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1“I was sought by those who did not ask for Me;[#Rom. 9:24; 10:20]
I was found by those who did not seek Me.
I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’
To a nation that was not called by My name.
2I have stretched out My hands all day long to a rebellious people,[#Rom. 10:21; #Is. 1:2, 23]
Who walk in a way that is not good,
According to their own thoughts;
3A people who provoke Me to anger continually to My face;[#Deut. 32:21]
Who sacrifice in gardens,
And burn incense on altars of brick;
4Who sit among the graves,[#Deut. 18:11]
And spend the night in the tombs;
Who eat swine’s flesh,
And the broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
5Who say, ‘Keep to yourself,[#Matt. 9:11; Luke 7:39; 18:9–12]
Do not come near me,
For I am holier than you!’
These are smoke in My nostrils,
A fire that burns all the day.
6“Behold, it is written before Me:[#Deut. 32:34]
I will not keep silence, but will repay—
Even repay into their bosom—
7Your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together,”[#Ex. 20:5]
Says the Lord ,
“Who have burned incense on the mountains
And blasphemed Me on the hills;
Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.”
8Thus says the Lord :
“As the new wine is found in the cluster,
And one says, ‘Do not destroy it,
For a blessing is in it,’
So will I do for My servants’ sake,
That I may not destroy them all.
9I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,
And from Judah an heir of My mountains;
My elect shall inherit it,
And My servants shall dwell there.
10Sharon shall be a fold of flocks,[#Is. 33:9]
And the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,
For My people who have sought Me.
11“But you are those who forsake the Lord ,
Who forget My holy mountain,
Who prepare a table for Gad,
And who furnish a drink offering for Meni.
12Therefore I will number you for the sword,
And you shall all bow down to the slaughter;
Because, when I called, you did not answer;
When I spoke, you did not hear,
But did evil before My eyes,
And chose that in which I do not delight.”
13Therefore thus says the Lord God :
“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;
14Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart,
But you shall cry for sorrow of heart,
And wail for grief of spirit.
15You shall leave your name as a curse to My chosen;[#Jer. 29:22; Zech. 8:13; #Is. 65:9, 22]
For the Lord God will slay you,
And call His servants by another name;
16So that he who blesses himself in the earth[#Ps. 72:17; Jer. 4:2]
Shall bless himself in the God of truth;
And 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.
17“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth;[#Is. 51:16; 66:22; (2 Pet. 3:13); Rev. 21:1]
And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.
18But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create;
For behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing,
And her people a joy.
19I will rejoice in Jerusalem,[#Is. 62:4, 5]
And joy in My people;
The voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her,
Nor the voice of crying.
20“No more shall an infant from there live but a few days,
Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days;
For the child shall die one hundred years old,
But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.
21They shall build houses and inhabit them;[#Ezek. 28:26; 45:4; Hos. 11:11; Amos 9:14]
They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22They shall not build and another inhabit;
They shall not plant and another eat;
For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people,
And My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23They shall not labor in vain,
Nor bring forth children for trouble;
For they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord ,
And their offspring with them.
24“It shall come to pass
That before they call, I will answer;
And while they are still speaking, I will hear.
25The wolf and the lamb shall feed together,[#Is. 11:6–9]
The lion shall eat straw like the ox,
And dust shall be the serpent’s food.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,”
Says the Lord .