Isaiah 65
65
The Lord’s Response
1“I was sought by those who did not ask; # LXX, Syr, DSS, Tg read ask for Me
I was found by those who did not seek Me.
I said: Here I am, here I am,
to a nation that was not called by # LXX, Syr, DSS, Tg, Vg read that did not call on 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 wrong path,
following their own thoughts.
3These people continually provoke 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. # 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.
6It is written before 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 # Lit repay into their lap
7for your iniquities and the iniquities # Is 13:11
of your # LXX, Syr read for their iniquities and the iniquities of their fathers 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 # 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 # 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 cattle 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, # 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:
My servants will eat,
but you will be hungry;
My servants will drink,
but you will be thirsty;
My servants will rejoice,
but you will be put to shame.
14My 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 is blessed in the land
will be blessed 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 a new heaven 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, # Lit her, no longer infant of days
or an old man not live out his days.
Indeed, the youth will die at a hundred years,
and the one who misses a hundred years will be 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, # Lit as one
and the lion will eat straw like the ox, # 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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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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