Isaiah:65:1-16
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I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me ;
I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me .
I said , "
Here am I ,
here am I ,"
to a nation that did not call on my name .
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I spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people ,
who walk in a way that is not good ,
following their own devices ;
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a people who provoke me to my face continually ,
sacrificing in gardens and burning incense upon bricks ;
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who sit in tombs ,
and spend the night in secret places ;
who eat swine '
s flesh ,
and broth of abominable things is in their vessels ;
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who say , "
Keep to yourself ,
do not come near me ,
for I am set apart from you ."
These are a smoke in my nostrils ,
a fire that burns all the day .
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Behold ,
it is written before me : "
I will not keep silent ,
but I will repay ,
yea ,
I will repay into their bosom
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their iniquities and their fathers '
iniquities together ,
says the LORD ;
because they burned incense upon the mountains and reviled me upon the hills ,
I will measure into their bosom payment for their former doings ."
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Thus says the LORD : "
As the wine is found in the cluster ,
and they say , `
Do not destroy it ,
for there is a blessing in it ,'
so I will do for my servants '
sake ,
and not destroy them all .
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I will bring forth descendants from Jacob ,
and from Judah inheritors of my mountains ;
my chosen shall inherit it ,
and my servants shall dwell there .
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Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks ,
and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down ,
for my people who have sought me .
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But you who forsake the LORD ,
who forget my holy mountain ,
who set a table for Fortune and fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny ;
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I will destine you to the sword ,
and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter ;
because ,
when I called ,
you did not answer ,
when I spoke ,
you did not listen ,
but you did what was evil in my eyes ,
and chose what I did not delight in ."
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Therefore thus says the Lord GOD : "
Behold ,
my servants shall eat ,
but you shall be hungry ;
behold ,
my servants shall drink ,
but you shall be thirsty ;
behold ,
my servants shall rejoice ,
but you shall be put to shame ;
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behold ,
my servants shall sing for gladness of heart ,
but you shall cry out for pain of heart ,
and shall wail for anguish of spirit .
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You shall leave your name to my chosen for a curse ,
and the Lord GOD will slay you ;
but his servants he will call by a different name .
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So that he who blesses himself in the land shall bless himself by the God of truth ,
and he who takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of truth ;
because the former troubles are forgotten and are hid from my eyes .
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