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: Here I am, here I am, to a nation that was not called by My name.

2 I spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people who walk in the wrong path, following their own thoughts.

3 These people continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in gardens, burning incense on bricks,

4 sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs, and putting polluted broth in their bowls.

5 They say, ‘Keep to yourself, don’t come near me, for I am too holy for you!’ These practices are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.

6 It is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will repay them fully

7 for your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together,” says the LORD.” Because they burned incense on the mountains and reproached Me on the hills, I will reward them fully for their former deeds.”

8 The LORD says this: As the new wine is found in a bunch of grapes, and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for there’s some good in it,’ so I will act because of My servants and not destroy them all.

9 I will produce descendants from Jacob, and heirs to My mountains from Judah; My chosen ones will possess it, and My servants will dwell there.

10 Sharon will be a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for cattle to lie down, for My people who have sought Me.

11 But you who abandon the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,

12 I will destine you for the sword, and all of you will kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not hear; you did what was evil in My sight and chose what I did not delight in.

13 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: My servants will eat, but you will be hungry; My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

14 My servants will shout for joy from a glad heart, but you will cry out from an anguished heart, and you will lament out of a broken spirit.