The Lord ’s Response
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I spread out My hands all day long
to a rebellious people(B)
who walk in the wrong path,
following their own thoughts.
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who walk in the wrong path,
following their own thoughts.
They say, ‘Keep to yourself,
don’t come near me, for I am too holy for you!’
These practices are smoke in My nostrils,
a fire that burns all day long.
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don’t come near me, for I am too holy for you!’
These practices are smoke in My nostrils,
a fire that burns all day long.
8 The Lord says this:
As the new wine is found in a bunch of grapes,
and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it,
for there’s some good(g) in it,’
so I will act because of My servants
and not destroy them all.
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11 and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it,
for there’s some good(g) in it,’
so I will act because of My servants
and not destroy them all.
But you who abandon the Lord,
who forget My holy mountain,
who prepare a table for Fortune
and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,(h)
12 who forget My holy mountain,
who prepare a table for Fortune
and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,(h)
I will destine you for the sword,
and all of you will kneel down to be slaughtered,
because I called and you did not answer,
I spoke and you did not hear;
you did what was evil in My sight
and chose what I did not delight in.(O)
and all of you will kneel down to be slaughtered,
because I called and you did not answer,
I spoke and you did not hear;
you did what was evil in My sight
and chose what I did not delight in.(O)
13 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:
My servants will eat,
but you will be hungry;
My servants will drink,
but you will be thirsty;
My servants will rejoice,
but you will be put to shame.
14 but you will be hungry;
My servants will drink,
but you will be thirsty;
My servants will rejoice,
but you will be put to shame.
My servants will shout for joy from a glad heart,
but you will cry out from an anguished heart,
and you will lament out of a broken spirit.
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16 but you will cry out from an anguished heart,
and you will lament out of a broken spirit.
Whoever is blessed in the land
will be blessed by the God of truth,(R)
and whoever swears in the land
will swear by the God of truth.
For the former troubles will be forgotten
and hidden from My sight.
will be blessed by the God of truth,(R)
and whoever swears in the land
will swear by the God of truth.
For the former troubles will be forgotten
and hidden from My sight.
A New Creation
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“For I will create a new heaven and a new earth;(S)
the past events will not be remembered or come to mind.
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Then be glad and rejoice forever
in what I am creating;
for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy
and its people to be a delight.
19 in what I am creating;
for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy
and its people to be a delight.
I will rejoice in Jerusalem
and be glad in My people.
The sound of weeping and crying
will no longer be heard in her.(T)
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22 and be glad in My people.
The sound of weeping and crying
will no longer be heard in her.(T)
They will not build and others live in them;
they will not plant and others eat.
For My people’s lives will be
like the lifetime of a tree.(W)
My chosen ones will fully enjoy
the work of their hands.
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they will not plant and others eat.
For My people’s lives will be
like the lifetime of a tree.(W)
My chosen ones will fully enjoy
the work of their hands.
Footnotes:
a.
Isaiah 65:1: LXX, Syr, DSS, Tg read ask for Me
b.
Isaiah 65:1: LXX, Syr, DSS, Tg, Vg read that did not call on
c.
Isaiah 65:4: These vv. describe pagan worship.
d.
Isaiah 65:6: Lit repay into their lap
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Isaiah 65:7: LXX, Syr read [for] their iniquities and the iniquities of their
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Isaiah 65:7: Lit reward into their lap
g.
Isaiah 65:8: Or there’s a blessing
h.
Isaiah 65:11: Pagan gods
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Isaiah 65:20: Lit her, no longer infant of days
j.
Isaiah 65:25: Lit as one
Cross references:
O.
Isaiah 65:12:
2 Chronicles 36:15-16; Proverbs 1:24; Isaiah 41:28; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 66:4; Jeremiah 7:13
AB.
Isaiah 65:25:
Genesis 3:14