Isaiah

Isaiah 65 ©

1 The calling of the Gentiles, and the rejection of the Jews for their unbelief, idolatry, and hypocrisy. 8 A remnant shall be saved. 11 Judgments shall be for the wicked, but blessings for the godly. 17 The blessed state of the new Jerusalem.

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aI 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 ba nation that was not called by my name.

a Ro. 9.24-26,30; 10.20. Ep. 2.12,13. Ge. 49.10. Ps. 22.27-30. ch. 11.9,10; 55.5. Zec. 2.11; 8.23.
b De. 32.21. ch. 63.19. Ep. 2.12,13. ch. 11.10.
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cI have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh din a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;

c Ro. 10.21. Mat. 23.37; 21.33-38. Lu. 19.14,42. 1Th. 2.15,16. ch. 63.10. Je. 7.13; 11.7,8. Pr. 1.24,25.
d ch. 1.3-15,23; 43.24; 55.7; 59.1-5. Ps. 81.12. Nu. 15.39. De. 29.19. Je. 3.17; 7.24. 1Th. 2.15. 2Pe. 2.3.
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eA people that provoketh me to anger continually fto my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense 1upon altars of brick;

e De. 32.15-21. ch. 1.29; 3.8; 66.3,17; 43.22-24. Eze. 16.43. 1Th. 2.15,16. 2Ki. 23.19. Ac. 7.51. Le. 17.5.
f Job 1.11.
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Which gremain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which heat swine's flesh, and 2broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

g ch. 8.19. 1Sa. 28.7,8,13,14. De. 18.11.
h ch. 66.17. Le. 11.4-44. Ex. 23.19; 34.28. Mat. 23.25-28.
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Which say, iStand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. jThese are a smoke in my 3nose, a fire that burneth all the day.

i ch. 66.5. Jn. 7.49; 16.2. Lu. 18.11,12; 15.2. Ac. 11.1-3. Ga. 2.12. Jude 19. Ro. 2.17. 1Th. 2.16. Mat. 9.11.
j De. 32.19,21,22. Pr. 6.16,17; 16.5. Mat. 12.45. Lu. 16.15. Mat. 3.7; 23.28,33,13,14.
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Behold, kit is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

k ch. 34.16; 42.14; 57.11; 64.12. De. 32.34. Mal. 3.16. Je. 16.18. Ex. 17.14. Ps. 79.12. Da. 8.19; 11.36. Lu. 21.22-24. Eze. 11.21.
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lYour iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which mhave burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore nwill I measure their former work into their bosom.

l Ex. 20.5. Le. 26.39. Da. 9.8. Ps. 106.6. Mat. 23.32,35,36.
m ch. 57.7. Eze. 18.6,11; 20.27,28; 22.9.
n v.6. Mat. 7.1; 23.32,36. Ps. 79.12. Je. 5.9,29; 7.19,20. Ro. 2.6.
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¶Thus saith the LORD, oAs 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.

o ch. 1.9; 10.22; 6.13; 17.5,6. Je. 30.11. Am. 9.8. Joel 2.14. Ro. 11.5,7,26; 9.27,29.
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And pI will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine qelect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

p ch. 10.20,21; 29.22,23; 14.25; 58.14. Eze. 36.8-24; 34.11-14. Je. 31.7-18,27. Am. 9.11-15. Ob. 17-21. Zep. 3.14-20. Zec. 2.4; 9.16; 10.8.
q Mat. 24.22. Ro. 11.5,7.
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And rSharon shall be a fold of flocks, and sthe valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.

r ch. 33.9; 35.2. Eze. 34.13,14; 37.21,22. Ho. 2.15.
s Jos. 7.26.
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¶But ye are they that tforsake the LORD, that forget my uholy mountain, that prepare va table for 4that troop, and that furnish wthe drink offering unto 5that number.

t De. 32.15-21. Je. 2.13. ch. 1.4; 57.13.
u Ps. 132.13,14. ch. 2.2.
v Eze. 23.41. 1Co. 10.21.
w Je. 7.18.
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xTherefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: ybecause 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.

x Zep. 1.4-6. Le. 26.25,32. De. 28.25; 32.22. Eze. 11.17-21; 20.34-43. ch. 10.4; 3.25. Mat. 22.6,7,9,10. Lu. 21.22-24; 19.27; 17.37. 1Th. 2.16. He. 10.26-31; 6.8. 1Pe. 4.17,18. Ro. 9.27; 11.7.
y 2Ch. 36.15. Pr. 1.24,25. Ps. 81.11. ch. 66.4; 50.2. Je. 7.13. Mat. 22.1-7; 21.34-44; 23.14-38. Lu. 19.14,42. Jn. 1.11. Ac. 13.45,46; 14.2.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, zBehold, 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:

z Ps. 22.26; 37.11,19,20. Ju. 6.37,39. Mat. 8.11,12; 22.2-10. Lu. 13.24-30; 14.15,23,24; 16.23,24. Jn. 1.11,12. Lu. 21.22-26. Pr. 1.26,31. 1Th. 2.16. 1Pe. 1.7,8; 4.17,18.
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Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and ashall howl for 6*vexation of spirit.

