Isa 65 | AB | STEP | I became manifest to them that asked not for Me; I was found by them that sought Me not; I said, Behold, I am here , to a nation who called not on My name.

‏ Isaiah 65

1 I became manifest to them that asked not for Me; I was found by them that sought Me not; I said, Behold, I am here, to a nation who called not on My name. 2 I have stretched forth My hands all day to a disobedient and gainsaying people, to them that walked in a way that was not good, but after their sins. 3 This is the people that provokes Me continually in My presence; they offer sacrifices in gardens, and burn incense on bricks to demons, which exist not. 4 They lie down to sleep in the tombs and in the caves for the sake of dreams, even they that eat swine's flesh, and the broth of their sacrifices; all their vessels are defiled; 5 who say, Depart from me, draw not near to me, for I am pure. This is the smoke of My wrath, a fire burns with it continually. 6 Behold, it is written before Me; I will not be silent until I have recompensed into their bosom, 7 their sins and the sins of their fathers, says the Lord, who have burned incense on the mountains, and reproached Me on the hills; I will recompense their works into their bosom. 8 Thus says the Lord: As the new wine shall be found in the cluster, and they shall say, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it; so will I do for the sake of him that serves Me, for his sake I will not destroy them all. 9 And I will lead forth the seed that came of Jacob and of Judah, and they shall inherit My holy mountain; and My elect and My servants shall inherit it, and shall dwell there. 10 And there shall be in the forest folds of flocks, and the valley of Achor shall be for a resting place of herds for My people, who have sought Me. 11 But you are they that have left Me, and forget My holy mountain, and prepare a table for the devil, and fill up the drink offering to Fortune. 12 I will deliver you up to the sword, you shall all fall by slaughter; for I called you, and you hearkened not; I spoke, and you refused to hear; and you did evil in My sight, and chose the things in which I do not delight. 13 Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, My servants shall eat, but you shall hunger; behold, My servants shall drink, but you shall thirst; behold, My servants shall rejoice, but you shall be ashamed; 14 behold, My servants shall exalt with joy, but you shall cry for the sorrow of your heart, and shall howl for the vexation of your spirit. 15 For you shall leave your name for a loathing to My chosen, and the Lord shall destroy you; but My servants shall be called by a new name, 16 which shall be blessed on the earth; for they shall bless the true God; and they that swear upon the earth shall swear by the true God; for they shall forget the former affliction, it shall not come into their mind. 17 For there shall be a new heaven and a new earth; and they shall not at all remember the former, neither shall they at all come into their mind. 18 But they shall find in her joy and exaltation; for behold, I make Jerusalem a rejoicing, and My people a joy. 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and will be glad in My people; and there shall no more be heard in her the voice of weeping, or the voice of crying. 20 Neither shall there be there anymore a child that dies untimely, or an old man who shall not complete his time; for the youth shall be a hundred years old, and the sinner who dies at a hundred years shall also be accursed; 21 and they shall build houses, and they shall dwell in them; and they shall plant vineyards, and shall eat its fruit. 22 They shall by no means build, and others inhabit; and they shall by no means plant, and others eat; for as the days of the tree of life shall be the days of My people, they shall long enjoy the fruits of their labors. 23 My elect shall not toil in vain; neither shall they beget children to be cursed; for they are a seed blessed of God, and their offspring with them. 24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will hearken to them; while they are yet speaking, I will say, What is it? 25 Then wolves and lambs shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and earth shall be the serpent's bread. They shall not injure nor destroy on My holy mountain, says the Lord.