| 1 ¶ 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.
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| 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;
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| 3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon1 altars of brick;
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| 4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth2 of abominable things is in their vessels;
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| 5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose,3 a fire that burneth all the day.
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| 6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 11 ¶ But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop,4 and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.5
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| 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.
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| 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:
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| 14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation6 of spirit.
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| 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:
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| 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.
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| 17 ¶ For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come7 into mind.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
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| 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 long8 enjoy the work of their hands.
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| 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.
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| 24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
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| 25 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.
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