Isaiah 65

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1 I was revealed to those who did not ask about me; I was found not seeking Me. `Here I am! here I am!' I spoke to a people who did not call my name.
2 Every day I stretched out My hands to a rebellious people, who walked the way of the unkind, according to their thoughts,
3 To the people who constantly insult Me in the face, bring sacrifices in the groves and burn incense on the potsherds,
4 Sits in coffins and sleeps in caves; He eats pork meat, and a vile brew in his vessels;
5 Who says: "Stop, do not come near to me, because I am holy to you." They are a smoke for my sense of smell, a fire that burns all the day.
6th This is what is written before me, I will not hold back, but I will repay, I will repay to their bosom
7th Your iniquities, saith the Lord, and together the iniquities of your fathers, who burn incense on the mountains, and reproach me on the hills; And I will measure their former deeds in their bosom.

8 Thus says the Lord: when there is juice in the grape brush, then they say: "Do not harm it, for it is a blessing"; I will do the same for my slaves, so that I will not destroy all.
9 And I will bring forth a seed from Jacob, and from Judah the heir of my mountains, and my chosen ones shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
10 And Saron shall be a pasture for the sheep, and the valley of Achor a resting place for the oxen of my people, who sought me.

eleven And you who have forsaken the Lord have forgotten my holy mountain, prepare a meal for Gad and dissolve the full cup for Meni, -
12 I condemn you to the sword, and all of you will bow to the slaughter: for I called, and you did not answer; Spoke, and you did not listen, but did evil in My sight and chose what was displeasing to Me.
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold, my servants shall eat, and ye shall be hungry; My servants will drink, and you will be thirsty;
14 My servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed; My servants will sing with joy from the heart, and you will scream from the heart's sorrow and weep for the affliction of the spirit.
15 And leave your name to my elect for a curse; And the Lord God will kill you, and call his servants by another name,
16 Whoever blesses himself on earth will be blessed by the God of truth; And whoever swears on earth will swear by the God of truth, because the former sorrows will be forgotten and hidden from my sight.

17th For behold, I create a new heaven and a new earth, and the former will no longer be remembered and will not come to my heart.
18 And you will rejoice and rejoice for ever that I am creating: for, behold, I create Jerusalem with gladness, and the people with joy.
19 And I will rejoice over Jerusalem and rejoice in My people; And the voice of weeping and the voice of crying will not be heard in him.
20 There will not be more than a minor and an old man who does not reach the fullness of his days; For a centenarian will die a young man, but a century-old sinner will curse.
21 And I will build houses and dwell in them, and plant vineyards and eat their fruits.
22 They will not build, that another will live, they will not plant, that the other will eat; For the days of my people shall be as the days of the tree, and my elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23 They will not work in vain and bear children on the mountain; For they shall be a seed blessed from the Lord, and their descendants with them.
24 And it shall be, before they cry, I will answer; They will speak, and I will already hear.
25 The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, and the dust will be food for the snake: they will not cause harm and harm in all my holy mountain, says the Lord.

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