Isaiah:64-66

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* * * * * * * * * * * * * I allowed myself to be sought by those that asked not ; I let myself be found by those that sought me not : I said , Here am I , here am I , unto a nation that called itself not by my name . * I spread out my hands all the time unto a rebellious people , that walk in the way which is not good , after their own thoughts ; * the people that provoke me to anger to my face continually ; that sacrifice in gardens and burn incense upon brick , * That sit about among the graves , and lodge in the vaults , that eat the flesh of the swine , and broth of abominations their vessels ; * That say , Stand by thyself , come not near to me ; for I am holier than thou . These are a smoke in my nose , a fire that burneth all the time . * Behold , it is written before me ; I will not keep silence , till I have recompensed , yea , recompensed into their bosom .–– * Your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together , saith the Lord , who have burnt incense upon the mountains , and upon the hills have blasphemed me : and I will measure out their work at first into their bosom . * Thus hath said the Lord , As the new wine is found in the cluster of grapes , and one saith , Destroy it not , for a blessing is in it ; so will I do for the sake of my servants , that I will not destroy the whole ; * And I let come forth out of Jacob a seed , and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains ; and my elect shall inherit it , and my servants shall dwell there . * And Sharon shall become a fold of flocks , and the valley of ‘Achor a resting –place for herds , for my people that have sought me . * But ye who forsake the Lord , who forget my holy mountain , that set out a table for the god of Fortune , and that fill for Destiny the drink –offering .–– * Yea , I will destine you to the sword , and all of you shall kneel down to the slaughter ; because when I called , ye did not answer ; when I spoke , ye did not hear ; but ye did what is evil in my eyes , and that wherein I had no delight did ye choose . * Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal , Behold , my servants shall eat , but ye shall be hungry ; behold , my servants shall drink , but ye shall be thirsty ; behold , my servants shall rejoice , but ye shall be made ashamed ; * Behold , my servants shall sing for joy of heart , but ye shall cry out from pain of heart , and from a broken spirit shall ye howl ; * And ye shall leave behind your name for an oath unto my elect ones , when the Lord Eternal will slay thee ; but his servants will he call by another name . * Whoever there be that blesseth himself on the earth shall bless himself by the true God ; and that sweareth on the earth shall swear by the true God ; because the former troubles are forgotten , and because they are hidden from my eyes . * For , behold , I will create new heavens and a new earth ; and the former shall not be remembered , nor come into mind ; * But be ye glad and rejoice unto all eternity in what I create ; for , behold , I will create Jerusalem for rejoicing , and her people for gladness . * And I will rejoice over Jerusalem , and be glad in my people : and there shall not be heard in her any more the voice of weeping , nor the voice of complaint . * There shall no more come thence an infant of few days , nor an old man that shall not have the full length of his days ; for as a lad shall one die a hundred years old ; and as a sinner shall be accursed he who at a hundred years old . * And they shall build houses , and inhabit them ; and they shall plant vineyards , and eat their fruit . * They shall not build , and another inhabit ; they shall not plant , and another eat ; for as the days of a tree are the days of my people , and the work of their hands shall my elect wear out . * They shall not toil in vain , nor bring forth unto an early death ; for the seed of the blessed of the Lord are they , and their offspring with them . * And it shall come to pass , that before yet they call will I answer ; and while they are still speaking will I hear . * The wolf and the lamb shall feed together , and the lion shall like the bullock eat straw : and the serpent ––dust shall be his food . They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain , saith the Lord . * Thus hath said the Lord , The heaven is my throne , and the earth is my footstool : where is there a house that ye can build unto me ? and where is the place of my rest ? * For all these things hath my hand made , that all these things came into being , saith the Lord ; but upon such a one will I look , upon the poor , and him who is of a contrite spirit , and who trembleth at my word . * He that slaughtereth the ox , slayeth a man ; he that sacrificeth a lamb , breaketh the neck of a dog ; he that offereth a meat –offering , swine ’s blood ; he that burneth incense , blesseth an idol : yea , they have made choice of their own ways , and in their abominations doth their soul delight . * So will I also make choice of their misfortune , and what they dread will I bring upon them ; because I called , and none did answer ; I spoke , and they did not hear ; and they did what is evil in my eyes , and that in which I delighted not did they choose . * Hear the word of the Lord , ye that tremble at his word : Your brethren that hated you , that cast you out for the sake of my name , said , "Let the Lord be glorified ;" but he will appear to your joy , and they shall be made ashamed . * a voice of tumult from the city , a voice from the temple , the voice of the Lord who rendereth recompense to his enemies . * Before she had travailed she brought forth ; before yet her pain was come , she was delivered of a man –child . * Who hath heard the like ? who hath seen such things ? shall a land be made to travail in one day ? or shall a nation be born at once ? that Zion hath travailed , also brought forth her children ? * Shall I bring to the birth , and not cause to bring forth ? saith the Lord ; or shall I who cause to bring forth , now prevent it ? saith thy God . * Rejoice ye with Jerusalem , and be delighted over her , all ye that love her ; be highly glad with her , all ye that mourn for her . * In order that ye may suck , and be satisfied with the breast of her consolations ; in order that ye may sip , and find pleasure from the abundance of her glory . * For thus hath said the Lord , Behold , I will extend to her peace like a river , and like a rapid stream the glory of nations , that ye may suck : upon the arm shall ye be borne , and upon knees shall ye be dandled . * As one whom his mother comforteth , so will I comfort you ; and in Jerusalem shall ye be comforted . * And ye shall see this , and your heart shall be glad , and your bones shall flourish like the grass ; and then will be known the hand of the Lord on his servants , and he will be indignant toward his enemies . * For , behold , the Lord will come with fire , and his chariots will be like the storm –wind , to send forth his anger with fury , and his threatening with flames of fire . * For by fire will the Lord judge , and by his sword against all flesh : and many shall be the slain of the Lord . * They that sanctify themselves , and purify themselves for the gardens , behind one tree in the midst , they who eat the flesh of the swine , and the abomination , and the mouse , together shall they perish , saith the Lord . * And I , because of their works and their thoughts , will let it come to pass to gather all the nations and tongues ; and they shall come , and shall see my glory . * And I will display a sign on them , and I will send from them those that escape unto the nations , Tharshish , Pul , and Lud , that draw the bow , Thubal , and Javan , the isles afar off , that have not heard my fame , and have not seen my glory ; and they shall proclaim my glory among the nations . * And they shall bring all your brethren out of all nations as an offering unto the Lord , upon horses , and in chariots , and in litters , and upon mules , and upon dromedaries , to my holy mountain Jerusalem , saith the Lord , as the children of Israel bring the offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord . * And of them also will I take for priests and for Levites , saith the Lord . * For as the new heavens and the new earth , which I will make , shall have permanence before me , saith the Lord , so shall exist permanently your seed and your name . * And it shall come to pass , that from one new moon to the other new moon , and from one sabbath to the other sabbath , shall all flesh come to prostrate themselves before me , saith the Lord . * And they shall go forth , and look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me ; for their worm shall not die , nor shall their fire be quenched ; and they shall be an abhorrence unto all flesh .

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