Isaiah 65:2-11

English Standard Version

²^(A)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;
³a people who provoke me
    to my face continually,
^(B)sacrificing in gardens
    and making offerings on bricks;
⁴who sit in tombs,
    and spend the night in secret places;
^(C)who eat pig's flesh,
    and broth of tainted meat is in their vessels;
⁵who say, “Keep to yourself,
    do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
^(D)These are a smoke in my nostrils,
    a fire that burns all the day.
⁶Behold, ^(E)it is written before me:
    ^(F)“I will not keep silent, but I will repay;
^(G)I will indeed repay into their lap
⁷    both your iniquities ^(H)and your fathers' iniquities together,
says the Lord;
^(I)because they made offerings on the mountains
    ^(J)and insulted me on the hills,
I will measure into their lap
    payment for their former deeds.”^[a]

⁸Thus says the Lord:
^(K)“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,
    ^(L)and not destroy them all.
⁹^(M)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^(N)Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks,
    and ^(O)the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,
    for my people ^(P)who have sought me.
¹¹But ^(Q)you who forsake the Lord,
    who forget ^(R)my holy mountain,
who ^(S)set a table for Fortune
    and ^(T)fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny,