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aI let Myself be inquired of by those who did not ask
for Me,
And 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.
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aI have stretched out My hands all day long
To a rebellious people,
Who walk in a way that is not good,
After their own thoughts;
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A people who provoke Me to anger
To My face continually,
Who sacrifice in gardens
And burn incense upon the bricks;
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Who sit among the graves
And lodge overnight in the secret places;
Who eat swine’s flesh
And the broth of abominations in their pots;
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Who say, Keep to yourself,
Do not come near me; for I am holier than you.
These are smoke in My nose,
A fire that burns all day.
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It is written here before Me:
I will not keep silent without first recompensing;
And I will recompense, into their bosom,
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Your iniquities and the
ainiquities of your fathers together,
Says Jehovah,
Who have burned incense upon the mountains
And have scorned Me upon the hills;
Therefore I will measure their work first
Into their bosom.
Isa. 65
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Thus says Jehovah,
As the new wine is found in the cluster,
And someone says, Do not destroy it,
For there is a blessing in it;
So will I do for My servants’ sake,
In order not to destroy them all.
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And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob,
And out of Judah one who will possess My mountain;
And My
achosen ones will possess it,
And My servants will dwell there.
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And Sharon will be an abode for the flock,
And the valley of Achor a resting place for the herd,
For My people who have sought Me.
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But you who forsake Jehovah,
Who forget My holy mountain,
Who prepare a
atable to Fortune
And fill
vessels with drink offerings to Destiny,
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I will destine you to the sword,
And you all will bow down to the slaughter;
Because I called you, but you did not answer;
I spoke, but you did not listen;
But you did evil in My sight
And chose that in which I did not delight.
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Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah,
Indeed, My servants shall eat,
But you shall
ahunger;
Indeed, My servants shall drink,
But you shall thirst;
Indeed, My servants shall rejoice,
But you shall be put to shame;
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Indeed, My servants shall give a ringing shout
Because of a heart of joy,
But you shall cry out
Because of a heart of pain,
And because of a broken spirit you shall wail.
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And you will leave your name as a curse to My chosen ones,
And the Lord Jehovah will slay you;
And He will call His servants by another name,
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So that he who blesses himself in the earth
Will bless himself in the
1God of
afaithfulness,
And he who swears in the earth
Will swear by the God of faithfulness;
Because the former troubles are forgotten
And because they are hidden from My sight.
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For I am now creating
1anew heavens
And a new earth,
And the
bformer things will not be remembered,
Nor will they ccome up in the heart.
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1But rejoice and exult forever,
In what I create,
For I am now creating Jerusalem as an exultation
And her people as a rejoicing.
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And I will exult in Jerusalem
And rejoice in My people;
And there will no longer be heard in her
The voice of
aweeping and the voice of crying.
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There will no longer be in her
An infant
who reaches the age of only a few days
Nor an old man who does not fill up his days;
For the lad will die at a hundred years of age,
And the sinner, being a hundred years of age, will be cursed.
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And they will build houses and inhabit
them,
And they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
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They will not build and another inhabit;
They will not plant and another eat;
For like the days of a
atree are the days of My people,
And My chosen ones will enjoy the work of their hands to the full;
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They will not labor in vain,
Nor bear children unto turmoil;
For they are the seed of those blessed of Jehovah,
And their offspring with them.
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And it will be that before they call, I will answer;
Even while they are speaking, I will hear.
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1The awolf and the lamb will feed as one,
And the lion will eat straw like the ox,
And
bdust will be the serpent’s food;
They will not harm nor destroy
In all My holy mountain, says Jehovah.
