65:1 “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.
65:2 I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people,
Who walk in the way which is not good, ①following their own thoughts,
▷ ①Lit after
65:3 A people who continually provoke Me to My face,
Offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on bricks;
65:4 Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places;
Who eat pig’s flesh,
And the broth of unclean meat is in their pots.
65:5 Who say, ‘Keep to yourself, do not come near me,
For I am holier than you!’
These are smoke in My ①nostrils,
A fire that burns all the day.
▷ ①Lit nose
65:6 Behold, it is written before Me:
I will not keep silent, but I will repay;
I will even repay ①into their laps,
▷ ①I.e., individually and fully
65:7 Both your own wrongdoings and the wrongdoings of your fathers together,” says the LORD.
“Because they have burned incense on the mountains
And scorned Me on the hills,
Therefore I will measure their former work ①into their laps.”
▷ ①I.e., individually and fully
65:8 This is what the LORD says:
“Just as the new wine is found in the cluster,
And one says, ‘Do not destroy it, for there is ①benefit in it,’
So I will act in behalf of My servants
In order not to destroy ②all of them.
▷ ①Lit blessing ②Lit the whole
65:9 I will bring forth ①offspring from Jacob,
And an heir of My mountains from Judah;
My chosen ones shall inherit it,
And My servants will live there.
▷ ①Lit seed
65:10 Sharon will be a pasture land for flocks,
And the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds,
For My people who seek Me.
65:11 But as for you who abandon the LORD,
Who forget My holy mountain,
Who set a table for ①Fortune,
And fill a jug of mixed wine for ②Destiny,
▷ ①Heb Gad ②Heb Meni
65:12 I will destine you for the sword,
And all of you will bow down to the slaughter.
Because I called, but you did not answer;
I spoke, but you did not listen.
Instead, you did evil in My sight
And chose that in which I did not delight.”
65:13 Therefore, this is what the Lord ①GOD says:
“Behold, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry.
Behold, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty.
Behold, My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
▷ ①Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD
65:14 Behold, My servants will shout joyfully with a glad heart,
But you will cry out from a painful heart,
And you will wail from a broken spirit.
65:15 You will leave your name as a curse to My chosen ones,
And the Lord ①GOD will put you to death.
But ②My servants will be called by another name.
▷ ①Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD ②As in LXX; MT He will call His servants
65:16 Because the one who ①is blessed on the earth
Will ②be blessed by the God of truth;
And the one who swears an oath on the earth
Will swear by the God of truth;
Because the former troubles are forgotten,
And because they are hidden from My sight!
▷ ①Or bless(es) himself ②Or bless(es) himself
65:17 “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth;
And the former things will not be remembered or come to ①mind.
▷ ①Lit heart
65:18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create;
For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing
And her people for gladness.
65:19 I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people;
And there will no longer be heard in her
The voice of weeping and the sound of crying.
65:20 No longer will there be ①in it an infant who lives only a few days,
Or an old person who does not ②live out his days;
For the youth will die at the age of a hundred,
And the ③one who does not reach the age of a hundred
Will be thought accursed.
▷ ①Lit from there ②Lit fill out ③Lit one who misses the mark
65:21 They will build houses and inhabit them;
They will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
65:22 They will not build and another inhabit,
They will not plant and another eat;
For as the ①lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people,
And My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.
▷ ①Lit days
65:23 They will not labor in vain,
Or give birth to children for disaster;
For they are the ①descendants of those blessed by the LORD,
And their descendants with them.
▷ ①Lit seed
65:24 It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; while they are still speaking, I will listen.
65:25 The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil or harm on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.