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Chapter 65
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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. |
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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; |
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A people that provoketh me to anger continually to
my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense
upon altars of brick; |
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Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments,
which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things
is in their vessels; |
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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. |
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Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence,
but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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
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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. |
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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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Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but
ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for
vexation of spirit. |
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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: |
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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. |
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For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth:
and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into
mind. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and
they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. |
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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. |
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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. |
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And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I
will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will
hear. |
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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. |
