Isaiah 65:1-14 ▼

1 “I was sought by those who did not ask; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, Behold me! Behold me!’ To a nation not calling on My Name.

2 I have spread out My hands all the day to a rebellious people, those walking a way not good, after their thoughts;

3 the people provoking Me to my face continually, offering sacrifices in the gardens and burning incense on the bricks,

4 sitting among the graves and spending nights in lookouts, those eating the flesh of swine and the broth of of abominations in their vessels;

5 those saying, ‘Keep yourself away; do not come near to me, for I am set apart from you’—these are smoke in My nostrils, a fire burning all the day!

6 Behold, it is written before My face, and I will not keep silent, but I will repay, and I will pay it back into their bosom,

7 your⁺ iniquities, and the iniquities of your⁺ fathers together.” YHWH has said. “Because they have burned incense on the mountains, and on the hills they have scorned Me, so I will measure out their wages first into their bosom.”

8 Thus says YHWH: “As when the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, ‘You should not destroy it, for blessing is’ in it, so will I do for the sake of My servants, so as not to destroy them all.

9 And I will bring forth from Jacob a seed, and from Judah one inheriting My mountains; and My chosen ones will inherit it, and My servants will dwell there.

10 And Sharon will become as a habitation for the flock, and the Valley of Achor as a resting place for herds, for my people who have sought Me.

11 And you⁺ forsaking YHWH, those forgetful of My holy mountain, of those arranging a table for Gad, and those filling mixed wine for Meni—

12 and I will appoint you⁺ for the sword, and you⁺ will all bow down to the slaughter, because I called, and you⁺ did not answer; I spoke, and you⁺ did not hear; and you⁺ did evil in My eyes, and you⁺ chose that in which I do not take delight.”

13 Therefore thus says the Lord YHWH: “Behold, My servants will eat, and you⁺ will go hungry. Behold, My servants will drink, and you⁺ will go thirsty. Behold, My servants will be glad, and you⁺ will be put to shame.

14 Behold, My servants will sing out from goodness of heart, and you⁺ will cry out from pain of heart, and from a breaking of spirit you⁺ will wail.