Isaiah 65
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
The Righteousness of God’s Judgement
65 I was ready to be sought out by those who did not ask,
to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, ‘Here I am, here I am’,
to a nation that did not call on my name.
2 I held out my hands all day long
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,
sacrificing in gardens
and offering incense on bricks;
4 who sit inside tombs,
and spend the night in secret places;
who eat swine’s flesh,
with broth of abominable things in their vessels;
5 who say, ‘Keep to yourself,
do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.’
These are a smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that burns all day long.
6 See, it is written before me:
I will not keep silent, but I will repay;
I will indeed repay into their laps
7 their[a] iniquities and their[b] ancestors’ iniquities together,
says the Lord;
because they offered incense on the mountains
and reviled me on the hills,
I will measure into their laps
full payment for their actions.
8 Thus says the Lord:
As the 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,
and not destroy them all.
9 I will bring forth descendants[c] from Jacob,
and from Judah inheritors[d] of my mountains;
my chosen shall inherit it,
and my servants shall settle there.
10 Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks,
and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,
for my people who have sought me.
11 But you who forsake the Lord,
who forget my holy mountain,
who set a table for Fortune
and 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;
because, when I called, you did not answer,
when I spoke, you did not listen,
but you did what was evil in my sight,
and chose what I did not delight in.
13 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
My servants shall eat,
but you shall be hungry;
my servants shall drink,
but you shall be thirsty;
my servants shall rejoice,
but you shall be put to shame;
14 my servants shall sing for gladness of heart,
but you shall cry out for pain of heart,
and shall wail for anguish of spirit.
15 You shall leave your name to my chosen to use as a curse,
and the Lord God will put you to death;
but to his servants he will give a different name.
16 Then whoever invokes a blessing in the land
shall bless by the God of faithfulness,
and whoever takes an oath in the land
shall swear by the God of faithfulness;
because the former troubles are forgotten
and are hidden from my sight.
The Glorious New Creation
17 For I am about to create new heavens
and a new earth;
the former things shall not be remembered
or come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice for ever
in what I am creating;
for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy,
and its people as a delight.
19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem,
and delight in my people;
no more shall the sound of weeping be heard in it,
or the cry of distress.
20 No more shall there be in it
an infant that lives but a few days,
or an old person who does not live out a lifetime;
for one who dies at a hundred years will be considered a youth,
and one who falls short of a hundred will be considered accursed.
21 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 another eat;
for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23 They shall not labour in vain,
or bear children for calamity;[e]
for they shall be offspring blessed by the Lord—
and their descendants as well.
24 Before they call I will answer,
while they are yet speaking I will hear.
25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together,
the lion shall eat straw like the ox;
but the serpent—its food shall be dust!
They shall not hurt or destroy
on all my holy mountain,
says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 65:7 Gk Syr: Heb your
- Isaiah 65:7 Gk Syr: Heb your
- Isaiah 65:9 Or a descendant
- Isaiah 65:9 Or an inheritor
- Isaiah 65:23 Or sudden terror
Isaiah 65
Contemporary English Version
The Lord Will Punish the Guilty
65 (A) I, the Lord, was ready
to answer even those
who were not asking
and to be found by those
who were not searching.
To a nation that refused
to worship me,[a]
I said, “Here I am!”
2 (B) All day long I have reached out
to stubborn and sinful people
going their own way.
3 They keep making me angry
by sneering at me,
while offering sacrifices
to idols in gardens
and burning incense
to them on bricks.
4 They spend their nights
hiding in burial caves;
they eat the meat of pigs,[b]
cooked in sauces
made of stuff unfit to eat.
5 And then they say to others,
“Don't come near us!
We're dedicated to God.”
Such people are like smoke,
irritating my nose all day.
6 I have written this down;
I won't keep silent.
I'll pay them back
just as their sins deserve.
7 I, the Lord, will make them pay
for their sins and for those
of their ancestors—
they have disgraced me
by burning incense
on mountains.
8 Here is what the Lord says:
A cluster of grapes
that produces wine
is worth keeping!
So, because of my servants,
I won't destroy everyone.
9 I have chosen the people
of Israel and Judah,
and I will bless them
with many descendants.
They will settle here
in this land of mountains,
and it will be theirs.
10 (C) My people will worship me.
Then the coastlands of Sharon
and the land as far
as Achor Valley[c]
will turn into pastureland
where cattle and sheep
will feed and rest.
11 What will I, the Lord, do
if any of you reject me
and my holy mountain?
What will happen to you
for offering food and wine
to the gods you call
“Good Luck” and “Fate”?
12 Your luck will end!
I will see to it that you
are slaughtered with swords.
You refused to answer
when I called out;
you paid no attention
to my instructions.
Instead, you did what I hated,
knowing it was wrong.
13 I, the Lord God, will give
food and drink to my servants,
and they will celebrate.
But all of you sinners
will go hungry and thirsty,
overcome with disgrace.
14 My servants will laugh and sing,
but you will be sad
and cry out in pain.
15 I, the Lord God, promise
to see that you are killed
and that my chosen servants use
your names as curse words.
But I will give new names[d]
to my servants.[e]
16 I am God! I can be trusted.
Your past troubles are gone;
I no longer think of them.
When you pray for someone
to receive a blessing,
or when you make a promise,
you must do it in my name.
I alone am the God
who can be trusted.
The Lord's New Creation
17 (D) I am creating new heavens
and a new earth;
everything of the past
will be forgotten.
18 Celebrate and be glad forever!
I am creating a Jerusalem,
full of happy people.
19 (E) I will celebrate with Jerusalem
and all its people;
there will be no more crying
or sorrow in that city.
