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11 “But because the rest of you have forsaken the Lord
    and have forgotten his Temple,
and because you have prepared feasts to honor the god of Fate
    and have offered mixed wine to the god of Destiny,
12 now I will ‘destine’ you for the sword.
    All of you will bow down before the executioner.
For when I called, you did not answer.
    When I spoke, you did not listen.
You deliberately sinned—before my very eyes—
    and chose to do what you know I despise.”

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11 But as for you who forsake the Lord,
    who forget my holy mountain,
who spread a table for Fortune[a]
    and[b] fill drink offerings[c] for Destiny,[d]
12 I’ll consign[e] you to the sword,
    and all of you will bend down for the slaughter—
because when I called, you didn’t answer,
    when I spoke, you didn’t listen;
but you did what was evil in my sight,
    and chose what I took no pleasure in.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:11 I.e. Fortune personified as a god
  2. Isaiah 65:11 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX reads and who
  3. Isaiah 65:11 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read cups of mixed wine, or mixing vessels
  4. Isaiah 65:11 I.e. Destiny personified as a god
  5. Isaiah 65:12 Lit. destine