Isaiah 65

A Rebellious People

1“I let Myself be sought by those who did not ask for Me;

I let Myself be found by those who did not seek Me.

I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,’

To the nation [Israel] which did not call on My Name.

2I have spread out My hands all the day long to a rebellious and stubborn people,

Who walk in the way that is not good, [following] after their own thoughts and intentions,

3The people who continually provoke Me to My face,

Sacrificing [to idols] in gardens and making offerings with incense on bricks [instead of at the designated altar];

4Who sit among the graves [trying to conjure up evil spirits] and spend the night in the secret places [where spirits are thought to dwell];

Who eat swine’s flesh,

And their pots hold the broth of #Meat that is ceremonially unclean or has been kept until the third day.unclean meat;

5Who say, ‘Keep to yourself, do not come near me,

For I #Or would transfer holiness to you (and thereby make the recipient subject to inconvenient restrictions).am too holy for you [and you might defile me]!’

These [people] are smoke in My nostrils,

A fire that burns all the day.

6Indeed, it is written before Me,

I will not keep silent, but I will repay;

I will even repay it [directly] into their #Or bosom, i.e. the fold in the outer robe where personal items are sometimes kept.arms,

7Both your own wickedness and the wickedness of your fathers,” says the Lord.

“Since they too have made offerings with incense on the mountains

And scorned and taunted Me on the hills,

I therefore will measure [punishment for] their former work [directly] into their #Or bosom.arms.”

8This is what the Lord says,

“As the new wine is found in the cluster,

And one says, ‘Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing and benefit in it,’

So I will do for the sake of My servants

In order not to destroy all of them.

9I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,

And an heir of My mountains from Judah;

Even My chosen ones shall inherit it,

And My servants will live there.

10And [the plain of] Sharon will be a place for flocks to graze,

And the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds,

For My people who seek Me [who long for Me and require My presence in their lives].

11But you who abandon (turn away from) the Lord,

Who forget and ignore My holy mountain (Zion),

Who set a table for Gad [the Babylonian god of fortune],

And who fill a jug of mixed wine for Meni [the god of fate],

12I will destine you for the sword, [says the Lord],

And all of you will bow down to the slaughter,

Because when I called, you did not answer;

When I spoke, you did not listen or obey.

But you did [what was] evil in My sight

And chose that in which I did not delight.”

13Therefore, the Lord God says this,

“Listen carefully, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry;

Indeed, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty;

Indeed, My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

14Indeed, My servants will shout for joy from a happy heart,

But you will cry out with a heavy heart,

And you shall wail and howl from a broken spirit.

15And you will leave your name behind to My chosen ones [who will use it] as a curse,

And the Lord God will put you to death,

But He will call His servants by another name [a much greater name, just as the name Israel was greater than the name Jacob].

16Because he who blesses himself on the earth

Will bless himself by the God of truth and faithfulness;

And he who swears [an oath] on the earth

Will swear by the God of truth and faithfulness;

Because the former troubles are forgotten,

And because they are hidden from My sight.

New Heavens and a New Earth

17“Behold, I am creating new heavens and a new earth;

And the former things [of life] will not be remembered or come to mind.

18But be glad and rejoice forever over what I create;

Behold, I am creating Jerusalem to be a source of rejoicing

And her people a joy.

19I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people;

And there will no longer be heard in her

The voice of weeping and the sound of crying.

20No longer shall there be #Lit from there.in it an infant who lives only a few days,

Or an old man who does not finish his days;

For the youth who dies at the age of a hundred,

And the one who does not reach the age of a hundred

Will be thought of as accursed.

21They will build houses and live in them;

They will plant vineyards and eat the fruit.

22They will not build and another occupy;

They will not plant and another eat [the fruit].

For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people,

And My chosen [people] will fully enjoy [and long make use of] the work of their hands.

23They will not labor in vain,

Or bear children for disaster;

For they are the descendants of those blessed by the Lord,

And their offspring with them.

24It shall also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear. 25The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox [there will no longer be predator and prey]; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain (Zion),” says the Lord.

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Isaiah 65

Judgments and Promises

(Romans 10:1–21)

1“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me;

I was found by those who did not seek Me.#65:1 Cited in Romans 10:20

To a nation that did not call My name,

I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

2All day long I have held out My hands

to an obstinate people #65:2 LXX to a disobedient and obstinate people; cited in Romans 10:21

who walk in the wrong path,

who follow their own imaginations,

3to a people who continually provoke Me to My face,

sacrificing in the gardens

and burning incense on altars of brick,

4sitting among the graves,

spending nights in secret places,

eating the meat of pigs

and polluted broth from their bowls.

5They say, ‘Keep to yourself;

do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’

Such people are smoke in My nostrils,

a fire that burns all day long.

6Behold, it is written before Me:

I will not keep silent, but I will repay;

I will pay it back into their laps,

7both for your iniquities

and for those of your fathers,”

says the Lord.

“Because they burned incense on the mountains

and scorned Me on the hills,

I will measure into their laps

full payment for their former deeds.”

8This is what the Lord says:

“As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes,

and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’

so I will act on behalf of My servants;

I will not destroy them all.

9And I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,

and heirs from Judah;

My elect will possess My mountains,#65:9 Or and heirs to My mountains out of Judah; My elect will possess them

and My servants will dwell there.

10Sharon will become a pasture for flocks,

and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds,

for My people who seek Me.

11But you who forsake the Lord,

who forget My holy mountain,

who set a table for Fortune #65:11 Hebrew Gad, the Babylonian god of fortune

and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,#65:11 Hebrew Meni, the Babylonian god of fate

12I will destine you for the sword,

and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered,

because I called and you did not answer,

I spoke and you did not listen;

you did evil in My sight

and chose that in which I did not delight.”

13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says:

“My servants will eat,

but you will go hungry;

My servants will drink,

but you will go thirsty;

My servants will rejoice,

but you will be put to shame.

14My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart,

but you will cry out with a heavy heart

and wail with a broken spirit.

15You will leave behind your name

as a curse for My chosen ones,

and the Lord GOD will slay you;

but to His servants He will give another name.

16Whoever invokes a blessing in the land

will do so by the God of truth,

and whoever takes an oath in the land

will swear by the God of truth.

For the former troubles will be forgotten

and hidden from My sight.

A New Heaven and a New Earth

(Revelation 21:1–8)

17For behold, I will create

new heavens and a new earth.#65:17 LXX a new heaven and a new earth; see also Isaiah 66:22 and Revelation 21:1.

The former things will not be remembered,

nor will they come to mind.

18But be glad and rejoice forever

in what I create;

for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy

and its people to be a delight.

19I will rejoice in Jerusalem

and take delight in My people.

The sounds of weeping and crying

will no longer be heard in her.

20No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days,

or an old man fail to live out his years.

For the youth will die at a hundred years,

and he who fails to reach a hundred

will be considered accursed.

21They will build houses and dwell in them;

they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

22No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit,

nor plant for others to eat.

For as is the lifetime of a tree,

so will be the days of My people,

and My chosen ones will fully enjoy

the work of their hands.

23They will not labor in vain

or bear children doomed to disaster;

for they will be a people blessed by the Lord—

they and their descendants with them.

24Even before they call, I will answer,

and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

25The wolf and the lamb will feed together,

and the lion will eat straw like the ox,

but the food of the serpent #65:25 Hebrew nachash; translated in most cases as snake will be dust.

They will neither harm nor destroy

on all My holy mountain,”

says the Lord.

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