Isaiah:65

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* 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 swines 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 gib #ah #: 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 Ya #aqob #, 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 tso #n #, 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 za #aq #. * 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 serpents meat . They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain , saith the LORD .

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