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Isaiah 65

A Rebellious People

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"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.

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aI have spread out My hands all day long to a  brebellious people, Who walk in the way which is not good,  1following their own  cthoughts,

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A people who continually  aprovoke Me to My face, Offering sacrifices in  bgardens and  cburning incense on bricks;

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Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places; Who  aeat swine's flesh, And the broth of unclean meat is in their pots.

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"Who say, ` aKeep 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.

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"Behold, it is written before Me, I will  anot keep silent, but  bI will repay; I will even repay into their bosom,

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Both  1their own  ainiquities and the iniquities of their fathers together," says the LORD. "Because they have  bburned incense on the mountains And  cscorned Me on the hills, Therefore I will  dmeasure their former work into their bosom."

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Thus says the LORD, "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 on behalf of My servants In order  anot to destroy  2all of them.

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"I will bring forth  aoffspring from Jacob, And an  bheir of My mountains from Judah; Even  cMy chosen ones shall inherit it, And  dMy servants will dwell there.

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aSharon will be a pasture land for flocks, And the  bvalley of Achor a resting place for herds, For My people who  cseek Me.

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"But you who  aforsake the LORD, Who forget My  bholy mountain, Who set a table for  1Fortune, And who fill cups with mixed wine for  2Destiny,

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I will destine you for the  asword, And all of you will bow down to the  bslaughter. Because I called, but you  cdid 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."

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Therefore, thus says the Lord  1GOD, "Behold, My servants will  aeat, but you will be  bhungry. Behold, My servants will  cdrink, but you will be  dthirsty. Behold, My servants will  erejoice, but you will be  fput to shame.

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"Behold, My servants will  ashout joyfully with a glad heart, But you will  bcry out with a  1heavy heart, And you will wail with a broken spirit.

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"You will leave your name for a  acurse to My chosen ones, And the Lord  1GOD will slay you. But  2My servants will be called by  banother name.

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"Because he who  1is blessed in the earth Will  1be blessed by the  aGod of truth; And he who swears in the earth Will  bswear 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

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"For behold, I create  anew heavens and a new earth; And the  bformer things will not be remembered or come to  1mind.

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"But be  aglad and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing And her people for gladness.

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"I will also  arejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people; And there will no longer be heard in her The voice of  bweeping and the sound of crying.

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"No longer will there be  1in it an infant who lives but a few days, Or an old man who does  anot  2live out his days; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred And the  3 bone who does not reach the age of one hundred Will be thought accursed.

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"They will  abuild houses and inhabit them; They will also  bplant vineyards and eat their fruit.

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"They will not build and  aanother inhabit, They will not plant and another eat; For  bas the  1lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, And My chosen ones will  cwear out the work of their hands.

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"They will  anot labor in vain, Or bear children for calamity; For they are the  1 boffspring of those blessed by the LORD, And their descendants with them.

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"It will also come to pass that before they call, I will  aanswer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

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"The  awolf and the lamb will graze together, and the  blion will eat straw like the ox; and  cdust will be the serpent's food. They will  ddo no evil or harm in all My  eholy mountain," says the LORD.



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