651 "I permitted Myself to be sought by 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 did not call on My name . 2 " I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people , Who walk in the way which is not good , following their own thoughts , 3 A people who continually provoke Me to My face , Offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on bricks ; 4 Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places ; Who eat swine's flesh , And the broth of unclean meat is in their pots . 5 "Who say , ' Keep to yourself, do not come near me, For I am holier than you!' These are smoke in My nostrils , A fire that burns all the day . 6 "Behold , it is written before Me, I will not keep silent , but I will repay ; I will even repay into their bosom , 7 Both their own iniquities and the iniquities of their fathers together ," says the Lord . "Because they have burned incense on the mountains And scorned Me on the hills , Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom ."
8 Thus says the Lord , "As the new wine is found in the cluster , And one says , 'Do not destroy it, for there is benefit in it,' So I will act on behalf of My servants In order not to destroy all of them. 9 "I will bring forth offspring from Jacob , And an heir of My mountains from Judah ; Even My chosen ones shall inherit it, And My servants will dwell there . 10 " Sharon will be a pasture land for flocks , And the valley of Achor a resting place for herds , For My people who seek Me.
11 "But you who forsake the Lord , Who forget My holy mountain , Who set a table for Fortune , And who fill cups with mixed wine for Destiny , 12 I will destine you for the sword , And all of you will bow down to the slaughter . Because I called , but you did not answer ; I spoke , but you did not hear . And you did evil in My sight And chose that in which I did not delight ." 13 Therefore , thus says the Lord GOD , "Behold , My servants will eat , but you will be hungry . Behold , My servants will drink , but you will be thirsty . Behold , My servants will rejoice , but you will be put to shame . 14 "Behold , My servants will shout joyfully with a glad heart , But you will cry out with a heavy heart , And you will wail with a broken spirit . 15 "You will leave your name for a curse to My chosen ones , And the Lord GOD will slay you. But My servants will be called by another name . 16 "Because he who is blessed in the earth Will be blessed by the God of truth ; And he who swears in the earth Will swear by the God of truth ; Because the former troubles are forgotten , And because they are hidden from My sight !
17 "For behold , I create new heavens and a new earth ; And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind . 18 "But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create ; For behold , I create Jerusalem for rejoicing And her people for gladness . 19 "I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people ; And there will no longer be heard in her The voice of weeping and the sound of crying . 20 "No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days , Or an old man who does not live out his days ; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred Will be thought accursed . 21 "They will build houses and inhabit them; They will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit . 22 "They will not build and another inhabit , They will not plant and another eat ; For as the lifetime of a tree , so will be the days of My people , And My chosen ones will wear out the work of their hands . 23 "They will not labor in vain , Or bear children for calamity ; For they are the offspring of those blessed by the Lord , And their descendants with them. 24 "It will also come to pass that before they call , I will answer ; and while they are still speaking , I will hear . 25 "The wolf and the lamb will graze together , and the lion will eat straw like the ox ; and dust will be the serpent's food . They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain ," says the Lord .
