“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. 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; 3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to
my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of
brick; 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; 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. 6 Behold, [it is] written before me: I will not keep
silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, 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.”
“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. 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. 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.”
“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. 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. 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: 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. 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: 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.”
“17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former
shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. 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. 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. 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. 21 And they shall build houses, and
inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of
them. 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. 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. 24
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and
while they are yet speaking, I will hear. 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.” (Isaiah 65:1-25 AV)