Isaiah 65
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g I was ready to be sought by h those who did not ask for me;
I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, "Here am I, here am I,"
to a nation that was not called by my name.
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i I spread out my hands all the day
to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good,
following their own devices;
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a people who provoke me
to my face continually,
j sacrificing in gardens
and making offerings on bricks;
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who sit in tombs,
and spend the night in secret places;
k who eat pig's flesh,
and broth of tainted meat is in their vessels;
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who say, "Keep to yourself,
do not come near me, for I am too holy for you."
l These are a smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that burns all the day.
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Behold, m it is written before me:
n "I will not keep silent, but I will repay;
o I will indeed repay into their bosom
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both your iniquities p and your fathers' iniquities together,
says the Lord;
q because they made offerings on the mountains
q and insulted me on the hills,
I will measure into their bosom
payment for their former deeds."
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Thus says the Lord:
r "As the new wine is found in the cluster,
and they say, 'Do not destroy it,
for there is a blessing in it,'
so I will do for my servants' sake,
s and not destroy them all.
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t I will bring forth offspring from Jacob,
and from Judah possessors of my mountains;
my chosen shall possess it,
and my servants shall dwell there.
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u Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks,
and v the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,
for my people w who have sought me.
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But x you who forsake the Lord,
who forget y my holy mountain,
who z set a table for Fortune
and z fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny,
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I will destine you to the sword,
and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter,
a because, when I called, you did not answer;
when I spoke, you did not listen,
b but you did what was evil in my eyes
and chose what I did not delight in."
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Therefore thus says the Lord God:
"Behold, c my servants shall eat,
but you shall be hungry;
behold, my servants shall drink,
but you shall be thirsty;
behold, my servants shall rejoice,
but you shall be put to shame;
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behold, d my servants shall sing for gladness of heart,
but you shall cry out for pain of heart
and shall wail for breaking of spirit.
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You shall leave your name to e my chosen f for a curse,
and the Lord God will put you to death,
but his servants g he will call by another name.
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So that he who h blesses himself in the land
shall bless himself by h the God of truth,
and he who takes an oath in the land
shall swear by i the God of truth;
j because the former troubles are forgotten
and are hidden from my eyes.
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"For behold, k I create new heavens
and a new earth,
and the former things shall not be remembered
or come into mind.
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But be glad and rejoice forever
in that which I create;
for behold, l I create Jerusalem to be a joy,
and her people to be a gladness.
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m I will rejoice in Jerusalem
and be glad in my people;
n no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping
and the cry of distress.
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No more shall there be in it
an infant who lives but a few days,
or an old man who does not fill out his days,
for o the young man shall die a hundred years old,
and p the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.
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q They shall build houses and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
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q They shall not build and another inhabit;
they shall not plant and another eat;
r for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
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s They shall not labor in vain
t or bear children for calamity,
for u they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord,
and their descendants with them.
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v Before they call I will answer;
w while they are yet speaking I will hear.
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x The wolf and the lamb shall graze together;
the lion shall eat straw like the ox,
and y dust shall be the serpent's food.
z They shall not hurt or destroy
in all my holy mountain,"
says the Lord.
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Romans 10:20
Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, "I have been found by those who did not seek me; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.
Ephesians 2:12 - 13
Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
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Isaiah 2:2 - 3
It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it.
Isaiah 18:7
At that time tribute will be brought to the Lord of hosts from a people tall and smooth, from a people feared near and far, a nation mighty and conquering, whose land the rivers divide, to Mount Zion, the place of the name of the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 19:19
In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the Lord at its border.
Isaiah 19:25
Whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, "Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance.
Zechariah 14:16
Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Booths.
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Romans 10:21
But of Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.
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Isaiah 1:29
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks that you desired; and you shall blush for the gardens that you have chosen.
Isaiah 66:17
Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one in the midst, eating pig's flesh and the abomination and mice, shall come to an end together, declares the Lord.
Isaiah 57:3 - 6
But you, draw near, sons of the sorceress, offspring of the adulterer and the loose woman.
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Isaiah 66:17
Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one in the midst, eating pig's flesh and the abomination and mice, shall come to an end together, declares the Lord.
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Isaiah 1:31
And the strong shall become tinder, and his work a spark, and both of them shall burn together, with none to quench them.
Isaiah 9:18
For wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briers and thorns; it kindles the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
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Jeremiah 2:22
Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me, declares the Lord God.
Jeremiah 17:1
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron; with a point of diamond it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of their altars.
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Psalms 50:3
Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest.
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Psalms 79:12
Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
Jeremiah 16:18
But first I will doubly repay their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.
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Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me.
