Isaiah 65

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65 “I permitted Myself to be sought by ^(A)those who did not ask for Me;
I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me.
I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,’
To a nation which ^(B)did not call on My name.
^2 (C)I have spread out My hands all day long to a ^(D)rebellious people,
Who walk in the way which is not good, ^[a]following their own ^(E)thoughts,
³ A people who continually ^(F)provoke Me to My face,
Offering sacrifices in ^(G)gardens and ^(H)burning incense on bricks,
⁴ Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places,
Who ^(I)eat swine’s flesh,
And the broth of offensive meat is in their pots,
⁵ Who say, ‘^(J)Keep to yourself, do not come near me,
For I am holier than you!’
These are smoke in My ^[b]nostrils,
A fire that burns all the day.
⁶ Behold, it is written before Me:
I will ^(K)not keep silent, but ^(L)I will repay;
I will even repay into their bosom,
⁷ Both ^[c]their own ^(M)iniquities and the iniquities of their fathers together,” says Yahweh.
“Because they have ^(N)burned incense on the mountains
And ^(O)reproached Me on the hills,
Therefore I will ^(P)measure their former work into their bosom.”

“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
And one says, ‘Do not make it a ruin, for there is ^[d]benefit in it,’
So I will act on behalf of My slaves
In order ^(Q)not to make ^[e]all of them a ruin.
⁹ I will bring forth a ^(R)seed from Jacob,
And a ^(S)possessor of My mountains from Judah;
Even ^(T)My chosen ones shall possess it,
And ^(U)My slaves will dwell there.
^10 (V)Sharon will be a pasture land for flocks,
And the ^(W)valley of Achor a resting place for herds,
For My people who ^(X)seek Me.
¹¹ But you who ^(Y)forsake Yahweh,
Who forget My ^(Z)holy mountain,
Who set a table for ^[f]Fortune,
And who fill cups with mixed wine for ^[g]Destiny,
¹² I will destine you for the ^(AA)sword,
And all of you will bow down to the ^(AB)slaughter,
Because I called, but you ^(AC)did not answer;
I spoke, but you did not hear.
And you did what was evil in My eyes
And chose that in which I was not pleased.”

“Behold, My slaves will ^(AD)eat, but you will be ^(AE)hungry.
Behold, My slaves will ^(AF)drink, but you will be ^(AG)thirsty.
Behold, My slaves will ^(AH)be glad, but you will be ^(AI)put to shame.
¹⁴ Behold, My slaves will ^(AJ)shout joyfully with a merry heart,
But you will ^(AK)cry out with a pained heart,
And you will wail with a broken spirit.
¹⁵ You will leave your name for a ^[h](AL)curse to My chosen ones,
And Lord Yahweh will put you to death.
But ^[i]My slaves will be called by ^(AM)another name,
¹⁶ Because he who ^[j]is blessed in the earth
Will ^[k]be blessed by the ^(AN)God of truth,
And he who swears in the earth
Will ^(AO)swear by the God of truth;
Because the former distresses are forgotten,
And because they are hidden from My sight!

¹⁷ “For behold, I am creating a ^(AP)new heavens and a new earth;
And the ^(AQ)former things will not be remembered or come upon the heart.
¹⁸ But be ^(AR)joyful and rejoice forever in what I create;
For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing
And her people for joy.
¹⁹ I will also ^(AS)rejoice in Jerusalem and be joyful in My people;
And there will no longer be heard in her
The voice of ^(AT)weeping and the voice of crying.
²⁰ No longer will there be ^[l]in it an infant who lives but a few days,
Or an old man who does ^(AU)not fulfill his days;
For the youth will die at the age of one hundred,
And the ^[m](AV)one who does not reach the age of one hundred
Will be thought accursed.
²¹ They will ^(AW)build houses and inhabit them;
They will also ^(AX)plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
²² They will not build and ^(AY)another inhabit;
They will not plant and another eat;
For ^(AZ)as the ^[n]lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people,
And My chosen ones will ^(BA)wear out the work of their hands.
²³ They will ^(BB)not labor in vain,
Or bear children for terror;
For they are the ^(BC)seed of those blessed by Yahweh,
And their offspring with them.