Isaiah 65

New American Standard Bible

65 “I permitted Myself to be sought by ^(A)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 ^(B)did not call on My name.
^2 (C)I have spread out My hands all day long to a ^(D)rebellious people,
Who walk in the way which is not good, ^[a]following their own ^(E)thoughts,
³ A people who continually ^(F)provoke Me to My face,
Offering sacrifices in ^(G)gardens and ^(H)burning incense on bricks;
⁴ Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places;
Who ^(I)eat pig’s flesh,
And the broth of unclean meat is in their pots.
⁵ Who say, ‘^(J)Keep to yourself, do not come near me,
For I am holier than you!’
These are smoke in My ^[b]nostrils,
A fire that burns all the day.
⁶ Behold, it is written before Me:
I will ^(K)not keep silent, but ^(L)I will repay;
I will even repay ^[c]into their laps,
⁷ Both your own ^(M)wrongdoings and the wrongdoings of your fathers together,” says the Lord.
“Because they have ^(N)burned incense on the mountains
And ^(O)scorned Me on the hills,
Therefore I will ^(P)measure their former work ^[d]into their laps.”

“Just as the new wine is found in the cluster,
And one says, ‘Do not destroy it, for there is ^[e]benefit in it,’
So I will act in behalf of My servants
In order ^(Q)not to destroy ^[f]all of them.
⁹ I will bring forth ^[g](R)offspring from Jacob,
And an ^(S)heir of My mountains from Judah;
^(T)My chosen ones shall inherit it,
And ^(U)My servants will live there.
^10 (V)Sharon will be a pasture land for flocks,
And the ^(W)Valley of Achor a resting place for herds,
For My people who ^(X)seek Me.
¹¹ But as for you who ^(Y)abandon the Lord,
Who forget My ^(Z)holy mountain,
Who set a table for ^[h]Fortune,
And fill a jug of mixed wine for ^[i]Destiny,
¹² I will destine you for the ^(AA)sword,
And all of you will bow down to the ^(AB)slaughter.
Because I called, but you ^(AC)did not answer;
I spoke, but you did not listen.
Instead, you did evil in My sight
And chose that in which I did not delight.”

¹⁷ “For behold, I create ^(AP)new heavens and a new earth;
And the ^(AQ)former things will not be remembered or come to ^[o]mind.
¹⁸ But be ^(AR)glad and rejoice forever in what I create;
For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing
And her people for gladness.
¹⁹ I will also ^(AS)rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people;
And there will no longer be heard in her
The voice of ^(AT)weeping and the sound of crying.
²⁰ No longer will there be ^[p]in it an infant who lives only a few days,
Or an old person who does ^(AU)not ^[q]live out his days;
For the youth will die at the age of a hundred,
And the ^[r](AV)one who does not reach the age of a hundred
Will be thought accursed.
²¹ They will ^(AW)build houses and inhabit them;
They will also ^(AX)plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
²² They will not build and ^(AY)another inhabit,
They will not plant and another eat;
For ^(AZ)as the ^[s]lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people,
And My chosen ones will ^(BA)fully enjoy the work of their hands.
²³ They will ^(BB)not labor in vain,
Or give birth to children for disaster;
For they are the ^[t](BC)descendants of those blessed by the Lord,
And their descendants with them.