Isaiah - Chapter 65 | King James Version (KJV)

  • 1. I am sought of {cf15I them that} asked not {cf15I for me}; I am found of {cf15I them that} sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation {cf15I that} was not called by my name.
  • 2. I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way {cf15I that was} not good, after their own thoughts;
  • 3. A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
  • 4. Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable {cf15I things is in} their vessels;
  • 5. Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These {cf15I are} a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
  • 6. Behold, {cf15I it is} written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
  • 7. Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
  • 8. Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and {cf15I one} saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing {cf15I is} in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
  • 9. And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
  • 10. And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
  • 11. But ye {cf15I are} they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.
  • 12. Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose {cf15I that} wherein I delighted not.
  • 13. Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
  • 14. Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
  • 15. And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
  • 16. That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
  • 17. For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
  • 18. But be ye glad and rejoice for ever {cf15I in that} which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
  • 19. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
  • 20. There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner {cf15I being} an hundred years old shall be accursed.
  • 21. And they shall build houses, and inhabit {cf15I them}; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
  • 22. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree {cf15I are} the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
  • 23. They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they {cf15I are} the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
  • 24. And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
  • 25. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust {cf15I shall be} the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
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