| 1: 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. |
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| 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; |
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A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face;
that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
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| 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; |
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| 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. |
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| 6: Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but
will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, |
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| 7: Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together,
saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and
blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work
into their bosom. |
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| 8: Thus saith the LORD, 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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.
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| 11: But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy
mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the
drink offering unto that number. |
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| 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. |
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| 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: |
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| 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. |
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| 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:
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| 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. |
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| 17: For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the
former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 20: There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old
man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred
years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
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| 21: And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall
plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. |
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| 22: They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not
plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my
people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. |
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| 23: They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble;
for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring
with them. |
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| 24: And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will
answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. |
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| 25: The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall
eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They
shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD. |
