Chapter 65
1 " I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask . I am found by those who didn’t seek me . I said , ‘ See me , see me ,’ to a nation that was not called by my name .
2 I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people , who walk in a way that is not good , after their own thoughts ;
3 a people who provoke me to my face continually , sacrificing in gardens , and burning incense on bricks ;
4 who sit among the graves , and spend nights in secret places ; who eat pig ’s meat , and broth of abominable things is in their vessels ;
5 who say, ‘Stay by yourself, don’t come near to me , for I am holier than you .’ These are smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all day .
6 " Behold , it is written before me : I will not keep silence , but will repay , yes , I will repay into their bosom
7 your own iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together ", says Yahweh , " who have burned incense on the mountains , and blasphemed me on the hills . Therefore I will first measure their work into their bosom ."
8 Yahweh says , " As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says , ‘Don’t destroy it , for a blessing is in it :’ so I will do for my servants ’ sake , that I may not destroy them all .
9 I will bring offspring out of Jacob , and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains . My chosen will inherit it , and my servants will dwell there .
10 Sharon will 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 .
11 " But you who forsake Yahweh , who forget my holy mountain , who prepare a table for Fortune, and who fill up mixed wine to Destiny ;
12 I will destine you to the sword , and you will all bow down to the slaughter ; because when I called , you didn’t answer . When I spoke , you didn’t listen ; but you did that which was evil in my eyes , and chose that in which I didn’t delight ."
13 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says , " 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 disappointed.
14 Behold , my servants will sing for joy of heart , but you will cry for sorrow of heart , and will wail for anguish of spirit .
15 You will leave your name for a curse to my chosen, and the Lord Yahweh will kill you . He will call his servants by another name ,
16 so that he who blesses himself in the earth will bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth will swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten , and because they are hidden from my eyes .
17 " For , behold , I create new heavens and a new earth ; and the former things will not be remembered , nor come into mind .
18 But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create ; for , behold , I create Jerusalem to be a delight , and her people a joy .
19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem , and delight in my people ; and the voice of weeping and the voice of crying will be heard in her no more .
20 " No more will there be an infant who only lives a few days , nor an old man who has not filled his days ; for the child will die one hundred years old , and the sinner being one hundred years old will be accursed .
21 They will build houses and inhabit them . They will plant vineyards and eat their fruit .
22 They will not build and another inhabit . They will not plant and another eat; for the days of my people will be like the days of a tree , and my chosen will long enjoy the work of their hands .
23 They will not labor in vain nor give birth for calamity; for they are the offspring of Yahweh ’s blessed and their descendants with them .
24 It will happen that before they call , I will answer ; and while they are yet speaking , I will hear .
25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together. The lion will eat straw like the ox . Dust will be the serpent ’s food . They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain ," says Yahweh .