Isaiah, 65

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.

1. I let myself be found by those who did not ask for me; I have been met by those who did not seek me. I said, "Here I am, here I am," to a nation who did not call on my name.

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;

2. I have stretched out my hands all day to a rebellious people who chose the evil way, following their own wishes.

3. A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

3. These people provoked me to my face, continually, sacrificing in gardens, burning incense on bricks,

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;

4. living in tombs and spending nights in dark places; a people who eat the flesh of swine and broth of abominable meat.

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.

5. They cry out, "Stay away, do not come near, for I am too sacred to be touched." Such men and their acts arouse my anger like fire that burns all day.

6. Behold, [it is] written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

6. Look, all this is written in my book, I will not keep silent till I have settled my account with them

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.

7. for their crimes and the crimes of their fathers as well, Yahweh says. Because they burned incense on the mountains and blasphemed against me on the hills, I will pay them back in full.

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.

8. Yahweh says, "When people find juice in a grape, they say: 'Do not destroy it, there is a blessing here.' So will I do with my servants; I will not destroy all of them.

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.

9. I will create a new race from Jacob and they will own the hills of Judah. My chosen people will inherit them, and my servants will dwell there.

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.

10. Sharon will be a pasture for flocks, the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds; they will be for my people who have sought me.

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.

11. But as for you who have forsaken Yahweh, you who have forgotten my holy mountain, you who spread a table for Fortune and fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny,

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.

12. I have destined you to the sword. All of you will kneel for the slaughter. For I called and you did not answer; I spoke and you did not listen. Instead you did what was evil in my sight and chose that in which I had no delight.

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:

13. Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Look, my servants will eat but you will go hungry; my servants will drink but you will be thirsty; my servants will rejoice but you will be disgraced;

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.

14. my servants will sing with gladness of heart, but you will cry with grief in your heart and wail in anguish of spirit.

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:

15. My chosen ones will use as a curse the name you will leave behind, as I strike you dead and give my servants a new name.

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.

16. Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will receive the blessing from the God of truth; whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For past troubles will be forgotten, and I will see them no more.

17. For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

17. I now create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind again.

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.

18. Be glad forever and rejoice in what I create; for I create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.

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.

19. I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people. The sound of distress and the voice of weeping will not be heard in it any more.

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.

20. It will no longer know of dead children or of a grown man not completing his days. He who reaches a hundred years will have died a mere youth, but he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.

21. And they shall build houses, and inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

21. They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant crops and eat their fruit.

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.

22. No longer will they build houses for others to dwell in; no longer will they plant for others to eat the harvest. For as the days of a tree will the days of my people be; my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands.

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.

23. Their labor will not be in vain, nor will they bear children destined for misfortune, for they will be a people blessed by Yahweh, and their descendants with them.

24. And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

24. Before they call, I will have answered; while they are yet speaking, I will have heard.

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.

25. The wolf and the lamb will feed together, the lion will eat straw like the ox, They will not destroy nor do any harm over all my holy mountain, says Yahweh.