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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.
Rom 10:20
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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;
Rom 10:21
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3 |
A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that
sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; |
4 | Which remain among the graves, and
lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things
is in their vessels; |
5 |
Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier 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 recompense, 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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
11 | But ye are they that forsake the
LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and
that furnish the drink offering unto that number. |
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. |
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 howl for vexation of
spirit. |
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: |
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. |
17 |
For, behold, I create
new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not
be remembered, nor come into mind.
2 Pet 3:13
Isa 66:22
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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. |
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. |
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. |
21 | And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they
shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. |
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 long enjoy the work of their hands. |
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. |
24
| And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and
while they are yet speaking, I will hear. |
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. |