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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Isaiah 65 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/65.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/65-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Isaiah 65</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/64.htm" title="Isaiah 64">◄</a> Isaiah 65 <a href="../isaiah/66.htm" title="Isaiah 66">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">The Lord Will Punish the Guilty</h3>1<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.65.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> I, the Lord, was readyto answer even thosewho were not askingand to be found by thosewho were not searching.To a nation that refusedto worship me,<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.65.1!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> I said, “Here I am!”2<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.65.2!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> All day long I have reached outto stubborn and sinful peoplegoing their own way.3They keep making me angryby sneering at me,while offering sacrificesto idols in gardensand burning incenseto them on bricks.4They spend their nightshiding in burial caves;they eat the meat of pigs,<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.65.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> cooked in saucesmade of stuff unfit to eat.5And then they say to others,“Don't come near us!We're dedicated to God.”Such people are like smoke,irritating my nose all day.6I have written this down;I won't keep silent.I'll pay them backjust as their sins deserve.7I, the Lord, will make them payfor their sins and for thoseof their ancestors—they have disgraced meby burning incenseon mountains.8Here is what the Lord says:A cluster of grapesthat produces wineis worth keeping!So, because of my servants,I won't destroy everyone.9I have chosen the peopleof Israel and Judah,and I will bless themwith many descendants.They will settle herein this land of mountains,and it will be theirs.10<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.65.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> My people will worship me.Then the coastlands of Sharonand the land as faras Achor Valley<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.65.10!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> will turn into pasturelandwhere cattle and sheepwill feed and rest.11What will I, the Lord, doif any of you reject meand my holy mountain?What will happen to youfor offering food and wineto the gods you call“Good Luck” and “Fate”?12Your luck will end!I will see to it that youare slaughtered with swords.You refused to answerwhen I called out;you paid no attentionto my instructions.Instead, you did what I hated,knowing it was wrong.13I, the Lord God, will givefood and drink to my servants,and they will celebrate.But all of you sinnerswill go hungry and thirsty,overcome with disgrace.14My servants will laugh and sing,but you will be sadand cry out in pain.15I, the Lord God, promiseto see that you are killedand that my chosen servants useyour names as curse words.But I will give new names<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.65.15!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> to my servants.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.65.15!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 16I am God! I can be trusted.Your past troubles are gone;I no longer think of them.When you pray for someoneto receive a blessing,or when you make a promise,you must do it in my name.I alone am the Godwho can be trusted.<h3 class="s1">The Lord's New Creation</h3>17<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.65.17!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> I am creating new heavensand a new earth;everything of the pastwill be forgotten.18Celebrate and be glad forever!I am creating a Jerusalem,full of happy people.19<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.65.19!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> I will celebrate with Jerusalemand all its people;there will be no more cryingor sorrow in that city.20No child will die in infancy;everyone will livea very long life.Anyone a hundred years oldwill be considered young,and to die younger than thatwill be considered a curse.21My people will livein the houses they build;they will enjoy grapesfrom their own vineyards.22No one will take awaytheir homes or vineyards.My chosen people will liveto be as old as trees,and they will enjoywhat they have earned.23Their work won't be wasted,and their children won't dieof dreadful diseases.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.65.23!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> I will bless their childrenand their grandchildren.24I will answer their prayersbefore they finish praying.25<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.65.25!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> Wolves and lambswill graze together;lions and oxenwill feed on straw.Snakes will eat only dirt!They won't bite or harm anyoneon my holy mountain.I, the Lord, have spoken!</div> </div> <a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">65.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">refused … me: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">65.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">burial … pigs: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Coming in contact with the dead or eating the meat of pigs made a person unacceptable to God.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">65.10 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">coastlands of Sharon … Achor Valley: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Sharon is the coastal plain on the west, and Achor Valley is in the east near Jericho. These two places stand for the whole country.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">65.15 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">new names: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The giving of a new name suggests the beginning of a new life.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">65.15 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">But I … servants: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">65.23 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">their children … diseases: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®) © 2006 American Bible Society. All rights reserved. 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