Isaiah:64-66

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* Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens , that thou wouldest come down , that the mountains might flow down at thy presence , * As when the melting fire burneth , the fire causeth the waters to boil , to make thy name known to thine adversaries , that the nations may tremble at thy presence ! * When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for , thou camest down , the mountains flowed down at thy presence . * For since the beginning of the world men have not heard , nor perceived by the ear , neither hath the eye seen , O God , beside thee , what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him . * Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness , those that remember thee in thy ways : behold , thou art wroth ; for we have sinned : in those is continuance , and we shall be saved . * But we are all as an unclean thing , and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags ; and we all do fade as a leaf ; and our iniquities , like the wind , have taken us away . * And there is none that calleth upon thy name , that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee : for thou hast hid thy face from us , and hast consumed us , because of our iniquities . * But now , O LORD , thou art our father ; we are the clay , and thou our potter ; and we all are the work of thy hand . * Be not wroth very sore , O LORD , neither remember iniquity for ever : behold , see , we beseech thee , we are all thy people . * Thy holy cities are a wilderness , Zion is a wilderness , Jerusalem a desolation . * Our holy and our beautiful house , where our fathers praised thee , is burned up with fire : and all our pleasant things are laid waste . * Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things , O LORD ? wilt thou hold thy peace , and afflict us very sore ? * I am sought of them that asked not for me ; I am found of them that sought me not : I said , Behold me , behold me , unto a nation that was not called by my name . * I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people , which walketh in a way that was not good , after their own thoughts ; * A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face ; that sacrificeth in gardens , and burneth incense upon altars of brick ; * Which remain among the graves , and lodge in the monuments , which eat swine 's flesh , and broth of abominable things is in their vessels ; * Which 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 day . * Behold , it is written before me : I will not keep silence , but will recompense , even recompense into their bosom , * Your iniquities , and the iniquities of your fathers together , saith the LORD , which have burned incense upon the mountains , and blasphemed me upon the hills : therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom . * Thus saith the LORD , As the new wine is found in the cluster , and one saith , Destroy it not ; for a blessing is in it : so will I do for my servants ' sakes , 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 mine elect shall inherit it , and my servants shall dwell there . * And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks , and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in , for my people that have sought me . * But ye are they that forsake the LORD , that forget my holy mountain , that prepare a table for that troop , and that furnish the drink offering unto that number . * Therefore will I number you to the sword , and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter : because when I called , ye did not answer ; when I spake , ye did not hear ; but did evil before mine eyes , and did choose that wherein I delighted not . * Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD , 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 ashamed : * Behold , my servants shall sing for joy of heart , but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart , and shall howl for vexation of spirit . * And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen : for the Lord GOD shall slay thee , and call his servants by another name : * That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth ; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth ; because the former troubles are forgotten , and because they are hid from mine eyes . * For , behold , I create new heavens and a new earth : and the former shall not be remembered , nor come into mind . * But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create : for , behold , I create Jerusalem a rejoicing , and her people a joy . * And I will rejoice in Jerusalem , and joy in my people : and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her , nor the voice of crying . * There shall be no more thence an infant of days , nor an old man that hath not filled his days : for the child shall die an hundred years old ; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed . * And they shall build houses , and inhabit them ; and they shall plant vineyards , and eat the fruit of them . * 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 mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands . * They shall not labour in vain , nor bring forth for trouble ; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD , and their offspring with them . * And it shall come to pass , that before they call , I will answer ; and while they are yet speaking , I will hear . * The wolf and the lamb shall feed together , and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock : and dust shall be the serpent 's meat . They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain , saith the LORD . * Thus saith the LORD , The heaven is my throne , and the earth is my footstool : where is the house that ye build unto me ? and where is the place of my rest ? * For all those things hath mine hand made , and all those things have been , saith the LORD : but to this man will I look , even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit , and trembleth at my word . * He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man ; he that sacrificeth a lamb , as if he cut off a dog 's neck ; he that offereth an oblation , as if he offered swine 's blood ; he that burneth incense , as if he blessed an idol . Yea , they have chosen their own ways , and their soul delighteth in their abominations . * I also will choose their delusions , and will bring their fears upon them ; because when I called , none did answer ; when I spake , they did not hear : but they did evil before mine eyes , and chose that in which I delighted not . * Hear the word of the LORD , ye that tremble at his word ; Your brethren that hated you , that cast you out for my name 's sake , said , Let the LORD be glorified : but he shall appear to your joy , and they shall be ashamed . * A voice of noise from the city , a voice from the temple , a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies . * Before she travailed , she brought forth ; before her pain came , she was delivered of a man child . * Who hath heard such a thing ? who hath seen such things ? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day ? or shall a nation be born at once ? for as soon as Zion travailed , she brought forth her children . * Shall I bring to the birth , and not cause to bring forth ? saith the LORD : shall I cause to bring forth , and shut the womb ? saith thy God . * Rejoice ye with Jerusalem , and be glad with her , all ye that love her : rejoice for joy with her , all ye that mourn for her : * That ye may suck , and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations ; that ye may milk out , and be delighted with the abundance of her glory . * For thus saith the LORD , Behold , I will extend peace to her like a river , and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream : then shall ye suck , ye shall be borne upon her sides , and be dandled upon her knees . * As one whom his mother comforteth , so will I comfort you ; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem . * And when ye see this , your heart shall rejoice , and your bones shall flourish like an herb : and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants , and his indignation toward his enemies . * For , behold , the LORD will come with fire , and with his chariots like a whirlwind , to render his anger with fury , and his rebuke with flames of fire . * For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh : and the slain of the LORD shall be many . * They that sanctify themselves , and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst , eating swine 's flesh , and the abomination , and the mouse , shall be consumed together , saith the LORD . * For I know their works and their thoughts : it shall come , that I will gather all nations and tongues ; and they shall come , and see my glory . * And I will set a sign among them , and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations , to Tarshish , Pul , and Lud , that draw the bow , to Tubal , and Javan , to the isles afar off , that have not heard my fame , neither have seen my glory ; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles . * And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses , and in chariots , and in litters , and upon mules , and upon swift beasts , to my holy mountain Jerusalem , saith the LORD , as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD . * And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites , saith the LORD . * For as the new heavens and the new earth , which I will make , shall remain before me , saith the LORD , so shall your seed and your name remain . * And it shall come to pass , that from one new moon to another , and from one sabbath to another , shall all flesh come to worship before me , saith the LORD . * And they shall go forth , and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me : for their worm shall not die , neither shall their fire be quenched ; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh .

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