Isa 65 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me ; I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me. I said , ‘ Here am I, here am I,’ To a nation which did not call on My name .

Isaiah 65

A Rebellious People

1 “I permitted Myself to be sought by ^athose who did not ask for Me;
I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me.
I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,’
To a nation which ^bdid not call on My name.
2 ^c“I have spread out My hands all day long to a ^drebellious people,
Who walk in the way which is not good, ^{▼▼ Lit after}following their own ^fthoughts,
3 A people who continually ^gprovoke Me to My face,
Offering sacrifices in ^hgardens and ⁱburning incense on bricks;
4 Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places;
Who ^jeat swine’s flesh,
And the broth of unclean meat is in their pots.
5 “Who say, ‘ ^kKeep to yourself, do not come near me,
For I am holier than you!’
These are smoke in My ^{▼▼ Lit nose}nostrils,
A fire that burns all the day.
6 “Behold, it is written before Me,
I will ^mnot keep silent, but ⁿI will repay;
I will even repay into their bosom,
7 Both ^{▼▼ Lit your}their own ^piniquities and the iniquities of their fathers together,” says the Lord.
“Because they have ^qburned incense on the mountains
And ^rscorned Me on the hills,
Therefore I will ^smeasure 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 there is ^{▼▼ Lit blessing}benefit in it,’
So I will act on behalf of My servants
In order ^unot to destroy ^{▼▼ Lit the whole}all of them.
9 “I will bring forth ^woffspring from Jacob,
And an ^xheir of My mountains from Judah;
Even ^yMy chosen ones shall inherit it,
And ^zMy servants will dwell there.
10 ^aa“Sharon will be a pasture land for flocks,
And the ^abvalley of Achor a resting place for herds,
For My people who ^acseek Me.
11 “But you who ^adforsake the Lord,
Who forget My ^aeholy mountain,
Who set a table for ^{▼▼ Heb Gad}Fortune,
And who fill cups with mixed wine for ^{▼▼ Heb Meni}Destiny,
12 I will destine you for the ^ahsword,
And all of you will bow down to the ^aislaughter.
Because I called, but you ^ajdid not answer;
I spoke, but you did not hear.
And you did evil in My sight
And chose that in which I did not delight.”

13 Therefore, thus says the Lord ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God, “Behold, My servants will ^aleat, but you will be ^amhungry.
Behold, My servants will ^andrink, but you will be ^aothirsty.
Behold, My servants will ^aprejoice, but you will be ^aqput to shame.
14 “Behold, My servants will ^arshout joyfully with a glad heart,
But you will ^ascry out with a ^{▼▼ Lit pain of}heavy heart,
And you will wail with a broken spirit.
15 “You will leave your name for a ^aucurse to My chosen ones,
And the Lord ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God will slay you.
But ^{▼▼ So with Gr; Heb He will call His servants}My servants will be called by ^axanother name.
16 “Because he who ^{▼▼ Or bless(es) himself}is blessed in the earth
Will ^{▼▼ Or bless(es) himself}be blessed by the ^baGod of truth;
And he who swears in the earth
Will ^bbswear by the God of truth;
Because the former troubles are forgotten,
And because they are hidden from My sight!

New Heavens and a New Earth

17 “For behold, I create ^bcnew heavens and a new earth;
And the ^bdformer things will not be remembered or come to ^{▼▼ Lit heart}mind.
18 “But be ^bfglad and rejoice forever in what I create;
For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing
And her people for gladness.
19 “I will also ^bgrejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people;
And there will no longer be heard in her
The voice of ^bhweeping and the sound of crying.
20 “No longer will there be ^{▼▼ Lit from there}in it an infant who lives but a few days,
Or an old man who does ^bjnot ^{▼▼ Lit fill out}live out his days;
For the youth will die at the age of one hundred
And the ^{▼▼ Lit one who misses the mark
,} ^bmone who does not reach the age of one hundred
Will be thought accursed.
21 “They will ^bnbuild houses and inhabit them;
They will also ^boplant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 “They will not build and ^bpanother inhabit,
They will not plant and another eat;
For ^bqas the ^{▼▼ Lit days}lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people,
And My chosen ones will ^bswear out the work of their hands.
23 “They will ^btnot labor in vain,
Or bear children for calamity;
For they are the ^{▼▼ Lit seed
,} ^bvoffspring of those blessed by the Lord,
And their descendants with them.

24 “It will also come to pass that before they call, I will ^bwanswer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear. 25 “The ^bxwolf and the lamb will graze together, and the ^bylion will eat straw like the ox; and ^bzdust will be the serpent’s food. They will ^cado no evil or harm in all My ^cbholy mountain,” says the Lord.