1 Fui buscado pelos que não perguntavam por mim; fui achado por aqueles que não me buscavam; a um povo que não se chamava do meu nome, eu disse: Eis-me aqui, eis-me aqui. 2 Estendi as mãos todo dia a um povo rebelde, que anda por caminho que não é bom, seguindo os seus próprios pensamentos; 3 povo que de contínuo me irrita abertamente, sacrificando em jardins e queimando incenso sobre altares de tijolos; 4 que mora entre as sepulturas e passa as noites em lugares misteriosos; come carne de porco e tem no seu prato ensopado de carne abominável; 5 povo que diz: Fica onde estás, não te chegues a mim, porque sou mais santo do que tu. És no meu nariz como fumaça de fogo que arde o dia todo. 6 Eis que está escrito diante de mim, e não me calarei; mas eu pagarei, vingar-me-ei, totalmente, 7 das vossas iniquidades e, juntamente, das iniquidades de vossos pais, diz o Senhor, os quais queimaram incenso nos montes e me afrontaram nos outeiros; pelo que eu vos medirei totalmente a paga devida às suas obras antigas.

8 Assim diz o Senhor: Como quando se acha vinho num cacho de uvas, dizem: Não o desperdices, pois há bênção nele, assim farei por amor de meus servos e não os destruirei a todos. 9 Farei sair de Jacó descendência e de Judá, um herdeiro que possua os meus montes; e os meus eleitos herdarão a terra e os meus servos habitarão nela. 10 Sarom servirá de campo de pasto de ovelhas, e o vale de Acor, de lugar de repouso de gado, para o meu povo que me buscar. 11 Mas a vós outros, os que vos apartais do Senhor, os que vos esqueceis do meu santo monte, os que preparais mesa para a deusa Fortuna e misturais vinho para o deus Destino, 12 também vos destinarei à espada, e todos vos encurvareis à matança; porquanto chamei, e não respondestes, falei, e não atendestes; mas fizestes o que é mau perante mim e escolhestes aquilo em que eu não tinha prazer.

13 Pelo que assim diz o Senhor Deus: Eis que os meus servos comerão, mas vós padecereis fome; os meus servos beberão, mas vós tereis sede; os meus servos se alegrarão, mas vós vos envergonhareis; 14 os meus servos cantarão por terem o coração alegre, mas vós gritareis pela tristeza do vosso coração e uivareis pela angústia de espírito. 15 Deixareis o vosso nome aos meus eleitos por maldição, o Senhor Deus vos matará e a seus servos chamará por outro nome, 16 de sorte que aquele que se abençoar na terra, pelo Deus da verdade é que se abençoará; e aquele que jurar na terra, pelo Deus da verdade é que jurará; porque já estão esquecidas as angústias passadas e estão escondidas dos meus olhos.

17 Pois eis que eu crio novos céus e nova terra; e não haverá lembrança das coisas passadas, jamais haverá memória delas. 18 Mas vós folgareis e exultareis perpetuamente no que eu crio; porque eis que crio para Jerusalém alegria e para o seu povo, regozijo. 19 E exultarei por causa de Jerusalém e me alegrarei no meu povo, e nunca mais se ouvirá nela nem voz de choro nem de clamor. 20 Não haverá mais nela criança para viver poucos dias, nem velho que não cumpra os seus; porque morrer aos cem anos é morrer ainda jovem, e quem pecar só aos cem anos será amaldiçoado. 21 Eles edificarão casas e nelas habitarão; plantarão vinhas e comerão o seu fruto. 22 Não edificarão para que outros habitem; não plantarão para que outros comam; porque a longevidade do meu povo será como a da árvore, e os meus eleitos desfrutarão de todo as obras das suas próprias mãos. 23 Não trabalharão debalde, nem terão filhos para a calamidade, porque são a posteridade bendita do Senhor, e os seus filhos estarão com eles. 24 E será que, antes que clamem, eu responderei; estando eles ainda falando, eu os ouvirei. 25 O lobo e o cordeiro pastarão juntos, e o leão comerá palha como o boi; pó será a comida da serpente. Não se fará mal nem dano algum em todo o meu santo monte, diz o Senhor.

1 I am inquired of by 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. 2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, that walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts; 3 a people that provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense upon bricks; 4 that sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; that eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; 5 that 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. 6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, yea, I will recompense into their bosom, 7 your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith Jehovah, that have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I first measure their work into their bosom.

8 Thus saith Jehovah, 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’ 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 shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. 10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. 11 But ye that forsake Jehovah, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for Fortune, and that fill up mingled wine unto Destiny; 12 I will destine 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 ye did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not.

13 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, 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 put to shame; 14 behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit. 15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen; and the Lord Jehovah will slay thee; and he will call his servants by another name: 16 so 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.

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 ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which 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 shall be heard in her no more the voice of weeping and the voice of crying. 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 a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed. 21 And 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 Jehovah, and their offspring 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. 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, saith Jehovah.

1 "I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, 'Here am I, here am I.'

2 All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations —

3 a people who continually provoke me to my very face, offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on altars of brick;

4 who sit among the graves and spend their nights keeping secret vigil; who eat the flesh of pigs, and whose pots hold broth of impure meat;

5 who say, 'Keep away; don't come near me, for I am too sacred for you!' Such people are smoke in my nostrils, a fire that keeps burning all day.

6 "See, it stands written before me: I will not keep silent but will pay back in full; I will pay it back into their laps —

7 both your sins and the sins of your ancestors," says the LORD. "Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains and defied me on the hills, I will measure into their laps the full payment for their former deeds."

8 This is what the LORD says: "As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes and people say, 'Don't destroy it, there is still a blessing in it,' so will I do in behalf of my servants; I will not destroy them all.

9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah those who will possess my mountains; my chosen people will inherit them, and there will my servants live.

10 Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for my people who seek me.

11 "But as for you who forsake the LORD and forget my holy mountain, who spread a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,

12 I will destine you for the sword, and all of you will fall in the slaughter; for I called but you did not answer, I spoke but you did not listen. You did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me."

13 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; my servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; my servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

14 My servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from anguish of heart and wail in brokenness of spirit.

15 You will leave your name for my chosen ones to use in their curses; the Sovereign LORD will put you to death, but to his servants he will give another name.

16 Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the one true God; whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the one true God. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.

17 "See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy.

19 I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more.

20 "Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; the one who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere child; the one who fails to reach "a hundred will be considered accursed.

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

22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands.

23 They will not labor in vain, nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with them.

24 Before they call I will answer; while they are still 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 neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain," says the LORD.