Isaiah 65:1-18 ▼

1 “I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me . To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

2 All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people [to a disobedient and obstinate people] who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,

3 to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,

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

5 They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.

6 Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,

7 both for your⁺ iniquities and for those of your⁺ fathers,” says the LORD {YHWH}. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”

8 This is what the LORD {YHWH} says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.

9 And I will bring forth descendants from Jacob (he grasps the heel), and heirs from Judah (praised); My elect will possess My mountains, and My servants will dwell there.

10 Sharon (a plain) will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.

11 But you⁺ who forsake the LORD {YHWH}, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune \Gad/ and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny \Meni/,

12 I will destine you⁺ for the sword, and you⁺ will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you⁺ did not answer, I spoke and you⁺ did not listen; you⁺ did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

13 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD {Adonai YHWH} says: “My servants will eat, but you⁺ will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you⁺ will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you⁺ will be put to shame.

14 My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you⁺ will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit {ruach}.

15 You⁺ will leave behind your⁺ name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD {Adonai YHWH} will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.

16 Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God {Elohim} of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.

17 For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth [a new heaven and a new earth]. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem (city of peace) to be a joy and its people to be a delight.