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Isaiah 65:7-9
New English Translation
Isaiah 65:7-9
New English Translation
7 for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,”[a] says the Lord.
“Because they burned incense on the mountains
and offended[b] me on the hills,
I will punish them in full measure.”[c]
8 This is what the Lord says:
“When[d] juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes,
someone says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for it contains juice.’[e]
So I will do for the sake of my servants—
I will not destroy everyone.[f]
9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,
and from Judah people to take possession of my mountains.
My chosen ones will take possession of the land;[g]
my servants will live there.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 65:7 tn Heb “the iniquities of your fathers.”
- Isaiah 65:7 tn Or perhaps, “taunted”; KJV “blasphemed”; NAB “disgraced”; NASB “scorned”; NIV “defied”; NRSV “reviled.”
- Isaiah 65:7 tn Heb “I will measure out their pay [from the] beginning into their lap,” i.e., he will give them everything they have earned.
- Isaiah 65:8 tn Heb “just as.” In the Hebrew text the statement is one long sentence, “Just as…, so I will do….”
- Isaiah 65:8 tn Heb “for a blessing is in it.”
- Isaiah 65:8 tn Heb “by not destroying everyone.”
- Isaiah 65:9 tn Heb “it.” The third feminine singular pronominal suffix probably refers to the land that contains the aforementioned mountains.
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