The Righteousness of God’s Judgment

1I am sought of them that asked not for Me; I am found of them that sought Me not: I said, Behold Me, behold Me, to a nation that was not called by My name.   ROM 10:20

2I have spread out My hands all the day to a rebellious people, which walks in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;   ROM 10:21

3A people that provokes Me to anger continually to My face; that sacrifices in gardens, and burns incense upon altars of brick;   pagan shrines; pagan altars

4Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;   detestable

5Which say, Stand by yourself, come not near to me; for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in My nose, a fire that burns all the day.

6Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

7Your^p iniquities, and the iniquities of your^p fathers together, says 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.   mocked and spoken about irreverently; pay back

8Thus says the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for My servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

9And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of My mountains: and My elect shall inherit it, and My servants shall dwell there.   offspring, descendants

10And 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.

11But you^p are they that forsake the Lord, that forget My holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering to that number.

12Therefore will I number you^p to the sword, and you^p shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, you^p did not answer; when I spoke, you^p did not hear; but did evil before My eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.

13Therefore thus says the Lord God, Behold, My servants shall eat, but you^p shall be hungry: behold, My servants shall drink, but you^p shall be thirsty: behold, My servants shall rejoice, but you^p shall be ashamed:   Adonai^p.f. Jehovah^s.f.

14Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you^p shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.   wail; having a heavy heart

15And you^p shall leave your^p name for a curse to My chosen: for the Lord God shall slay you, and call His servants by another name:

16That he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from My eyes.