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Judgment and Salvation
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.
New Heavens and a New
Earth
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. |
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