Isaiah 65

1 "I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me. I was found by those who did not seek me. I said, 'Here I am. Here I am.' to a nation that did not call on my name.NHEB — Isaiah 65:1

2 All day long I have stretched out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own thoughts;NHEB — Isaiah 65:2

3 a people who provoke me to my face continually as they sacrifice in gardens and burn incense on bricks;NHEB — Isaiah 65:3

4 who sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; who eat pig's flesh, and the broth of abominable things is in their vessels;NHEB — Isaiah 65:4

5 who say, 'Keep your distance, do not come near to me, for I am holier than you.' These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.NHEB — Isaiah 65:5

6 "Look, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yes, I will recompense into their bosom,NHEB — Isaiah 65:6

7 your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together," says the LORD, "who have burned incense on the mountains, and blasphemed me on the hills; therefore I will first measure their work into their bosom."NHEB — Isaiah 65:7

8 Thus 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.NHEB — Isaiah 65:8

9 And I will bring forth offspring from Jacob, and from Judah they shall inherit my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.NHEB — Isaiah 65:9

10 Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people who have sought me.NHEB — Isaiah 65:10

11 "But you who forsake the LORD, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune, and who fill up mixed wine to Destiny;NHEB — Isaiah 65:11

12 I will destine you to 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 listen; but you did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I did not delight."NHEB — Isaiah 65:12

13 Therefore thus says the LORD, "Look, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; look, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; look, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be disappointed;NHEB — Isaiah 65:13

14 look, my servants shall sing in gladness of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for anguish of spirit.NHEB — Isaiah 65:14

15 You shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen; and the LORD will kill you; but he will call his servants by another name:NHEB — Isaiah 65:15

16 so that he who blesses himself in the earth 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.NHEB — Isaiah 65:16

17 "For, look, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.NHEB — Isaiah 65:17

18 But be you glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for, look, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.NHEB — Isaiah 65:18

19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people; and there shall be heard in her no more the voice of weeping and the voice of crying.NHEB — Isaiah 65:19

20 "There shall be no more there an infant of days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child shall die one hundred years old, and the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.NHEB — Isaiah 65:20

21 They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.NHEB — Isaiah 65:21

22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.NHEB — Isaiah 65:22

23 They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the descendants of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.NHEB — Isaiah 65:23

24 It shall happen that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.NHEB — Isaiah 65:24

25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and 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.NHEB — Isaiah 65:25