Isaiah 65
65
Judgment and Salvation
1 # Cited Rom. 10:20; [Eph. 2:12, 13] I was ready to be sought by #[ch. 2:2, 3; 18:7; 19:19, 25; Zech. 14:16]those who did not ask for me;
I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, “Here I am, here I am,”
to a nation that was not called by#65:1 Or that did not call upon my name.
2 #
Rom. 10:21
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;
3a people who provoke me
to my face continually,
# ch. 1:29; 66:17; [ch. 57:3-6] sacrificing in gardens
and making offerings on bricks;
4who sit in tombs,
and spend the night in secret places;
# ch. 66:17 who eat pig’s flesh,
and broth of tainted meat is in their vessels;
5who say, “Keep to yourself,
do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
# ch. 1:31; 9:18 These are a smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that burns all the day.
6Behold, #[Jer. 2:22; 17:1] it is written before me:
#
Ps. 50:3 “I will not keep silent, but I will repay;
#
Ps. 79:12; [Jer. 16:18] I will indeed repay into their lap
7both your iniquities #Ex. 20:5; [Matt. 23:35] and your fathers’ iniquities together,
says the Lord;
# [Ezek. 20:27, 28] because they made offerings on the mountains
# [Ezek. 20:27, 28] and insulted me on the hills,
I will measure into their lap
payment for their former deeds.”#65:7 Or I will first measure their payment into their lap
8Thus says the Lord:
# [ch. 17:6] “As the new 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,
# [ch. 2:21] and not destroy them all.
9 # [ch. 27:6; 37:31] I will bring forth offspring from Jacob,
and from Judah possessors of my mountains;
my chosen shall possess it,
and my servants shall dwell there.
10 # ch. 33:9; 35:2 Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks,
and #Hos. 2:15; [Josh. 7:26] the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,
for my people #[ch. 51:1]who have sought me.
11But #[Josh. 24:20] you who forsake the Lord,
who forget #ver. 25; Joel 3:17 my holy mountain,
who #Ezek. 23:41; [1 Cor. 10:21]set a table for Fortune
and #Ezek. 23:41; [1 Cor. 10:21]fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny,
12I will destine you to the sword,
and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter,
# ch. 66:4; Prov. 1:24; Jer. 7:13 because, when I called, you did not answer;
when I spoke, you did not listen,
# ch. 66:4 but you did what was evil in my eyes
and chose what I did not delight in.”
13Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, #ch. 55:1; Ps. 22:26my 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;
14behold, #[Ps. 5:11]my servants shall sing for gladness of heart,
but you shall cry out for pain of heart
and shall wail for breaking of spirit.
15You shall leave your name to #ver. 9 my chosen #[Deut. 28:37; Jer. 29:22; Zech. 8:13] for a curse,
and the Lord God will put you to death,
but his servants #ch. 62:2he will call by another name,
16so that he who #Jer. 4:2 blesses himself in the land
shall bless himself by #Jer. 4:2 the God of truth,
and he who takes an oath in the land
shall swear by #[Deut. 32:4] the God of truth;
# [ch. 43:18, 19] because the former troubles are forgotten
and are hidden from my eyes.
New Heavens and a New Earth
17“For behold, #ch. 66:22; 2 Pet. 3:13; Rev. 21:1I create new heavens
and a new earth,
and the former things shall not be remembered
or come into mind.
18But be glad and rejoice forever
in that which I create;
for behold, #[Jer. 31:7]I create Jerusalem to be a joy,
and her people to be a gladness.
19 # ch. 62:5; 66:10 I will rejoice in Jerusalem
and be glad in my people;
# ch. 35:10; Rev. 21:4 no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping
and the cry of distress.
20No more shall there be in it
an infant who lives but a few days,
or an old man who does not fill out his days,
for #[Prov. 3:2] the young man shall die a hundred years old,
and #Eccles. 8:12the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.
21 #
Ezek. 28:26; [Deut. 28:30] They shall build houses and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 # [See ver. 21 above] They shall not build and another inhabit;
they shall not plant and another eat;
# See Ps. 92:12-14 for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
and my chosen shall long enjoy#65:22 Hebrew shall wear out the work of their hands.
23 # ch. 49:4 They shall not labor in vain
# [Deut. 28:41] or bear children for calamity,#65:23 Or for sudden terror
for #ch. 61:9; See Ps. 115:12-15they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord,
and their descendants with them.
24 # [Ps. 32:5] Before they call I will answer;
# [Dan. 9:21] while they are yet speaking I will hear.
25 # ch. 11:6, 7 The wolf and the lamb shall graze together;
the lion shall eat straw like the ox,
and #Gen. 3:14; Mic. 7:17 dust shall be the serpent’s food.
# ch. 11:9 They shall not hurt or destroy
in all my holy mountain,”
says the Lord.
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Isaiah 65
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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