A Rebellious People
“I permitted Myself to be sought by athose 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 bdid not call on My name.Rom 9:24-26; 10:20Is 63:19; Hos 1:102 “aI have spread out My hands all day long to a brebellious people,Who walk in the way which is not good, 1following their own cthoughts,Lit afterRom 10:21Is 1:2, 23; 30:1, 9Ps 81:11, 12; Is 59:7; 66:183 A people who continually aprovoke Me to My face,Offering sacrifices in bgardens and cburning incense on bricks;Job 1:11; 2:5; Is 3:8Is 1:29; 66:17Is 66:34 Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places;Who aeat pig’s flesh,And the broth of unclean meat is in their pots.Lev 11:7; Is 66:3, 175 “Who say, ‘aKeep to yourself, do not come near me,For I am holier than you!’These are smoke in My 1nostrils,A fire that burns all the day.Lit noseMatt 9:11; Luke 7:39; 18:9-126 “Behold, it is written before Me:I will anot keep silent, but bI will repay;I will even repay 1into their laps,I.e., individually and fullyPs 50:3, 21; Is 42:14; 64:12Jer 16:187 Both your own awrongdoings and the wrongdoings of your fathers together,” says the LORD.“Because they have bburned incense on the mountainsAnd cscorned Me on the hills,Therefore I will dmeasure their former work 1into their laps.”I.e., individually and fullyIs 13:11; 22:14; 26:21; 30:13, 14Is 57:7; Hos 2:13Ezek 20:27, 28Jer 5:29; 13:25
8 This is what the LORD says:“Just as the new wine is found in the cluster,And one says, ‘Do not destroy it, for there is 1benefit in it,’So I will act in behalf of My servantsIn order anot to destroy 2all of them.Lit blessingLit the wholeIs 1:9; 10:21, 22; 48:9
9 “I will bring forth 1aoffspring from Jacob,And an bheir of My mountains from Judah;cMy chosen ones shall inherit it,And dMy servants will live there.Lit seedIs 45:19, 25; Jer 31:36, 37Is 49:8; 60:21; Amos 9:11-15Is 57:13Is 32:1810 “aSharon will be a pasture land for flocks,And the bValley of Achor a resting place for herds,For My people who cseek Me.Is 33:9; 35:2Josh 7:24, 26; Hos 2:15Is 51:1; 55:611 “But as for you who aabandon the LORD,Who forget My bholy mountain,Who set a table for 1Fortune,And fill a jug of mixed wine for 2Destiny,Heb GadHeb MeniDeut 29:24, 25; Is 1:4, 28Is 2:2, 3; 66:2012 I will destine you for the asword,And all of you will bow down to the bslaughter.Because I called, but you cdid not answer;I spoke, but you did not listen.Instead, you did evil in My sightAnd chose that in which I did not delight.”Is 27:1; 34:5, 6; 66:16Is 63:62 Chr 36:15, 16; Prov 1:24; Is 41:28; 50:2; 66:4; Jer 7:13
13 Therefore, this is what the Lord 1GOD says:“Behold, My servants will aeat, but you will be bhungry.Behold, My servants will cdrink, but you will be dthirsty.Behold, My servants will erejoice, but you will be fput to shame.Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORDIs 1:19Is 8:21Is 41:17, 18; 49:10Is 5:13Is 61:7; 66:14Is 42:17; 44:9, 11; 66:514 “Behold, My servants will ashout joyfully with a glad heart,But you will bcry out from a painful heart,And you will wail from a broken spirit.Ps 66:4; Is 51:11; James 5:13Is 13:6; Matt 8:1215 “You will leave your name as a acurse to My chosen ones,And the Lord 1GOD will put you to death.But 2My servants will be called by banother name.Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORDAs in LXX; MT He will call His servantsJer 24:9; 25:18; Zech 8:13Is 62:216 “Because the one who 1is blessed on the earthWill 2be blessed by the aGod of truth;And the one who swears an oath on the earthWill bswear by the God of truth;Because the former troubles are forgotten,And because they are hidden from My sight!Or bless(es) himselfEx 34:6; Ps 31:5Is 19:18; 45:23
New Heavens and a New Earth
17 “For behold, I create anew heavens and a new earth;And the bformer things will not be remembered or come to 1mind.Lit heartIs 66:22; 2 Pet 3:13; Rev 21:1Is 43:18; Jer 3:1618 “But be aglad and rejoice forever in what I create;For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicingAnd her people for gladness.Ps 98; Is 12:1, 2; 25:9; 35:10; 41:16; 51:3; 61:1019 “I will also arejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people;And there will no longer be heard in herThe voice of bweeping and the sound of crying.Is 62:4, 5; Jer 32:41Is 25:8; 30:19; 35:10; 51:11; Rev 7:17; 21:420 “No longer will there be 1in it an infant who lives only a few days,Or an old person who does anot 2live out his days;For the youth will die at the age of a hundred,And the 3bone who does not reach the age of a hundredWill be thought accursed.Lit from thereLit fill outLit one who misses the markDeut 4:40; Job 5:26; Ps 34:12Eccl 8:12, 13; Is 3:11; 22:1421 “They will abuild houses and inhabit them;They will also bplant vineyards and eat their fruit.Is 32:18; Amos 9:14Is 30:23; 37:30; Jer 31:522 “They will not build and aanother inhabit,They will not plant and another eat;For bas the 1lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people,And My chosen ones will cfully enjoy the work of their hands.Lit daysIs 62:8, 9Ps 92:12-14Ps 21:4; 91:1623 “They will anot labor in vain,Or give birth to children for disaster;For they are the 1bdescendants of those blessed by the LORD,And their descendants with them.Lit seedDeut 28:3-12; Is 55:2Is 61:9; Jer 32:38, 39; Acts 2:39
24 It will also come to pass that before they call, I will aanswer; while they are still speaking, I will listen.Ps 91:15; Is 55:6; 58:9; Dan 9:20-23; 10:12 25 The awolf and the lamb will graze together, and the blion will eat straw like the ox; and cdust will be the serpent’s food. They will ddo no evil or harm on all My eholy mountain,” says the LORD.Is 11:6Is 11:7Gen 3:14; Mic 7:17Is 11:9; Mic 4:3Is 65:11