[1] I am inquired of by those who didn`t ask; I am found by those who
didn`t seek me: I said, See me, see me, to a nation that was not called by
my name. [2] I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts; [3] a people
who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning
incense on bricks; [4] who sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret
places; who eat pig`s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their
vessels; [5] who say, Stand by yourself, don`t come near to me, for I am
holier than you. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the
day. [6] Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will
recompense, yes, I will recompense into their bosom, [7] your own
iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, says Yahweh, who
have burned incense on the mountains, and blasphemed me on the hills;
therefore will I first measure their work into their bosom. [8] Thus says
Yahweh, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, Don`t
destroy it, for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants` sake,
that I may not destroy them all. [9] I will bring forth a seed out of
Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall
inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. [10] Sharon shall be a fold
of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my
people who have sought me. [11] But you who forsake Yahweh, who forget my
holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune, and who fill up mingled
wine to Destiny; [12] I will destine you to the sword, and you shall all
bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, you did not answer; when
I spoke, you did not hear; but you did that which was evil in my eyes, and
chose that in which I didn`t delight. [13] Therefore thus says the Lord
Yahweh, Behold, 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; [14] behold, my servants shall sing
for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for
vexation of spirit. [15] You shall leave your name for a curse to my
chosen; and the Lord Yahweh will kill you; and he will call his servants by
another name: [16] so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless
himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by
the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because
they are hid from my eyes. [17] For, behold, I create new heavens and a new
earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
[18] But be you glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for,
behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. [19] I will
rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people; and there shall be heard in her
no more the voice of weeping and the voice of crying. [20] There shall be
no more there an infant of days, nor an old man who has not filled his
days; for the child shall die one hundred years old, and the sinner being
one hundred years old shall be accursed. [21] They shall build houses, and
inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
[22] They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and
another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and
my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. [23] They shall not
labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the
blessed of Yahweh, and their offspring with them. [24] It shall happen
that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I
will hear. [25] The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion
shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent`s food. They
shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, says Yahweh.