23_ISA_65_01 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.
23_ISA_65_02 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;
23_ISA_65_03 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, And burneth incense upon altars of brick;
23_ISA_65_04 which remain among the graves, And lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, And broth of abominable [ things Is in] their vessels;
23_ISA_65_05 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.
23_ISA_65_06 behold, [ it Is] written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
23_ISA_65_07 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.
23_ISA_65_08 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.
23_ISA_65_09 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.
23_ISA_65_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.
23_ISA_65_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.
23_ISA_65_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.
23_ISA_65_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:
23_ISA_65_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.
23_ISA_65_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:
23_ISA_65_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.
23_ISA_65_17 for, behold, I create new heavens And A new earth: And the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
23_ISA_65_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.
23_ISA_65_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.
23_ISA_65_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.
23_ISA_65_21 And they shall build houses, And inhabit [ them]; And they shall plant vineyards, And eat the fruit of them.
23_ISA_65_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_ISA_65_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.
23_ISA_65_24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; And while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
23_ISA_65_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.