Isaiah 65:1-5 ▼

1 I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; I appeared to those who did not look for me. I said, 'Here I am! Here I am!' to a nation that did not invoke my name.

2 I spread out my hands all day long to my rebellious people, who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable, and who did what they desired.

3 These people continually and blatantly offend me as they sacrifice in their sacred orchards and burn incense on brick altars.

4 They sit among the tombs and keep watch all night long. They eat pork, and broth from unclean sacrificial meat is in their pans.

5 They say, 'Keep to yourself! Don't get near me, for I am holier than you!' These people are like smoke in my nostrils, like a fire that keeps burning all day long.