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Here I am!</p> <p class="sl1">To a nation that did not invoke my name.<a id="ren29065001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29065001-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29065002" class="ver">2</span>I have stretched out my hands all day</p> <p class="sl1">to a rebellious people,</p> <p class="sl">Who walk in a way that is not good,</p> <p class="sl1">following their own designs;<a id="ren29065002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29065002-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29065003" class="ver">3</span>A people who provoke me</p> <p class="sl1">continually to my face,</p> <p class="sl">Offering sacrifices in gardens</p> <p class="sl1">and burning incense on bricks,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29065004" class="ver">4</span>Sitting in tombs</p> <p class="sl1">and spending the night in caves,</p> <p class="sl">Eating the flesh of pigs,</p> <p class="sl1">with broth of unclean meat in their dishes;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29065005" class="ver">5</span>Crying out, “Hold back,</p> <p class="sl1">do not come near me, lest I render you holy!”<a id="rfn29065005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29065005-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl">These things are smoke in my nostrils,</p> <p class="sl1">a fire that burns all the day.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29065006" class="ver">6</span>See, it stands written before me;</p> <p class="sl1">I will not remain quiet until I have repaid in full</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29065007" class="ver">7</span>Your crimes and the crimes of your ancestors as well,</p> <p class="sl1">says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="sl">Since they burned incense on the mountains,</p> <p class="sl1">and insulted me on the hills,</p> <p class="sl">I will at once pour out in full measure</p> <p class="sl1">their recompense into their laps.</p> </div> <section> <h2 class="ah">Fate of the Just and Unjust in Israel</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="sl1f"><span id="v29065008" class="ver">8</span><a id="rfn29065008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29065008-1">*</a> Thus says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>:</p> <p class="sl">As when the juice is pressed from a cluster,</p> <p class="sl1">and someone says, “Do not destroy it,</p> <p class="sl1">for there is still good in it,”</p> <p class="sl">So will I do for the sake of my servants:</p> <p class="sl1">I will not destroy them all.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29065009" class="ver">9</span>From Jacob I will bring forth offspring,</p> <p class="sl1">from Judah, those who are to possess my mountains;</p> <p class="sl">My chosen ones shall possess the land,</p> <p class="sl1">my servants shall dwell there.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29065010" class="ver">10</span>Sharon shall become a pasture for the flocks,</p> <p class="sl1">the Valley of Achor a resting place for the cattle,</p> <p class="sl1">for my people who have sought me.<a id="ren29065010-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29065010-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29065011" class="ver">11</span>But you who forsake the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">who forget my holy mountain,</p> <p class="sl">Who spread a table for Fortune</p> <p class="sl1">and fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny,<a id="rfn29065011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29065011-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29065012" class="ver">12</span>You I will destine for the sword;</p> <p class="sl1">you shall all bow down for slaughter;</p> <p class="sl">Because I called and you did not answer,</p> <p class="sl1">I spoke and you did not listen,</p> <p class="sl">But did what is evil in my sight</p> <p class="sl1">and things I do not delight in, you chose,<a id="ren29065012-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29065012-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v29065013" class="ver">13</span>therefore thus says the Lord <span class="tetr">God</span>:</p> <p class="sl">My servants shall eat,</p> <p class="sl1">but you shall go hungry;</p> <p class="sl">My servants shall drink,</p> <p class="sl1">but you shall be thirsty;</p> <p class="sl">My servants shall rejoice,</p> <p class="sl1">but you shall be put to shame;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29065014" class="ver">14</span>My servants shall shout</p> <p class="sl1">for joy of heart,</p> <p class="sl">But you shall cry out for grief of heart,</p> <p class="sl1">and howl for anguish of spirit.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29065015" class="ver">15</span>You will leave your name for a curse to my chosen ones</p> <p class="sl1">when the Lord <span class="tetr">God</span> slays you,</p> <p class="sl1">and calls his servants by another name.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29065016" class="ver">16</span>Whoever invokes a blessing in the land</p> <p class="sl1">shall bless by the God of truth;<a id="rfn29065016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29065016-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl">Whoever takes an oath in the land</p> <p class="sl1">shall swear by the God of truth;</p> <p class="sl">For the hardships of the past shall be forgotten</p> <p class="sl1">and hidden from my eyes.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">A World Renewed</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29065017" class="ver">17</span><a id="rfn29065017-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29065017-1">*</a> See, I am creating new heavens</p> <p class="sl1">and a new earth;</p> <p class="sl">The former things shall not be remembered</p> <p class="sl1">nor come to mind.<a id="ren29065017-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29065017-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29065018" class="ver">18</span>Instead, shout for joy and be glad forever</p> <p class="sl1">in what I am creating.</p> <p class="sl">Indeed, I am creating Jerusalem to be a joy</p> <p class="sl1">and its people to be a delight;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29065019" class="ver">19</span>I will rejoice in Jerusalem</p> <p class="sl1">and exult in my people.</p> <p class="sl">No longer shall the sound of weeping be heard there,</p> <p class="sl1">or the sound of crying;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29065020" class="ver">20</span>No longer shall there be in it</p> <p class="sl1">an infant who lives but a few days,</p> <p class="sl1">nor anyone who does not live a full lifetime;</p> <p class="sl">One who dies at a hundred years shall be considered a youth,</p> <p class="sl1">and one who falls short of a hundred shall be thought accursed.<a id="ren29065020-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29065020-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29065021" class="ver">21</span>They shall build houses and live in them,</p> <p class="sl1">they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29065022" class="ver">22</span>They shall not build and others live there;</p> <p class="sl1">they shall not plant and others eat.</p> <p class="sl">As the years of a tree, so the years of my people;</p> <p class="sl1">and my chosen ones shall long enjoy</p> <p class="sl1">the work of their hands.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29065023" class="ver">23</span>They shall not toil in vain,</p> <p class="sl1">nor beget children for sudden destruction;</p> <p class="sl">For they shall be a people blessed by the <span class="tetr">Lord</span></p> <p class="sl1">and their descendants with them.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29065024" class="ver">24</span>Before they call, I will answer;</p> <p class="sl1">while they are yet speaking, I will hear.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29065025" class="ver">25</span><a id="rfn29065025-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29065025-1">*</a> The wolf and the lamb shall pasture together,</p> <p class="sl1">and the lion shall eat hay like the ox—</p> <p class="sl1">but the serpent’s food shall be dust.<a id="ren29065025-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29065025-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl">None shall harm or destroy</p> <p class="sl1">on all my holy mountain, says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a 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