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“But I will not destroy them all,”
    says the Lord.
“For just as good grapes are found among a cluster of bad ones
    (and someone will say, ‘Don’t throw them all away—
    some of those grapes are good!’),
so I will not destroy all Israel.
    For I still have true servants there.
I will preserve a remnant of the people of Israel[a]
    and of Judah to possess my land.
Those I choose will inherit it,
    and my servants will live there.
10 The plain of Sharon will again be filled with flocks
    for my people who have searched for me,
    and the valley of Achor will be a place to pasture herds.

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Footnotes

  1. 65:9 Hebrew remnant of Jacob. See note on 14:1.

Thus says Yahweh: “Just as the new wine is found in the cluster, and they say ‘You must not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it,’ so I will do for the sake of my servants by[a] not destroying everyone.[b]

And I will bring descendant s[c] out from Jacob,
    and a people[d] from Judah to take possession of my mountain,
and my chosen ones shall inherit it,
    and my servants shall settle there.
10 And Sharon shall become a pasture for[e] flocks,[f]
    and the valley of Achor a resting place for[g] herds[h]
    for my people who have sought me.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:8 Literally “to”
  2. Isaiah 65:8 Literally “all”
  3. Isaiah 65:9 Hebrew “descendant”
  4. Isaiah 65:9 Literally “man”
  5. Isaiah 65:10 Literally “of”
  6. Isaiah 65:10 Hebrew “flock”
  7. Isaiah 65:10 Or “of”
  8. Isaiah 65:10 Hebrew “herd”