20 No child will die in infancy;
everyone will live
a very long life.
Anyone a hundred years old
will be considered young,
and to die younger than that
will be considered a curse.
21 My people will live
in the houses they build;
they will enjoy grapes
from their own vineyards.
22 No one will take away
their homes or vineyards.
My chosen people will live
to be as old as trees,
and they will enjoy
what they have earned.
23 Their work won't be wasted,
and their children won't die
of dreadful diseases.[f]
I will bless their children
and their grandchildren.
24 I will answer their prayers
before they finish praying.
25 (F) Wolves and lambs
will graze together;
lions and oxen
will feed on straw.
Snakes will eat only dirt!
They won't bite or harm anyone
on my holy mountain.
I, the Lord, have spoken!
Footnotes
- 65.1 refused … me: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
- 65.4 burial … pigs: Coming in contact with the dead or eating the meat of pigs made a person unacceptable to God.
- 65.10 coastlands of Sharon … Achor Valley: Sharon is the coastal plain on the west, and Achor Valley is in the east near Jericho. These two places stand for the whole country.
- 65.15 new names: The giving of a new name suggests the beginning of a new life.
- 65.15 But I … servants: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
- 65.23 their children … diseases: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
Isaías 65
Reina-Valera 1995
Castigo de los rebeldes
65 «Yo me dejé buscar por aquellos que no preguntaban por mí
y fui hallado por aquellos que no me buscaban.
Dije a gente que no invocaba mi nombre:
“¡Aquí estoy, aquí estoy!”
2 Extendí mis manos todo el día
a un pueblo rebelde,
que anda por mal camino,
en pos de sus propios pensamientos;
3 un pueblo que en mi rostro
me provoca de continuo a ira,
sacrificando en huertos
y quemando incienso sobre ladrillos;
4 que se sientan en los sepulcros
y en lugares escondidos pasan la noche;
que comen carne de cerdo
y en sus ollas hay caldo de cosas inmundas;
5 que dicen: “Quédate en tu lugar, no te acerques a mí,
porque soy más santo que tú.”
Esos son humo en mi furor,
un fuego que arde todo el día.
6 He aquí que está escrito delante de mí,
y no callaré, sino que les daré su merecido;
les daré el pago en su propio seno.
7 Por vuestras iniquidades,
dice Jehová, y por las iniquidades de vuestros padres juntamente,
los cuales quemaron incienso sobre los montes
y me afrentaron sobre los collados;
por tanto, yo echaré en su propio seno
la medida de sus acciones de antaño».
8 Así ha dicho Jehová:
«Como si alguno hallara mosto en un racimo
y dijera: “No lo desperdicies,
porque bendición hay en él”,
así haré yo por mis siervos,
pues no lo destruiré todo.
9 Sacaré descendencia de Jacob,
y de Judá, el heredero de mis montes;
mis escogidos poseerán por heredad la tierra,
y mis siervos habitarán allí.
10 Será el Sarón redil de ovejas
y el valle de Acor majada de vacas,
para mi pueblo que me buscó.
11 Pero vosotros, los que dejáis a Jehová,
que olvidáis mi santo monte,
que ponéis mesa para la Fortuna
y ofrecéis libaciones al Destino,
12 yo también os destinaré a la espada
y todos vosotros os arrodillaréis para el degüello.
Porque llamé y no respondisteis,
hablé y no escuchasteis,
sino que hicisteis lo malo delante de mis ojos
y escogisteis lo que no me agrada.»
13 Por tanto, así dijo Jehová el Señor:
«He aquí que mis siervos comerán
y vosotros pasaréis hambre;
mis siervos beberán
y vosotros pasaréis sed;
mis siervos se alegrarán
y vosotros seréis avergonzados;
14 mis siervos cantarán con júbilo en el corazón
y vosotros clamaréis con dolor en el corazón
y aullaréis por el quebrantamiento del espíritu.
15 Y dejaréis vuestro nombre
por maldición a mis escogidos.
Jehová, el Señor, te hará morir,
y a sus siervos llamará por otro nombre.
16 El que se bendiga en la tierra,
en el Dios de verdad se bendecirá;
y el que jure en la tierra, por el Dios de verdad jurará,
porque las angustias primeras serán olvidadas
y quedarán ocultas a mis ojos.
Cielos nuevos y tierra nueva
17 »Porque he aquí que yo crearé
nuevos cielos y nueva tierra.
De lo pasado no habrá memoria
ni vendrá al pensamiento.
18 Mas os gozaréis y os alegraréis para siempre
en las cosas que yo he creado,
porque he aquí que yo traigo a Jerusalén alegría
y a su pueblo gozo.
19 Yo me alegraré con Jerusalén
y me gozaré con mi pueblo,
y nunca más se oirán en ella
voz de lloro ni voz de clamor.
20 No habrá más allí niño que muera de pocos días
ni viejo que sus días no cumpla,
sino que el niño morirá de cien años
y el pecador de cien años será maldito.
21 Edificarán casas y morarán en ellas;
plantarán viñas y comerán el fruto de ellas.
22 No edificarán para que otro habite
ni plantarán para que otro coma;
porque según los días de los árboles serán los días de mi pueblo,
y mis escogidos disfrutarán de la obra de sus manos.
23 No trabajarán en vano
ni darán a luz para maldición,
porque son linaje de los benditos de Jehová,
ellos mismos y también sus descendientes.
24 Antes que clamen, yo responderé;
mientras aún estén hablando, yo habré oído.
25 El lobo y el cordero serán apacentados juntos;
el león comerá paja como el buey
y el polvo será el alimento de la serpiente.
No afligirán ni harán mal
en todo mi santo monte.»
Jehová lo ha dicho.
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