Isaiah:65

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* I am inquired of by those who didn 't ask [for me ]; I am found of those who didn 't seek me : I said , Look at me , look at me , to a nation that did not call on my name . * I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people , that walk in a way that is not good , after their own thoughts ; * a people who provoke me to my face continually , sacrificing in gardens , and burning incense on bricks ; * that sit among the graves , and lodge in the secret places ; that eat swine 's flesh , and broth of contaminated things is in their vessels ; * that say , Stand by yourself , don 't come near to me , for I am holier than you . These are a smoke in my nose , a fire that burns all the day . * Look , it is written before me : I will not keep silent , but will recompense , yes , I will recompense into their bosom , * your (note :){+}(:note ) own iniquities , and the iniquities of your {+} fathers together , says Yahweh , that have burned incense on the mountains , and blasphemed me on the hills ; therefore I will first measure their work into their bosom . * Thus says Yahweh , As the new wine is found in the cluster , and one says , Don 't destroy it , for a blessing is in it : so I will do for my slaves ' sake , that I may not destroy them all . * And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob , and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains ; and my chosen will inherit it , and my slaves will stay there . * And Sharon will be a fold of flocks , and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in , for my people who have sought me . * But you (note :){+}(:note ) who forsake Yahweh , who forget my holy mountain , who prepare a table for Fortune , and who fill up mingled wine to Destiny ; * I will destine you (note :){+}(:note ) to the sword , and you {+} will all bow down to the slaughter ; because when I called , you {+} did not answer ; when I spoke , you {+} did not hear ; but you {+} did that which was evil in my eyes , and chose that in which I did not delight . * Therefore thus says the Sovereign Yahweh , Look , my slaves will eat , but you (note :){+}(:note ) will be hungry ; look , my slaves will drink , but you {+} will be thirsty ; look , my slaves will rejoice , but you {+} will be put to shame ; * look , my slaves will sing for joy of heart , but you (note :){+}(:note ) will cry for sorrow of heart , and will wail for vexation of spirit . * And you (note :){+}(:note ) will leave your {+} name for a curse to my chosen ; and the Sovereign Yahweh will slay you ; and he will call his slaves by another name : * so that he who blesses himself in the earth will bless himself in the God of truth ; and he who swears in the earth will swear by the God of truth ; because the former troubles are forgotten , and because they are hid from my eyes . * For , look , I create new heavens and a new earth ; and the former things will not be remembered , nor come into mind . * But be (note :){+}(:note ) glad and rejoice forever in that which I create ; for , look , I create Jerusalem a rejoicing , and her people a joy . * And I will rejoice in Jerusalem , and joy in my people ; and there will be heard in her no more the voice of weeping and the voice of crying . * There will be no more from there an infant of days , nor an old man who has not filled his days ; for the child will die a hundred years old , and the sinner being a hundred years old will be accursed . * And they will build houses , and inhabit them ; and they will plant vineyards , and eat the fruit of them . * They will not build , and another inhabit ; they will not plant , and another eat : for as the days of a tree will be the days of my people , and my chosen will long enjoy the work of their hands . * They will not labor in vain , nor bring forth for calamity ; for they are the seed of the blessed of Yahweh , and their offspring with them . * And it will come to pass that , before they call , I will answer ; and while they are yet speaking , I will hear . * The wolf and the lamb will be shepherded together , and the lion will eat straw like the ox ; and dust will be the serpent 's food . They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain , says Yahweh .

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