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I am sought of 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. Explain This Verse
2.
I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; Explain This Verse
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A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; Explain This Verse
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Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; Explain This Verse
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Which 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. Explain This Verse
6.
Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, Explain This Verse
7.
Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom. Explain This Verse
8.
Thus saith the Lord, 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’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all. Explain This Verse
9.
And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. Explain This Verse
10.
And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. Explain This Verse
11.
But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. Explain This Verse
12.
Therefore will I number 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 did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not. Explain This Verse
13.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, 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 ashamed: Explain This Verse
14.
Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. Explain This Verse
15.
And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name: Explain This Verse
16.
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. Explain This Verse
17.
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
19.
And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. Explain This Verse
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 an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed. Explain This Verse
21.
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. Explain This Verse
22.
They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. Explain This Verse
23.
They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them. Explain This Verse
24.
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. Explain This Verse
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The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord. Explain This Verse