Isaiah 65
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
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;
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.
6 Behold, it is written
before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense
into their bosom,
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.
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.
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.
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.
Return to Bible Index Page
|