65:1 I became manifest to them that asked
not for me; I was found o them that sought me not: I said, Behold, I am
[here], to a nation, who called not on my name.
65:2 I have stretched forth my hands all day to a disobedient and gainsaying
people, to them that walked in a way that was not good, but after their
sins.
65:3 This is the people that provokes me continually in my presence; they
offer sacrifices in gardens, and burn incense on bricks to devils, which
exist not.
65:4 They lie down to sleep in the tombs and in the caves for the sake of
dreams, [even] they that eat swine's flesh, and the broth of [their]
sacrifices: all their vessels are defiled:
65:5 who say, Depart from me, draw not nigh to me, for I am pure. This is
the smoke of my wrath, a fire burns with it continually.
65:6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not be silent until I have
recompensed into their bosom,
65:7 their sins and [the sins] of their fathers, saith the Lord, who have
burnt incense on the mountains, and reproached me on the hills: I will
recompense their works into their bosom.
65:8 Thus saith the Lord, As a grape-stone shall be found in the cluster,
and they shall say, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do
for the sake of him that serves me, for his sake I will not destroy [them]
all.
65:9 And I will lead forth the seed [that came] of Jacob and of Juda, and
they shall inherit my holy mountain: and mine elect and my servants shall
inherit it, and shall dwell there.
65:10 And there shall be in the forest folds of flocks, and the valley of
Achor [shall] be for a resting-place of herds for my people, who have sought
me.
65:11 But ye are they that have left me, and forget my holy mountain, and
prepare a table for the devil, and fill up the drink-offering to Fortune.
65:12 I will deliver you up to the sword, ye shall all fall by slaughter:
for I called you, and ye hearkened not; I spoke, and ye refused to hear; and
ye did evil in my sight, and chose the things wherein I delighted not.
65:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye
shall hunger: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall thirst: behold
my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
65:14 behold, my servants shall exult with joy, but ye shall cry for the
sorrow of your heart, and shall howl for the vexation of your spirit.
65:15 For ye shall leave your name for a loathing to my chosen, and the Lord
shall destroy you: but my servants shall be called by a new name,
65:16 which shall be blessed on the earth; for they shall bless the true
God: and they that swear upon the earth shall swear by the true God; for
they shall forget the former affliction, it shall not come into their mind.
65:17 For there shall be a new heaven and a new earth: and they shall not at
all remember the former, neither shall they at all come into their mind.
65:18 But they shall find in her joy and exultation; for, behold, I make
Jerusalem a rejoicing, and my people a joy.
65:19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and will be glad in my people: and
there shall no more be heard in her the voice of weeping, or the voice of
crying.
65:20 Neither shall there be there any more a [child that dies] untimely, or
an old man who shall not complete his time: for the youth shall be a hundred
years [old], and the sinner who dies at a hundred years shall also be
accursed:
65:21 and they shall build houses, and themselves shall dwell in [them]; and
they shall plant vineyards, and themselves shall eat the fruit thereof.
65:22 They shall by no means build, and others inhabit; and they shall by no
means plant, and others eat: for as the days of the tree of life shall be
the days of my people, they shall long enjoy the fruits of their labours.
65:23 My chosen shall not toil in vain, neither shall they beget children to
be cursed; for they are a seed blessed of God, and their offspring with
them.
65:24 And it shall come to pass, [that] before they call, I will hearken to
them; while they are yet speaking, I will say, What is it?
65:25 Then wolves and lambs shall feed together, and the lion shall eat
chaff like the ox, and the serpent earth s bread. They shall not injure nor
destroy in my holy mountain, saith the Lord. |
65:1 I am sought of them that asked not for
me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me,
unto a nation that was not called by my name.
65:2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which
walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
65:3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that
sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
65:4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat
swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
65:5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than
thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
65:6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will
recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
65:7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the
LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon
the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
65:8 Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one
saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my
servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
65:9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an
inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants
shall dwell there.
65:10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place
for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
65:11 But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain,
that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering
unto that number.
65:12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to
the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye
did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I
delighted not.
65:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but
ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be
thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
65:14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for
sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
65:15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord
GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
65:16 That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the
God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of
truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid
from mine eyes.
65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former
shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
65:18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for,
behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
65:19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice
of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
65:20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that
hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but
the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
65:21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant
vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
65:22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and
another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine
elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
65:23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they
are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and
while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
65:25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat
straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not
hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD. |