Isaías 65

The Righteousness of God’s Judgment

1 "I was *Rom. 9:24; 10:20sought by thosewho did not ask forMe;

I was found by thosewho did not seek Me.

I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’

To a nation that*Is. 63:19was not called by My name.

2 *Rom. 10:21I have stretched out My hands all day long to a *Is. 1:2, 23rebellious people,

Who *Is. 42:24walk in a way thatis not good,

According to their own thoughts;

3 A people *Deut. 32:21who provoke Me to anger continually to My face;

*Is. 1:29Who sacrifice in gardens,

And burn incense on altars of brick;

4 *Deut. 18:11Who sit among the graves,

And spend the night in the tombs;

*Lev. 11:7; Is. 66:17Who eat swine’s flesh,

And the broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

5 *Matt. 9:11; Luke 7:39; 18:9–12Who say, ‘Keep to yourself,

Do not come near me,

For I am holier than you!’

These are smoke in My nostrils,

A fire that burns all the day.

6 "Behold, *Deut. 32:34itis written before Me:

*Ps. 50:3I will not keep silence, *Ps. 79:12but will repay—

Even repay into their bosom—

7 Your iniquities and *Ex. 20:5the iniquities of your fathers together,"

Says the Lord,

*Ezek. 18:6"Who have burned incense on the mountains

*Is. 57:7; Ezek. 20:27, 28And blasphemed Me on the hills;

Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom."

8 Thus says the Lord:

"As the new wine is found in the cluster,

And one says, ‘Do not destroy it,

For *Joel 2:14a blessing is in it,’

So will I do for My servants’ sake,

That I may not destroy them *Is. 1:9; Amos 9:8, 9all.

9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,

And from Judah an heir of My mountains;

My *Matt. 24:22elect shall inherit it,

And My servants shall dwell there.

10 *Is. 33:9Sharon shall be a fold of flocks,

And *Josh. 7:24; Hos. 2:15the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,

For My people who have *Is. 55:6sought Me.

11 "But you are those who forsake the Lord,

Who forget *Is. 56:7My holy mountain,

Who prepare *Ezek. 23:41; (1 Cor. 10:21)a table for Gad,

And who furnish a drink offering for Meni.

12 Therefore I will number you for the sword,

And you shall all bow down to the slaughter;

*2 Chr. 36:15, 16; Prov. 1:24; Is. 41:28; 50:2; 66:4; Jer. 7:13Because, when I called, you did not answer;

When I spoke, you did not hear,

But did evil before My eyes,

And chose that in which I do not delight."

13 Therefore thus says the Lord God:

"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 ashamed;

14 Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart,

But you shall cry for sorrow of heart,

And *Matt. 8:12; Luke 13:28wail for grief of spirit.

15 You shall leave your name *Jer. 29:22; Zech. 8:13as a curse to *Is. 65:9, 22My chosen;

For the Lord God will slay you,

And *(Acts 11:26)call His servants by another name;

16 *Ps. 72:17; Jer. 4:2So that he who blesses himself in the earth

Shall bless himself in the God of truth;

And *Deut. 6:13; Zeph. 1:5he who swears in the earth

Shall swear by the God of truth;

Because the former troubles are forgotten,

And because they are hidden from My eyes.

The Glorious New Creation

17 "For behold, I create *Is. 51:16; 66:22; (2 Pet. 3:13); Rev. 21:1new heavens and a new earth;

And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.

18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create;

For behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing,

And her people a joy.

19 *Is. 62:4, 5I will rejoice in Jerusalem,

And joy in My people;

The *Is. 35:10; 51:11; Rev. 7:17; 21:4voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her,

Nor the voice of crying.

20 "No more shall an infant from there livebutafew days,

Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days;

For the child shall die one hundred years old,

*Eccl. 8:12, 13; Is. 3:11; 22:14But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.

21 *Ezek. 28:26; 45:4; Hos. 11:11; Amos 9:14They shall build houses and inhabit them;

They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

22 They shall not build and another inhabit;

They shall not plant and *Is. 62:8, 9another eat;

For *Ps. 92:12as the days of a tree, soshallbe the days of My people,

And *Is. 65:9, 15My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

23 They shall not labor in vain,

*Hos. 9:12Nor bring forth children for trouble;

For *Is. 61:9; (Jer. 32:38, 39; Acts 2:39)they shallbe the descendants of the blessed of the Lord,

And their offspring with them.

24 "It shall come to pass

That *Ps. 91:15; Is. 58:9before they call, I will answer;

And while they are still speaking, I will *Is. 30:19; Dan. 9:20–23hear.

25 The *Is. 11:6–9wolf and the lamb shall feed together,

The lion shall eat straw like the ox,

*Gen. 3:14; Mic. 7:17And dust shallbe the serpent’s food.

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,"

Says the Lord.