MLV(i)
1 I was manifested by those who did not ask for me. I am found by those who did not seek me. I said, Behold me, behold me, to a nation that was not called by my name.
2 I have spread out my hands all the day to a disobedient and rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, according to their own thoughts, 3 a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens and burning incense upon bricks, 4 who sit among the graves and lodge in the secret places, who eat swine's flesh and broth of abominable things is in their vessels, 5 who say, Stand by yourself, do not 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 Jehovah, those who have burned incense upon the mountains and blasphemed me upon the hills. Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.
8 Jehovah says thus, As the new wine is found in the cluster and a man says, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it, so I will do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all. 9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains. And my chosen will inherit it and my servants will dwell there. 10 And Sharon will 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 Jehovah, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Good-fortune and who fills up mingled wine to Destiny, 12 I will destine you* to the sword and you* will all bow down to the slaughter. Because when I called, you* did not answer, when I spoke, you* did not hear, but you* did what was evil in my eyes and chose that in which I did not delight.
13 Therefore thus says the lord Jehovah, 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. 14 Behold, my servants will sing for joy of heart, but you* will cry for sorrow of heart and will wail for vexation of spirit. 15 And you* will leave your* name for a curse to my chosen and the lord Jehovah will kill you.
And he will call his servants by another name, 16 so that he who graces himself in the earth will bless himself in 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 hid from my eyes.
17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth and the former things will not be remembered, nor come into mind.
18 But be you* glad and rejoice forever in what I create. For, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing and her people a joy. 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem and joy in my people. And there will no more be heard in her the voice of weeping and the voice of crying.
20 There will be no more from there an infant of days, nor an old man who has not filled his days. For the child will die a hundred years old and the sinner being a hundred years old will be accursed.
21 And they will build houses and inhabit them. And they will plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them. 22 They will not build and another inhabit. They will not plant and another eat. For as the days of a tree will be the days of my people and my chosen will long enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They will not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity. For they are the seed of the praised of Jehovah and their offspring with them.
24 And it will happen that, before they call, I will answer and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. 25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together and the lion will eat straw like the ox and dust will be the serpent's food. They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, says Jehovah.
2 I have spread out my hands all the day to a disobedient and rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, according to their own thoughts, 3 a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens and burning incense upon bricks, 4 who sit among the graves and lodge in the secret places, who eat swine's flesh and broth of abominable things is in their vessels, 5 who say, Stand by yourself, do not 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 Jehovah, those who have burned incense upon the mountains and blasphemed me upon the hills. Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.
8 Jehovah says thus, As the new wine is found in the cluster and a man says, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it, so I will do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all. 9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains. And my chosen will inherit it and my servants will dwell there. 10 And Sharon will 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 Jehovah, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Good-fortune and who fills up mingled wine to Destiny, 12 I will destine you* to the sword and you* will all bow down to the slaughter. Because when I called, you* did not answer, when I spoke, you* did not hear, but you* did what was evil in my eyes and chose that in which I did not delight.
13 Therefore thus says the lord Jehovah, 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. 14 Behold, my servants will sing for joy of heart, but you* will cry for sorrow of heart and will wail for vexation of spirit. 15 And you* will leave your* name for a curse to my chosen and the lord Jehovah will kill you.
And he will call his servants by another name, 16 so that he who graces himself in the earth will bless himself in 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 hid from my eyes.
17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth and the former things will not be remembered, nor come into mind.
18 But be you* glad and rejoice forever in what I create. For, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing and her people a joy. 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem and joy in my people. And there will no more be heard in her the voice of weeping and the voice of crying.
20 There will be no more from there an infant of days, nor an old man who has not filled his days. For the child will die a hundred years old and the sinner being a hundred years old will be accursed.
21 And they will build houses and inhabit them. And they will plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them. 22 They will not build and another inhabit. They will not plant and another eat. For as the days of a tree will be the days of my people and my chosen will long enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They will not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity. For they are the seed of the praised of Jehovah and their offspring with them.
24 And it will happen that, before they call, I will answer and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. 25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together and the lion will eat straw like the ox and dust will be the serpent's food. They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, says Jehovah.