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Chapter 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. |
| 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; |
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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. |
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6 | Behold, it is written before me: I will
not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
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| 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. |
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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.
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| 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.
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| 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. |
