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fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
12
Wilt thou refrain thyself for these
things,
O L
ORD
?
wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
CHAPTER 65
I am sought of
them that
asked not
for me;
I am found of
them that
sought me not: I said, Behold
me, behold me, unto a nation
that
was not called by my name.
2
I have spread out my hands all the
day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way
that was
not good, after their own thoughts;
3
A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth
incense upon altars of brick;
4
Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which
eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable
things is in
their vessels;
5
Which 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.
6
Behold,
it is
written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even
recompense into their bosom,
7
Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith
the L
ORD
, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills:
therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
8
Thus saith the L
ORD
, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and
one
saith, Destroy it not; for
a blessing
is
in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
9
And 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.
10
And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley
of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
11
But ye
are
they that forsake the L
ORD
, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for
that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.
12
Therefore will I number you to
the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer;
when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose
that
wherein I delighted
not.
13
Therefore 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:
14
Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of
heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
15
And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my
chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
16
That he who
blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the
earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they
are hid from mine eyes.
17
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered,
nor come into mind.
18
But be ye glad and rejoice for ever
in that
which I create: for, behold, I
create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
19
And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my
people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
20
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