a Mat. 8.12.
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And bye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall cslay thee, and call his servants by danother name:

b Zec. 8.13. Pr. 10.7. Je. 29.22. De. 28.37; 29.20-28. Da. 8.23. Ac. 17.5. Tit. 1.16. 1Pe. 2.8.
c v.12. ch. 66.14-16. Pr. 1.26-32. Ps. 21.8-12; 69.22-28. Mat. 22.7; 24.21.
d Ge. 32.28. ch. 62.2,4,12. Jn. 1.12. Ac. 11.26. Ro. 9.26. 1Pe. 2.9,10. Ac. 15.14. Ep. 3.6,8. He. 3.1; 12.22.
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eThat he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the fGod of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because gthe former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.

e Ps. 72.17. Je. 4.2. De. 6.13. Ps. 63.11. ch. 19.18; 45.23-25. Phi. 2.11. Zec. 13.2. Ho. 14.8.
f Lu. 12.44. ch. 25.1. 1Jn. 5.20. 2Co. 1.20. Re. 3.14; 19.11. Jn. 18.37; 1.17,14; 14.6.
g v.19. Ps. 107.42. Zec. 14.11. Mi. 5.9-14. Re. 21.3,4. ch. 60.18.
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¶For, behold, I create hnew heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor 7come into mind.

h ch. 66.22; 51.16. 2Pe. 3.13. Re. 21.1; 19.1-9. 2Co. 5.17. Jn. 4.21-24. 2Co. 3.7-10. Je. 3.16. Hag. 2.7. He. 12.22-28. Mat. 22.1-13.
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But ibe ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, jI create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

i Ps. 66-68; 96-100. ch. 7; 25; 26; 35; 24.14-16; 27.2; 40.1,2; 42.9-16; 44.23; 49.13-26; 51.3,11; 52.1,2,7-10; 66.10-14; 62.1,7. Ac. 2.39-47; 13.47. Phi. 4.4; 3.3. 1Pe. 1.8. Re. 11.15-18; 19.1-9; 21; 22. 1Th. 5.16.
j Je. 31.7.
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And kI will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the lvoice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

k ch. 62.5. Je. 32.41. Zep. 3.17. Ca. 3.11.
l v.16. ch. 35.10; 51.11; 60.20; 25.8. Je. 31.12. Re. 7.17; 21.4.
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mThere shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for nthe child shall die an hundred years old; obut the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

m De. 4.40; 5.16; 6.1. Ps. 34.12. Job 5.26.
n Je. 31.17.
o Ec. 8.12,13. ch. 3.11. Ro. 2.8,9.
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And they pshall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

p ch. 62.8,9. Je. 30.17-22; 31.4; 32.37; 39.9-13. Am. 9.14. Eze. 34.11-15; 36.8-15,37,38. Ob. 17-21, not as Le. 26.16. De. 28.30.
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They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for qas the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect 8shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

q Ps. 92.12,13. Je. 32.40. Re. 20.2,4. Da. 2.44,45; 7.14,27.
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rThey shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for sthey are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

r v.21,22. ch. 3.10. 1Co. 15.58. Ps. 19.11. Re. 5.10; 20.4, not as Job 5.7; 14.1. De. 28.41. Ho. 9.12. Hag. 1.6.
s ch. 61.9. Ps. 72.17. Zec. 10.9. Ro. 11.16,28. ch. 44.3; 59.21. Ps. 102.28; 115.14; 128.6. Ro. 9.7,8.
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And it shall come to pass, that tbefore they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

t Ps. 32.5. Da. 10.12. Lu. 15.18,20. Da. 9.20,21,23-25. Ac. 10.24; 11.15. Ps. 50.15; 91.15; 65.2; 58.9. Mat. 6.8. Ps. 145.18,19. Phi. 4.19, not as ch. 1.15. Je. 14.12. La. 3.8,44.
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uThe wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and vdust shall be the serpent's *meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my wholy mountain, saith the LORD.

u ch. 11.6-9; 43.20,21. 1Co. 6.9-11. Tit. 3.3-7. Ep. 1.22; 2.1-7,12,19,20; 3.6. Ro. 5.20,21. Eze. 34.25. Ho. 2.18.
v Mi. 7.17. Ge. 3.14. Ro. 16.20. Re. 12.7,8. 1Jn. 3.8.
w ch. 2.2,4. v.11. Re. 14.1. Mat. 16.18. Eze. 43.11,12. Zec. 14.20,21. Ps. 2.6; 87.1. Zec. 8.3. Da. 9.16,20.