Isaiah

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.

² Who walk in the way which is not good, following their own thoughts,

³ Offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on bricks,

⁴ Who eat swine’s flesh, And the broth of offensive meat is in their pots,

⁵ For I am holier than you!’ These are smoke in My nostrils, A fire that burns all the day.

⁶ I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will even repay into their bosom,

⁷ “Because they have burned incense on the mountains And reproached Me on the hills, Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.”

⁸ And one says, ‘Do not make it a ruin, for there is benefit in it,’ So I will act on behalf of My slaves In order not to make all of them a ruin.

⁹ And a possessor of My mountains from Judah; Even My chosen ones shall possess it, And My slaves will dwell there.

¹⁰ And the valley of Achor a resting place for herds, For My people who seek Me.

¹¹ Who forget My holy mountain, Who set a table for Fortune, And who fill cups with mixed wine for Destiny,

¹² And all of you will bow down to the slaughter, Because I called, but you did not answer; I spoke, but you did not hear. And you did what was evil in My eyes And chose that in which I was not pleased.”

¹³ Behold, My slaves will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, My slaves will be glad, but you will be put to shame.

¹⁴ But you will cry out with a pained heart, And you will wail with a broken spirit.

¹⁵ And Lord Yahweh will put you to death. But My slaves will be called by another name,

¹⁶ Will be blessed by the God of truth, And he who swears in the earth Will swear by the God of truth; Because the former distresses are forgotten, And because they are hidden from My sight!

¹⁷ “For behold, I am creating a new heavens and a new earth; And the former things will not be remembered or come upon the heart.

¹⁸ For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing And her people for joy.

¹⁹ And there will no longer be heard in her The voice of weeping and the voice of crying.

²⁰ Or an old man who does not fulfill his days; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred, And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred Will be thought accursed.

²¹ They will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

²² They will not plant and another eat; For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, And My chosen ones will wear out the work of their hands.

²³ Or bear children for terror; For they are the seed of those blessed by Yahweh, And their offspring with them.

²⁴ And it will be that before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

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 nor act corruptly in all My holy mountain,” says Yahweh.