in my people;
the sound of weeping and of crying(BF)
    will be heard in it no more.

20 “Never again will there be in it
    an infant(BG) who lives but a few days,
    or an old man who does not live out his years;(BH)
the one who dies at a hundred
    will be thought a mere child;
the one who fails to reach[a] a hundred
    will be considered accursed.
21 They will build houses(BI) and dwell in them;
    they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.(BJ)
22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,(BK)
    or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,(BL)
    so will be the days(BM) of my people;
my chosen(BN) ones will long enjoy
    the work of their hands.
23 They will not labor in vain,(BO)
    nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;(BP)
for they will be a people blessed(BQ) by the Lord,
    they and their descendants(BR) with them.
24 Before they call(BS) I will answer;(BT)
    while they are still speaking(BU) I will hear.
25 The wolf and the lamb(BV) will feed together,
    and the lion will eat straw like the ox,(BW)
    and dust will be the serpent’s(BX) food.
They will neither harm nor destroy
    on all my holy mountain,”(BY)
says the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:20 Or the sinner who reaches

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.
(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;
A people (F)who provoke Me to anger continually to My face;
(G)Who sacrifice in gardens,
And burn incense on altars of brick;
(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;
(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.

“Behold, (K)it is written before Me:
(L)I will not keep silence, (M)but will repay—
Even repay into their bosom—
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.”

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.
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

  1. Isaiah 65:4 Unclean meats, Lev. 7:18; 19:7
  2. Isaiah 65:5 Cause My wrath to smoke
  3. Isaiah 65:11 Lit. Troop or Fortune; a pagan deity
  4. Isaiah 65:11 Lit. Number or Destiny; a pagan deity
  5. Isaiah 65:14 Or a broken spirit
  6. Isaiah 65:17 Lit. come upon the heart