1902 Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR)

Isaiah 65

1 The calling of the Gentiles. 2 The Jews, for their incredulity, idolatry, and hypocrisy, are rejected. 8 A remnant shall be saved. 11 Judgments on the wicked, and blessings on the godly. 17 The blessed state of the new Jerusalem.

 65:1 ¶ I have let myself be consulted, by them who had not asked, I have suffered myself to be found, by them who had not sought me,—I have said, Here I am! Here I am! Unto a nation that had not been called by my name.

 65:2 I have spread out my hands, all the day, Unto a rebellious people,—Who walk, In the way that is not good, After their own devices.

 65:3 The people who are provoking me to anger, to my face, continually,—Sacrificing in gardens, and, Burning incense upon bricks;

 65:4 Who tarry among graves, And, in the secret places, do lodge—Who eat the flesh of swine, And, the broth of refuse things, is in their vessels,—

 65:5 Who say—Draw near by thyself, Do not approach with me, For I am holier than thou! These, are, A smoke in my nostrils, A fire, burning all the day.

 65:6 Lo! it is written before me,—I will not keep silence, But I have, recompensed, and will, recompense, into their bosom:

 65:7 Your own iniquities, And the iniquities of your fathers together, Saith Yahweh, Who have burned incense upon the mountains, And, upon the hills, have reproached me,—Therefore will I measure their former work, into their bosom.

 65:8 ¶ Thus, saith Yahweh—As, new wine, is found, in the cluster, And one saith, Do not destroy it, for a blessing, is in it, So, will I do for the sake of my servants, That I may not destroy the whole [nation];

 65:9 Therefore will I bring forth, Out of Jacob, a seed, and, Out of Judah, an inheritor of my mountains, That my chosen ones may inherit, it, And, my servants, dwell there;

 65:10 Then shall, Sharon, become, a fold for flocks, And the vale of Achor, for the lying down of herds,—For my people who have sought me.

 65:11 ¶ But, ye, are they—Who forsake Yahweh, Who forget my holy, mountain—Who prepare, for Fortune, a table, and, Who fill for Destiny, mixed wine;

 65:12 Therefore will I destine you, to the sword, And, ye all, to the slaughter, shall bow down. Because I called, and ye answered not, I spake, and ye hearkened not,—But did that which was wicked in mine eyes, And, of that wherein I delighted not, ye made choice,

 65:13 Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh,—Lo! my servants, shall eat, but, ye, shall be famished, Lo! my servants, shall drink, but, ye, shall be thirsty,—Lo! my servants, shall rejoice, but, ye, shall turn pale;

 65:14 Lo! my servants, shall shout in triumph for mirth of heart, But, ye, shall make outcry, for pain of heart, And, for a breaking of spirit, shall ye howl.

 65:15 So shall ye leave your name for an oath, to my chosen ones,—So then My Lord Yahweh, will slay thee,—And, his servants, will he call by another name:

 65:16 So that, he who blesseth himself in the earth, Will bless himself in the God of faithfulness, And, he who sweareth in the earth, Will swear by the God of faithfulness—Because the former troubles, have been forgotten, and, Because they are hid from mine eyes.

 65:17 ¶ For, behold me! Creating new heavens, and a new earth,—And the former, shall not be mentioned, neither shall they come up on the heart.

 65:18 But joy ye and exult, perpetually, in what I, am about to create,—For, behold me! Creating Jerusalem an exultation, and, Her People a joy;

 65:19 Therefore will I Exult in Jerusalem, and, Joy in my People,—And there shall be heard in her, no more, The sound of weeping, or the sound of a cry:

 65:20 There shall be thenceforward, no more, A suckling of a few days, or an elder, Who filleth not up his days,—But, a youth, a hundred years old, may die, Yea, a sinner, a hundred years old, shall be accursed,

 65:21 Then shall they build houses, and dwell, in them,—And plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them;

 65:22 They shall not build, and, another, dwell, They shall not plant, and, another, eat,—For, as the days of a tree, shall be the days of my people, And, the work of their own hands, shall my chosen ones, use to the full:

 65:23 They shall not labour in vain, Nor have children for terror,—For, the seed of the blessed ones of Yahweh, shall they be, And their offspring, with them.

 65:24 And it shall come to pass-That, before they call, I, will answer, And, while yet they, are speaking, I, will hear.

 65:25 The wolf and the lamb, shall feed, in unity, And, the lion, as an ox, shall eat straw; But, as for the serpent, dust, shall be his food: They shall not harm—Nor shall they destroy, In all my holy mountain, saith Yahweh.