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
The Lord’s Response
1“I was sought by those who did not ask;
I was found by those who did not seek me.
I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’
to a nation that did not call on#65:1 Or that was not called by my name.#Is 63:19; Hs 1:10; Rm 10:20; Jms 2:7
2I spread out my hands all day long
to a rebellious people#Rm 10:21
who walk in the path that is not good,
following their own thoughts.
3These people continually anger me
to my face,
sacrificing in gardens,#Is 1:29; 66:17
burning incense on bricks,
4sitting among the graves,
spending nights in secret places,
eating the meat of pigs,#Lv 11:7; Is 66:3,17
and putting polluted broth in their bowls.#65:3–4 These vv. describe pagan worship.
5They say, ‘Keep to yourself,
don’t come near me, for I am too holy for you!’
These practices are smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that burns all day long.
6Look, it is written in front of me:
I will not keep silent,#Ps 50:3,21; Is 42:14; 64:12 but I will repay;#Jr 16:18
I will repay them fully#65:6 Lit repay into their lap
7for your iniquities and the iniquities#Is 13:11
of your#65:7 LXX, Syr read for their iniquities and the iniquities of their ancestors together,”
says the Lord.
“Because they burned incense on the mountains
and reproached me on the hills,#Ezk 20:27–28; Hs 9:10; Zch 8:14; Mal 3:7
I will reward them fully#65:7 Lit reward into their lap
for their former deeds.”
8The Lord says this:
“As the new wine is found in a bunch of grapes,
and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it,
for there’s some good#65:8 Or there’s a blessing in it,’
so I will act because of my servants
and not destroy them all.
9I will produce descendants from Jacob,#Jr 31:36–37
and heirs to my mountains from Judah;
my chosen#Is 41:8 ones will possess it,
and my servants will dwell there.#Is 49:8; 60:21; Am 9:11–15
10Sharon will be a pasture for flocks,#Is 33:9; 35:2
and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,#Jos 7:26; Hs 2:15
for my people who have sought me.#Is 51:1
11But you who abandon the Lord,
who forget my holy mountain,
who prepare a table for Fortune
and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,#65:11 Pagan gods
12I will destine you for the sword,
and all of you will kneel down to be slaughtered,
because I called and you did not answer,
I spoke and you did not hear;
you did what was evil in my sight
and chose what I did not delight in.”#2Ch 36:15–16; Pr 1:24; Is 41:28; 50:2; 66:4; Jr 7:13
13Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:
“Look! My servants will eat,
but you will be hungry.
Look! My servants will drink,
but you will be thirsty.
Look! My servants will rejoice,
but you will be put to shame.
14Look! My servants will shout for joy from a glad heart,
but you will cry out from an anguished heart,
and you will lament out of a broken spirit.
15You will leave your name behind
as a curse for my chosen ones,#Jr 24:9; 25:18; Zch 8:13
and the Lord God will kill you;
but he will give his servants another name.#Is 62:2
16Whoever asks for a blessing in the land
will ask for a blessing by the God of truth,#Ps 31:5; 2Co 1:20; Rv 3:7,14
and whoever swears in the land
will swear by the God of truth.
For the former troubles will be forgotten
and hidden from my sight.
A New Creation
17“For I will create new heavens and a new earth;#Is 66:22; 2Pt 3:13; Rv 21:1
the past events will not be remembered or come to mind.
18Then be glad and rejoice forever
in what I am creating;
for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy
and its people to be a delight.
19I will rejoice in Jerusalem
and be glad in my people.
The sound of weeping and crying
will no longer be heard in her.#Is 25:8; 30:19; 35:10; 51:11; Rv 7:17; 21:4
20In her, a nursing infant will no longer live
only a few days,#65:20 Lit her, no longer infant of days
or an old man not live out his days.
Indeed, the one who dies at a hundred years old
will be mourned as a young man,#65:20 Lit the youth of a hundred years will die
and the one who misses a hundred years
will be considered cursed.#Ec 8:12–13; Is 3:11; 22:14
21People will build houses and live in them;
they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.#Jos 24:13; Is 37:30; Jr 29:5,28; Ezk 28:26; Zph 1:13
22They will not build and others live in them;
they will not plant and others eat.
For my people’s lives will be
like the lifetime of a tree.#Ps 92:12–14
My chosen ones will fully enjoy
the work of their hands.
23They will not labor without success#Dt 28:3–12; Is 55:2
or bear children destined for disaster,
for they will be a people blessed by the Lord
along with their descendants.#Is 61:9
24Even before they call, I will answer;#Ps 91:15; Is 55:6; 58:9; Dn 9:20–23; 10:12
while they are still speaking, I will hear.
25The wolf and the lamb will feed together,#65:25 Lit as one
and the lion will eat straw like cattle,#Is 11:6–9
but the serpent’s food will be dust!#Gn 3:14; Mc 7:17
They will not do what is evil or destroy
on my entire holy mountain,”#Is 11:9; 27:13; 56:7
says the Lord.
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