Isaiah 65:10-12

Contemporary English Version

¹⁰^(A) My people will worship me.
Then the coastlands of Sharon
    and the land as far
    as Achor Valley^[a]
will turn into pastureland
where cattle and sheep
    will feed and rest.

¹¹What will I, the Lord, do
if any of you reject me
    and my holy mountain?
What will happen to you
    for offering food and wine
to the gods you call
    “Good Luck” and “Fate”?
¹²Your luck will end!
I will see to it that you
    are slaughtered with swords.
You refused to answer
    when I called out;
you paid no attention
    to my instructions.
Instead, you did what I hated,
    knowing it was wrong.

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Footnotes

65.10 coastlands of Sharon … Achor Valley: Sharon is the coastal plain on the west, and Achor Valley is in the east near Jericho. These two places stand for the whole country.