“I am sought of them that ask 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.”
Isaiah 65
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1"I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, 'Here I am! Here I am!'
“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.”
“I am thought of them That ask not for me. I am found of them That stop me not. I said behold me. Behold me unto a nation That was not called by my name.”
2All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,
“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,”
“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.”
“I have spread out my hands all day long to a rebellious people who walk in the way which is not good following their own thoughts.”
“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,”
“I have spread out My hands all the day long to rebellious people which walked in a way that was not good after their own thoughts,”
“I spread out my hands All the day Unto rebellious people Which walketh in a way That was not good After their own thought.”
3to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,
“people that provoke Me to anger continually to My face, that sacrificed in the gardens and burned incense upon the altars of brick,”
“a people who provoke me to anger continually to my faith. Notice. Who sacrifice in gardens and burn incense on altars of brick.”
“a people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face, that sacrifice in gardens and burn incense upon altars of bricks.”
4sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.
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5They say, 'Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!' Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
“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.”
“Which say stand by thyself. Come not near to me For I am holier than thou. These are the smoke in my nose The fire that burneth all the day.”
6Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,
“Behold, it is written before me, I will not keep silence, but I will repay, even repay into their bosom”
“Behold it is written before me. I will not keep silence But will recompense even And recompense unto their bosoms.”
“Behold, it is written before Me, I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense to their bosom.”
7both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers," says the LORD. "Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds."
“Your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, which have burned incense upon the mountains and blaspheme Me upon the hills, therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.”
“Your iniquities And the iniquities of your fathers Together saith the Lord Which burn incense upon the mountains And blaspheme me upon the hills. Therefore will I measure Their former work unto their bosoms.”
8This is what the LORD says: "As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, 'Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,' so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.
“Thus saith the Lord, as the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, destroy it not, for there is a blessing in it, so will I do for My servants' sake that I may not destroy them all.”
“Thus saith the Lord As the new wine is found in the cluster And one saith destroy it not For the blessing is in it. So will I do for my servant's sake That I may not destroy them all.”
9And I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and heirs from Judah; My elect will possess My mountains, and My servants will dwell there.
“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 servant shall dwell there.”
“I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob and out of Judah, an inheritance of my mountains, and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.”
10Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.
“and Sharon shall be a fold of flocks and the valley of a core watch a Place for the herds to lie down in for my people that have sought me.”
11But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
“But you who forsake the Lord, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for fortune and fill cups of mixed wine for destiny,”
“but ye are they that forsook the Lord, that forget My holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.”
12I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight."
“I will destine you to the sword, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter. Because when I called, you did not answer. Well, when the Lord called, Peter answered. When I spoke, you did not listen. What you did was evil in My…”
13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
“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.”
14My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.
“Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and ye shall howl for the vexation of spirit,”
15You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.
“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.".”
“you will leave your name for a curse to my chosen one. And the Lord God will slay you, but my servants will be called by another name.”
“shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen. For the Lord God shall slay thee and call his servants by another name.”
16Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.
“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…”
“That he that 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 my…”
17For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth. And the former shall not be remembered nor come into mind.”
“for behold, I create new heavens and a new earth and the former shall not be remembered nor come into mind.”
“Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth and the former shall not be remembered or come into mind.”
“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth. The former shall not be remembered nor come into mind,”
“behold, I create a new heavens and a new earth and the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind.”
18But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.
“Be ye glad and rejoice forever in that I create, for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing and her people a joy.”
19I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.
“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.”
“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.”
“I will rejoice in Jerusalem. I'll joy in my people. The voice of weeping shall no more be heard in her. Nor the voice of crying.”
20No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
“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 100 years old, but the sinner being 100 years old shall be accursed.”
“There shall be no more sense 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,”
21They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
“They shall build houses and inhabit them. They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.”
“And they shall build houses and inhabit them. They shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.”
“They shall build houses and inhabit them. They shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit”
“They shall build houses and inhabit them. They shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit”
22No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.
“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 so long enjoy the work of their hands,”
“They shall not build and another inhabit. They shall not plant and another eat. For if the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands,”
“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 plural of their hands.”
“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 the people and my elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.”
“They shall not build in another inhabit. They shall not plant in another eat for the days of a tree. So shall be the days of my people and my elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.”
23They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD— they and their descendants with them.
“They shall not labor in vain nor bring forth for trouble for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord and their offspring with them”
“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”
“they shall not labor, nor vain, nor bring forth for trouble, for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.”
24Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
“and it shall come to pass that before they call I will answer. And while they are yet speaking I will hear.”
“It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.”
“It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer. And while they are still speaking, I will hear.”
“it will also come to pass that before they call I will answer and while they are still speaking I will hear.”
“and it shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer. And while they are yet speaking, I will hear.”
“before they call, I will answer. And while they are yet speaking, I will hear.”
25The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain," says the LORD.
“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.”
“the wolf and the lamb shall feed together and the lion shall eat straw like the ox and the dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, says the Lord.”
“The wolf and the lamb shall feed together. Beautiful kingdom age. The lion shall eat straw like the bullock and the dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.”