Isaiah:65
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I have let myself be consulted by them who had not asked ,
I have suffered myself to be found by them who had not sought me ,
I have said ,
Here I am !
Here I am !
Unto a nation that had not been called by my name ,
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I have spread out my hands all the day ,
Unto a rebellious people ,
Who walk In the way that is not good ,
After their own devices .
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The people who are provoking me to anger to my face continually ,
Sacrificing in gardens ,
and Burning incense upon bricks ;
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Who tarry among groves ,
And in the secret places ,
do lodge ,
Who eat the flesh of swine ,
And the broth of refuse things is in their vessels ,
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Who say Draw near by thyself ,
Do not approach with me ,
For I am holier than thou !
These ,
are A smoke in my nostrils ,
A fire ,
burning all the day .
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Lo !
it is written before me ,
I will not keep silence ,
But I have recompensed ,
and will recompense into their bosom :
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Your own iniquities ,
And the ,
iniquities of your fathers together ,
Saith Yahweh ,
Who have burned incense upon the mountains ,
And upon the hills ,
have reproached me ,
Therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom .
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Thus ,
saith Yahweh As ,
new wine ,
is found ,
in the cluster ,
And one saith ,
Do not destroy it ,
for a blessing is in it ,
So ,
will I do for the sake of ray servants ,
That I may not destroy the whole ;
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Therefore will I bring forth Out of Jacob ,
a seed ,
and Out of Judah ,
an inheritor of my mountains ,
That my chosen ones may inherit it ,
And ,
my servants ,
dwell there ;
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Then shall ,
Sharon ,
become ,
a fold for flocks ,
And the vale of Achor for the lying down of herds ,
For my people who have sought me .
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But ,
ye are they Who forsake Yahweh Who forget my holy mountain Who prepare ,
for Fortune ,
a table and Who fill for Destiny ,
mixed wine ;
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Therefore will I destine you to the sword ,
And ,
ye all ,
to the slaughter ,
shall bow down .
Because I called and ye answered not ,
I spake ,
and ye hearkened not ,
But did that which was wicked in mine eyes ,
And o that wherein I delighted not ,
ye made choice ,
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Therefore ,
Thus ,
saith My Lord ,
Yahweh ,
Lo !
my servants ,
shall eat but ,
ye ,
shall be famished ,
Lo !
my servants ,
shall drink but ,
ye shall be thirsty ,
Lo !
my servants ,
shall rejoice but ye ,
shall turn pale ;
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Lo !
my servants ,
shall shout in triumph for mirth of heart But ,
ye ,
shall make outcry ,
for pain of heart ,
And for a breaking of spirit ,
shall ye howl .
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So shall ye leave your name for an oath ,
to my chosen ones ,
So then My Lord Yahweh ,
will slay thee ,
And his servants ,
will he ,
call by another name :
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So that he who blesseth himself in the earth ,
Will bless himself in the God of faithfulness ,
And he who sweareth in the earth Will swear by the God of faithfulness Because the former troubles have been forgotten ,
and Because they are hid from mine eyes .
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For ,
behold me !
Creating new heavens ,
and a new earth ,
And the former shall not be mentioned ,
neither shall they come up on the heart ,
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But joy ye and exult ,
perpetually ,
in what I am about to create ,
For ,
behold me !
Creating Jerusalem an exultation and Her People a joy ;
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Therefore will I Exult in Jerusalem ,
and Joy in my People ,
And there shall be heard in her ,
no more The sound of weeping ,
or the sound of a cry :
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There shall be thenceforward ,
no more ,
A suckling of a few days ,
or an elder Who filleth not up his days ,
But ,
a youth a hundred years old ,
may die ,
Yea a sinner a hundred years old ,
shall he accursed ,
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Then shall they build houses and dwell in them ,
And plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them ;
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They shall not build ,
and another ,
dwell ,
They shall not plant ,
and ,
another ,
eat ,
For as the days of a tree ,
shall be the days of ray people ,
And ,
the work of their own hands ,
shall my chosen ones ,
use to the full :
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They shall not labour in vain ,
Nor have children for terror ,
For the seed of the blessed ones of Yahweh ,
shall they be ,
And their offspring ,
with them .
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And it shall come to pass That before they call ,
I ,
will answer ,
And while yet they are speaking ,
I ,
will hear .
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The wolf and the lamb ,
shall feed ,
in unity ,
And ,
the lion ,
as an ox ,
shall eat straw ;
But as for the serpent ,
dust ,
shall be his food :
They shall not harm Nor shall they destroy ,
In all my holy mountain ,
saith Yahweh .