As Israelites Worship False gods, Another Nation Comes to the True God |
Isaiah 65:1-25 The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks] |
I am sought [by those, who didn’t ask] for Me. I am found, [by those who didn’t search for] Me. I said, [See,] Me, [see] Me, to a nation that wasn’t called by My Name. I have spread out My hands all day to a rebellious people, [who follow] in a [path] that wasn’t good, [but was according to] their own thoughts. |
[Isaiah 1:21-24 How [has] the faithful city become [like] a harlot! It was full of [Justice] & righteousness [stayed] in it; but now murderers. Your silver [has] become [scum] & your wine [is] mixed with water. Your princes are rebellious & companions of thieves. |
Everyone loves gifts, [a.k.a. bribes,] & follows after rewards. They [don’t] [fairly] judge the fatherless & neither does the [case] of the widow come to them. Therefore, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel says, Ah, I will ease [Myself] of [My] adversaries & avenge [Myself] of [My] enemies.] |
A people, [who] provoke Me to anger to My face continually & sacrifice in gardens & burn incense upon altars of brick. [2 Kings 21:5-7 And he built altars for all the [stars & constellations] of heaven in the 2 [courtyards] of the [Lord’s] house. |
And he made his son pass through the fire & observed times, [a.k.a. astrology or horoscopes] & used enchantments & dealt with familiar spirits, [a.k.a. talking to the dead] & wizards. He [did] much wickedness in the sight of the Lord to provoke Him to anger. |
And he [put] in the grove a [carved image] that he had made, in the [temple] of which the Lord said to David & to Solomon, his son, I will put my Name in this house & in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, forever.] |
[A people who] remain among the graves & lodge in the [graveyard] monuments, [who] eat swine’s [meat] & [the] broth of [detestable] things [are] in their [cooking pots.] [Who] say, Stand by yourself & [don’t come near me; for I am holier than you. These are [like] smoke in My nose, [from] a fire that burns all day. |
[Matthew 9:11-13 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, Why [does] your [Teacher] eat with publicans, [a.k.a. tax collectors] & sinners? But when Jesus heard that, He said to them, [Those who are] whole [don’t] need a physician, but [those who] are sick. But you go & learn what that means, I will have mercy & not [sacrifices.] For I [have] not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.] |
[See,] it is written before Me: I won’t keep [silent,] but will [repay,] even [repay] into their [heart.] [Psalm 50:3-6 Our God shall come & shall not keep [silent.] A fire shall devour before Him & it shall be very tempestuous [around] Him. From above, He shall call to the heavens & to the earth, that He may judge His people. |
Gather My saints together to Me & those [who] have made a covenant [contract] with Me by sacrifice. And the heavens shall declare His righteousness: for God, Himself, is Judge. Selah.] |
The Lord says, Therefore, I will measure their [previous deeds] into their [heart,] [for] your [sins] & the [sins] of your [forefathers] together, [who] have burned incense upon the mountains & blasphemed Me upon the hills. |
[Ezekiel 22:11-15 And one has committed [adultery] with his neighbor’s wife & another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law & another [of] you has [violated] his sister, his father’s daughter. In you, they have taken gifts, [a.k.a. bribes,] to shed blood. |
You have taken [excessive interest] & [increased prices] & you have greedily gained [by] your neighbors [through] extortion & have forgotten Me, says the Lord God. Therefore, [look,] I have [struck] [with] My hand, at your dishonest gain [that] you made & at your [bloodshed] [that] has been [done] in midst of you. |
Can your heart endure, or your hands be strong, [on] the days that I shall deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken it & will do it. And I will scatter you among the heathen & [distribute] you in the countries & will [remove] your filthiness out of you.] |
The Lord says [this, Like] the [grapes for the] new wine is found in the cluster & [someone] says, [Don’t] destroy it; for it is a blessing. I will do so for My servant’s sakes, [so] that I [won’t] have to destroy all [of] them. And I will bring [out] a seed out of Jacob & out of Judah, an inheritor of My mountains. And My [chosen] shall inherit it & [My] servants shall dwell there. |
[Isaiah 11:9-10 In all My mountain, they shall not [harm,] nor destroy. For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, [like] the waters cover the sea. *And [on] that day, there shall be a Root of Jesse, [Who] shall stand for [a banner for] the people. The Gentiles shall [search for] it & His [resting place] shall be glorious.] |
