Isa 65 | EngLXX | STEP | I became manifest to them that asked not for me; I was found of 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 of them that sought me not:I said, Behold, I amhere, 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 themthat 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 sacrificesin gardens, and burn incense on bricks to devils, 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 oftheir 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 theirbosom, 7 their sins andthe sins of their fathers, says the Lord, who have burnt incense on the mountains, and reproachedme on the hills: I will recompense their works into their bosom. 8 Thus says the Lord, As a grape-stone 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 sakeI will not destroythem all. 9 And I will lead forth the seedthat came of Jacob and of Juda, and they shall inherit my holy mountain: and mine elect andmy servants shall inherit it, and shall dwell there. 10 And there shall be in the forest folds of flocks, and the valley of Achorshall 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 tablefor 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 thethings wherein I delighted not. 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 exult 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 destroyyou: 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 thatswear upon the earth shall swear by the true God; for they shall forget the former affliction, it shallnot come into their mind. 17 For there shall be a new heaven and a new earth: and they shall not at all remember theformer, neither shall they at all come into their mind. 18 But they shall find in her joy and exultation; 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 morebe heard in her the voice of weeping, or the voice of crying. 20 Neither shall there be there any more achild that dies untimely, or an old man who shall not complete his time: for the youth shallbe a hundred yearsold, and the sinner who dies at a hundred years shall also be accursed: 21 and they shall build houses, and themselves shall dwell inthem; and they shall plant vineyards, and themselves shall eat the fruit thereof. 22 They shall by no means build, and others inhabit; and they shall by no means plant, andothers eat: for as the days of the tree of life shall be the days of my people, they shall long enjoythe fruits of their labors. 23 My chosen shall not toil in vain, neither shall they beget children to be cursed; forthey 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, Whatis it? 25 Then wolves and lambs shall feed together, and the lion shall eat chaff like the ox,and the serpent earth as bread. They shall not injure nor destroy in my holy mountain, says the Lord.