I am sought of them
that asked not for me; I am found of them that
sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto
a nation that was not called by my name.
02 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a
rebellious people, which walketh in a way that
was not good, after their own thoughts;
03 A people that provoketh me to anger
continually to my face; that sacrificeth in
gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of
brick;
04 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in
the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth
of abominable things is in their vessels;
05 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to
me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke
in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
06 Behold, it is written before me: I will not
keep silence, but will recompense, even
recompense into their bosom,
07 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.
08 Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found
in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not;
for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my
servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
09 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 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 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:
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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 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 being an hundred years old
shall be accursed.
21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit 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 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 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 shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not
hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith
the Lord.
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