Isaiah 65New King James Version
The Righteousness of God’s Judgment
65 “I was(A)sought bythose whodid not askfor Me;
I was found bythose whodid not seek Me.
I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’
To a nationthat(B)was not called by My name.
2 (C)I have stretched out My hands all day long to a(D)rebellious people,
Who(E)walk in a waythat isnot good,
According to their own thoughts;
3 A people(F)who provoke Me to anger continually to My face;
(G)Who sacrifice in gardens,
And burn incense on altars of brick;
4 (H)Who sit among the graves,
And spend the night in the tombs;
(I)Who eat swine’s flesh,
And the broth of[a]abominable things isintheir vessels;
5 (J)Who say, ‘Keep to yourself,
Do not come near me,
For I am holier than you!’
These[b]aresmoke in My nostrils,
A fire that burns all the day.
6 “Behold,(K)it iswritten before Me:
(L)I will not keep silence,(M)but will repay—
Even repay into their bosom—
7 Your iniquities and(N)the iniquities of your fathers together,”
Says theLord,
(O)“Who have burned incense on the mountains
(P)And blasphemed Me on the hills;
Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.”
8 Thus says theLord:
“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
Andonesays, ‘Do not destroy it,
For(Q)a blessingisin it,’
So will I do for My servants’ sake,
That I may not destroy them(R)all.
9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,
And from Judah an heir of My mountains;
My(S)elect shall inherit it,
And My servants shall dwell there.
10 (T)Sharon shall be a fold of flocks,
And(U)the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,
For My people who have(V)sought Me.
11 “But youarethose who forsake theLord,
Who forget(W)My holy mountain,
Who prepare(X)a table for[c]Gad,
And who furnish a drink offering for[d]Meni.
12 Therefore I will number you for the sword,
And you shall all bow down to the slaughter;
(Y)Because, when I called, you did not answer;
When I spoke, you did not hear,
But did evil before My eyes,
And chosethatin which I do not delight.”
13 Therefore thus says the LordGod:
“Behold, My servants shall eat,
But you shall be hungry;
Behold, My servants shall drink,
But you shall be thirsty;
Behold, My servants shall rejoice,
But you shall be ashamed;
14 Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart,
But you shall cry for sorrow of heart,
And(Z)wail for[e]grief of spirit.
15 You shall leave your name(AA)as a curse to(AB)My chosen;
For the LordGodwill slay you,
And(AC)call His servants by another name;
16 (AD)So that he who blesses himself in the earth
Shall bless himself in the God of truth;
And(AE)he who swears in the earth
Shall swear by the God of truth;
Because the former troubles are forgotten,
And because they are hidden from My eyes.
The Glorious New Creation
17 “For behold, I create(AF)new heavens and a new earth;
And the former shall not be remembered or[f]come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create;
For behold, I create Jerusalemasa rejoicing,
And her people a joy.
19 (AG)I will rejoice in Jerusalem,
And joy in My people;
The(AH)voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her,
Nor the voice of crying.
20 “No more shall an infant from therelive but a fewdays,
Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days;
For the child shall die one hundred years old,
(AI)But the sinnerbeingone hundred years old shall be accursed.
21 (AJ)They shall build houses and inhabitthem;
They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 They shall not build and another inhabit;
They shall not plant and(AK)another eat;
For(AL)as the days of a tree,so shall bethe days of My people,
And(AM)My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23 They shall not labor in vain,
(AN)Nor bring forth children for trouble;
For(AO)theyshall bethe descendants of the blessed of theLord,
And their offspring with them.
24 “It shall come to pass
That(AP)before they call, I will answer;
And while they are still speaking, I will(AQ)hear.
25 The(AR)wolf and the lamb shall feed together,
The lion shall eat straw like the ox,
(AS)And dustshall bethe serpent’s food.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,”
Says theLord.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 65:4Unclean meats,Lev. 7:18;19:7
- Isaiah 65:5Cause My wrath to smoke
- Isaiah 65:11Lit.TrooporFortune;a pagan deity
- Isaiah 65:11Lit.NumberorDestiny;a pagan deity
- Isaiah 65:14Ora broken spirit
- Isaiah 65:17Lit.come upon the heart
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