ISAIAH
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- 65I gave access to them that asked not for Me,
- I was at hand to them that sought Me not;
- I said: 'Behold Me, behold Me',
- Unto a nation that was not called by My name.
- 2I have spread out My hands all the day
- Unto a rebellious people,
- That walk in a way that is not good,
- After their own thoughts;
- 3A people that provoke Me
- To My face continually,
- That sacrifice in gardens,
- And burn incense upon bricks;
- 4That sit among the graves,
- And lodge in the vaults;
- That eat swine's flesh,
- And broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
- 5That say: 'Stand by thyself,
- Come not near to me, for I am holier than thou';
- These are a smoke in My nose,
- A fire that burneth all the day.
- 6Behold, it is written before Me;
- I will not keep silence, except I have requited,
- Yea, I will requite into their bosom,
- 7Your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together,
- Saith the Lord, that have offered upon the mountains,
- And blasphemed Me upon the hills;
- Therefore will I first measure their wage into their bosom.
- 8Thus saith the Lord:
- As, when wine is found in the cluster,
- One saith: 'Destroy it not,
- For a blessing is in it';
- So will I do for My servants' sakes,
- That I may not destroy all.
- 9And 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 servants shall dwell there.
- 10And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks,
- And the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in,
- For My people that have sought Me.
- 11But ye that forsake the Lord,
- That forget My holy mountain,
- That prepare a table for Fortune,
- And that offer mingled wine in full measure unto Destiny,
- 12I will destine you to the sword,
- And ye shall all bow down to the slaughter;
- Because when I called, ye did not answer,
- When I spoke, ye did not hear;
- But ye did that which was evil in Mine eyes,
- And chose that wherein I delighted not.
- 13Therefore 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;
- 14Behold, My servants shall sing
- For joy of heart,
- But ye shall cry for sorrow of heart,
- And shall wail for vexation of spirit.
- 15And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto Mine elect:
- 'So may the Lord God slay thee';
- But He shall call His servants by another name;
- 16So that he who blesseth himself in the earth
- Shall bless himself by the God of truth;
- And he that sweareth in the earth
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