Matthew 23:35
So that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
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Ezekiel 20:27 - 28
Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel and say to them, Thus says the Lord God : In this also your fathers blasphemed me, by dealing treacherously with me.
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Ezekiel 20:27 - 28
Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel and say to them, Thus says the Lord God : In this also your fathers blasphemed me, by dealing treacherously with me.
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Isaiah 17:6
Gleanings will be left in it, as when an olive tree is beaten - two or three berries in the top of the highest bough, four or five on the branches of a fruit tree, declares the Lord God of Israel.
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Isaiah 2:21
To enter the caverns of the rocks and the clefts of the cliffs, from before the terror of the Lord, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.
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Isaiah 27:6
In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit.
Isaiah 37:31
And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
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Isaiah 33:9
The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is confounded and withers away; Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
Isaiah 35:2
It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God.
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Hosea 2:15
And there I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.
Joshua 7:26
And they raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Then the Lord turned from his burning anger. Therefore, to this day the name of that place is called the Valley of Achor.
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Isaiah 51:1
Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the Lord : look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug.
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Joshua 24:20
If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm and consume you, after having done you good.
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Isaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain," says the Lord.
Joel 3:17
So you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who dwells in Zion, my holy mountain. And Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall never again pass through it.
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Ezekiel 23:41
You sat on a stately couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed my incense and my oil.
1 Corinthians 10:21
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
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Ezekiel 23:41
You sat on a stately couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed my incense and my oil.
1 Corinthians 10:21
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
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Isaiah 66:4
I also will choose harsh treatment for them and bring their fears upon them, because when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, they did not listen; but they did what was evil in my eyes and chose that in which I did not delight.
Proverbs 1:24
Because I have called and you refused to listen, have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded.
Jeremiah 7:13
And now, because you have done all these things, declares the Lord, and when I spoke to you persistently you did not listen, and when I called you, you did not answer.
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Isaiah 66:4
I also will choose harsh treatment for them and bring their fears upon them, because when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, they did not listen; but they did what was evil in my eyes and chose that in which I did not delight.
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Isaiah 55:1
Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Psalms 22:26
The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord! May your hearts live forever!
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Psalms 5:11
But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.
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Isaiah 65:9
I will bring forth offspring from Jacob, and from Judah possessors of my mountains; my chosen shall possess it, and my servants shall dwell there.
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Deuteronomy 28:37
And you shall become a horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the Lord will lead you away.
Jeremiah 29:22
Because of them this curse shall be used by all the exiles from Judah in Babylon: "The Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire.
Zechariah 8:13
And as you have been a byword of cursing among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing. Fear not, but let your hands be strong.
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Isaiah 62:2
The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will give.
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Jeremiah 4:2
And if you swear, 'As the Lord lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
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Jeremiah 4:2
And if you swear, 'As the Lord lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
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Deuteronomy 32:4
The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.
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Isaiah 43:18 - 19
Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old.
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Isaiah 66:22
For as the new heavens and the new earth that I make shall remain before me, says the Lord, so shall your offspring and your name remain.
2 Peter 3:13
But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Revelation 21:1
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
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Jeremiah 31:7
For thus says the Lord : "Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, and raise shouts for the chief of the nations; proclaim, give praise, and say, 'O Lord, save your people, the remnant of Israel.
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Isaiah 62:5
For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.
Isaiah 66:10
Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice with her in joy, all you who mourn over her.
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Isaiah 35:10
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Revelation 21:4
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.
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Proverbs 3:2
For length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.
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Ecclesiastes 8:12
Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him.
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Ezekiel 28:26
And they shall dwell securely in it, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall dwell securely, when I execute judgments upon all their neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.
Deuteronomy 28:30
You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall ravish her. You shall build a house, but you shall not dwell in it. You shall plant a vineyard, but you shall not enjoy its fruit.
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Isaiah 65:21
They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
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Psalms 92:12 - 14
The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
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Isaiah 49:4
But I said, "I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my right is with the Lord, and my recompense with my God.
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Deuteronomy 28:41
You shall father sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours, for they shall go into captivity.
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Isaiah 61:9
Their offspring shall be known among the nations, and their descendants in the midst of the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are an offspring the Lord has blessed.
Psalms 115:12 - 15
The Lord has remembered us; he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
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Psalms 32:5
I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord," and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
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Daniel 9:21
While I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice.
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Isaiah 11:6 - 7
The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.
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Genesis 3:14
The Lord God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.
Micah 7:17
They shall lick the dust like a serpent, like the crawling things of the earth; they shall come trembling out of their strongholds; they shall turn in dread to the Lord our God, and they shall be in fear of you.
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Isaiah 11:9
They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
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