And for My people, [who] have sought Me, Sharon shall be a [sheep pen for] flocks & the Valley of Achor, a place for the herds to lie down in. [Isaiah 11:6 The wolf shall also dwell with the lamb & the leopard shall lie down with the kid [goat.] And a little Child shall lead them: the calf, the young lion & the [fattened animal] together.] |
But you are [those who abandon] the Lord & forget My holy mountain & [who] prepare a table for that troop & furnish the drink offering to that number. [Jeremiah 1:16 And I will utter My judgments against them [about] all their wickedness. [Those] who have [abandoned] Me & have burned incense to other gods & worship the works [made by] their own hands.] |
Therefore, I will [count] you [out] to the sword & you shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, you didn’t answer. When I [spoke,] you didn’t [listen;] but did evil [in front of My] eyes & chose, [what] I [didn’t delight in.] [Jeremiah 7:7-11 Then, I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your [forefathers,] forever & ever. |
[Look,] you [who] trust in lying words, that can’t [benefit.] Will you: steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely & burn incense to Baal & [follow] after other gods, whom you [didn’t] know & come & stand before Me in this house, [that] is called by My Name & say, We are [called] to do all these abominations? In your eyes, [has] this house, which is called by My Name, become a den of robbers? [Look,] I have even seen it, says the Lord.] |
Therefore, the Lord God says [this, Look,] My servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry. [Look,] My servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty. [Look,] My servants shall rejoice, but you shall be ashamed. [Look,] My servants shall sing [with hearts] of joy, but you shall cry [out with sorrowful] hearts & shall howl [with troubled spirits.] |
And you shall leave your name for a curse, to My chosen: for the Lord God shall slay you & [shall] call His servants by another name. [Revelation 2:17 He, [who] has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him [who] overcomes, I will give to eat of the hidden manna & will give him a white stone. And [on] the stone a new name written, [that] no man knows, [except] he [who] receives it.] |
For, [look,] I create [a] new heavens & a new earth & the [previous] shall not be remembered, nor come [to] mind. But you be glad & rejoice forever in [what] I create. For, [look,] I create Jerusalem, for rejoicing & a joy [for] her people. |
And I will rejoice in Jerusalem & [have] joy in My people. And the [sound] of weeping shall no [longer] be heard in her, nor the voice of crying. [Revelation 21:1-4 And I saw a new heaven & a new earth. For the first heaven & the first earth [had] passed away & there was no more sea. |
And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared [like] a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, [Look,] the tabernacle of God is with men. And He will dwell with them & they shall be His people & God, Himself, shall be with them & be their God. |
*And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. And there shall be nor more death, neither sorrow, nor crying. Neither shall there be anymore pain: for the [previous] things [have] passed away.] |
There shall be no more [infants] [who only live for a few number] of days, nor an old man, [who] hasn’t [fulfilled] his days. For the child shall die [at] 100 years old, but the sinner being 100 years old, shall be [cursed.] |
And they shall build houses & [live in] them. And they shall plant vineyards & eat the fruit of them. They shall not build [houses] & another [lives in them.] They shall not plant & another [eats it.] For [like] the days of a tree, are the days of My people & My [chosen] shall enjoy the work of their hands [a] long [time.] |
They shall not labor in vain, nor [produce] [what causes] trouble. For they are the [descendants] of the blessed of the Lord & their offspring with them. [Isaiah 61:9 And their [descendants] shall be known among the Gentiles & their offspring among the people. All, [who] see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the [descendants that] the Lord blessed.] |
And it shall [happen,] that before they call, I will answer. And while they are [still] speaking, I will hear. The wolf & the lamb shall [graze] together & the lion shall eat straw like the [young bull.] And dust shall be the [snake’s food.] They shall not [harm,] nor destroy in all My holy mountain, says the Lord. |