| 1 | "I was sought by those who did not 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 My name. |
| 2 | I have stretched out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in a way that is not good, According to their own thoughts; |
| 3 | A people who provoke Me to anger continually to My face; Who sacrifice in gardens, And burn incense on altars of brick; |
| 4 | Who sit among the graves, And spend the night in the tombs; Who eat swine`s flesh, And the broth of abominable things is in their vessels; |
| 5 | Who say, `Keep to yourself, Do not come near me, For I am holier than you!` These are smoke in My nostrils, A fire that burns all the day. |
| 6 | "Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silence, but will repay-- Even repay into their bosom-- |
| 7 | Your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together," Says the Lord, "Who have burned incense on the mountains And blasphemed Me on the hills; Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom." |
| 8 | Thus says the Lord: "As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one says, `Do not destroy it, For a blessing is in it,` So will I do for My servants` sake, That I may not destroy them all. |
| 9 | I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, And from Judah an heir of My mountains; My elect shall inherit it, And My servants shall dwell there. |
| 10 | Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, And the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down, For My people who have sought Me. |
| 11 | "But you are those who forsake the Lord, Who forget My holy mountain, Who prepare a table for Gad, And who furnish a drink offering for Meni. |
| 12 | Therefore I will number you for the sword, And you shall all bow down to the slaughter; Because, when I called, you did not answer; When I spoke, you did not hear, But did evil before My eyes, And chose that in which I do not delight." |
| 13 | Therefore thus says the Lord God: "Behold, My 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 ashamed; |
| 14 | Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart, But you shall cry for sorrow of heart, And wail for grief of spirit. |
| 15 | You shall leave your name as a curse to My chosen; For the Lord God will slay you, And call His servants by another name; |
| 16 | So that he who blesses himself in the earth Shall bless himself in the God of truth; And he who swears in the earth Shall swear by the God of truth; Because the former troubles are forgotten, And because they are hidden from My eyes. |
| 17 | "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind. |
| 18 | But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing, And her people a joy. |
| 19 | I will rejoice in Jerusalem, And joy in My people; The voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her, Nor the voice of crying. |
| 20 | "No more shall an infant from there live but a few days, Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days; For the child shall die one hundred years old, But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed. |
| 21 | They shall build houses and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. |
| 22 | They shall not build and another inhabit; They shall not plant and another eat; For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people, And My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. |
| 23 | They shall not labor in vain, Nor bring forth children for trouble; For they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord, And their offspring with them. |
| 24 | "It shall come to pass That before they call, I will answer; And while they are still speaking, I will hear. |
| 25 | The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, The lion shall eat straw like the ox, And dust shall be the serpent`s food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain," Says the Lord. |