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Rebellious People |
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| Isaiah 65:1 |
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"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. |
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| Isaiah 65:2 |
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"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, |
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| Isaiah 65:3 |
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A people who continually provoke Me to My face,
Offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on bricks; |
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| Isaiah 65:4 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 65:5 |
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"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. |
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| Isaiah 65:6 |
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"Behold, it is written before Me, I will not
keep silent, but I will repay; I will even repay into their bosom, |
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| Isaiah 65:7 |
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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." |
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| Isaiah 65:8 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 65:9 |
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"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. |
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| Isaiah 65:10 |
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"Sharon will be a pasture land for flocks, And
the valley of Achor a resting place for herds, For My people who seek Me. |
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| Isaiah 65:11 |
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"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, |
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| Isaiah 65:12 |
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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." |
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| Isaiah 65:13 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 65:14 |
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"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. |
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| Isaiah 65:15 |
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"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. |
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| Isaiah 65:16 |
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"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! |
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New Heavens and a New Earth |
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| Isaiah 65:17 |
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"For behold, I create new heavens and a new
earth; And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind. |
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| Isaiah 65:18 |
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"But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create;
For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing And her people for gladness. |
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| Isaiah 65:19 |
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"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. |
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| Isaiah 65:20 |
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"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. |
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| Isaiah 65:21 |
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"They will build houses and inhabit them; They
will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit. |
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| Isaiah 65:22 |
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"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. |
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| Isaiah 65:23 |
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"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. |
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| Isaiah 65:24 |
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"It will also come to pass that before they
call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear. |
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| Isaiah 65:25 |
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"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. |
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