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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 65
Ancient Israel rejected for rejecting the Lord—The Lord's people
will rejoice and triumph during the Millennium.
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1 I AM
asought 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 bname.
2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a
arebellious people, which walketh in a way that was
not good, after their own thoughts;
3 A people that provoketh me to
aanger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens,
and burneth incense upon altars of bbrick;
4 aWhich remain among the
graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth 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 aholier than thou. These are a smoke
in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
6 Behold, it is written before me: I
will not keep silence, but will arecompense, even
recompense into their bosom,
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
anew 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 bnot destroy them all.
9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob,
and out of aJudah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine
belect shall cinherit it, and my servants
shall dwell there.
10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and
the valley of aAchor 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
atroop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that
bnumber.
12 Therefore will I number you to the
sworda,
and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I
acalled, 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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12a Therefore will I number you to the
sword It is not enough merely to be a descendant of Abraham, Issac
and Jacob and of the House of Israel. There are many who will be of such who
will be numbered unto destruction for they did not keep the ways of the Lord.
And there will be many who are of the 'Gentiles' who will eat at the Lord's
supper and table for they did do that which the Lord required of them and they
did walk in his ways.
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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:
14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of
heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall
ahowl for vexation of spirit.
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15 And ye shall leave your name for a
acurse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee,
and call his servants by another bname:
16 That he who ablesseth
himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that
sweareth in the earth shall bswear 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 acreate
new bheavens and a cnew
dearth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come
into mind.
18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in
that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a
arejoicing, and her people a joy.
19 And I will arejoice 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 aold man that hath not filled his days: for
the bchild shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner
being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit
them; and they shall plant vineyards, and aeat 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
atree are the days of my people, and mine elect
shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23 They shall not alabour in
vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the
bseed of the blessed of the LORD, and their
coffspring with them.
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24 And it shall come to pass, that before they
call, I will aanswer; and while they are yet speaking, I
will hear.
25 The awolf and the lamb
shall bfeed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the
bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not
churt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the
LORD.
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