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ULT ISA Chapter 65

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65 “I let myself be sought out by those who did not ask;

I let myself be found by those who did not seek.

I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

to a nation not calling on my name.

2 I have spread out my hands all day to a stubborn people,

who walk a not-good way, after their thoughts,

3 a people who continually provoke me to my face,

offering sacrifices in gardens,

and burning incense on bricks,

4 who sit among the graves

and spend the night in lookouts;

who eat the meat of the pig

and the broth of unclean meat in their dishes,

5 who say, ‘Keep to yourself, do not come near to me,

for I am holier than you.’

These things are smoke in my nose,

a fire burning all day long.

6 Behold, it is written before my face:

I shall not keep quiet, but I shall repay,

and I shall repay into their laps,

7 their sins and the sins of their fathers together,”

says Yahweh.

“Because they have burned incense on the mountains

and on the hills mocked me.

And I shall measure out

their past deeds into their laps.”

8 Thus says Yahweh,

“As when juice is found in a cluster of grapes,

and one says, ‘Do not ruin it, for there is good in it,’

therefore I shall work for the sake of my servant;

I shall not ruin all.

9 And I shall bring seed from Jacob,

and from Judah a possessor of my mountains,

and my chosen ones will possess it,

and my servants will live there.

10 And Sharon will become a pasture for the flocks,

and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds,

for my people who seek me.

11 But you who abandon Yahweh,

who forget my holy mountain,

who prepare for Fortune a table,

and fill for Destiny mixed wine,

12 then I shall appoint you for the sword,

and you will all bow down to the slaughter,

because I called and you did not answer;

I spoke, and you did not listen.

But you did evil in my eyes

and what was not pleasing to me you chose.”

13 Therefore, thus says the Lord Yahweh:

“Behold, my servants will eat,

but you will be hungry;

behold, my servants will drink,

but you will be thirsty;

behold, my servants will rejoice,

but you will be put to shame.

14 Behold, my servants will shout with joy from gladness of heart,

but you will cry from pain of the heart,

and from the crushing of the spirit you will wail.

15 And you will leave your name as a curse to my chosen ones;

and the Lord Yahweh will put you to death,

and he will call his servants by another name.

16 Whoever blesses himself on the earth

will bless himself by the God of truth,

and who vows on the earth

will vow by the God of truth,

for the former troubles will be forgotten,

for they will be hidden from my eyes.

17 For behold, I am about to create a new heavens

and a new earth;

and the former things will not be remembered,

and they will not come up to heart.

18 But you will be glad and rejoice forever in

what I am about to create.

For behold, I am about to create Jerusalem as rejoicing,

and her people as joy.

19 And I will rejoice over Jerusalem

and be glad over my people;

and it will no longer be heard in her

the sound of weeping and the sound of screaming.

20 No more will an infant be there a few days,

or an elder who does not complete his days.

For, one who dies at 100 years old will be a young lad,

and one who falls short of 100 years old will be considered cursed.

21 And they will build houses and dwell,

and they will plant vineyards and eat fruit.

22 They will not build for another to dwell;

they will not plant for another to eat;

for as the days of trees will be the days of my people,

and the work of their hands my chosen ones will outlive.

23 They will not labor in vain,

and they will not give birth to dismay;

for the seed of the blessed of Yahweh they are,

and their offspring with them.

24 And it will happen, before they call, then I shall answer;

while they are still speaking, then I shall hear.

25 The wolf and the lamb will graze together,

and the lion like the ox will eat straw;

but the serpent—dust is its food.

They will not do evil, and they will not destroy

on all my holy mountain,” says Yahweh.