English Bible Presentation Sharing - Isaiah Book, chapter 65, verse 38 in Erven Version

Isaiah 65 : 1 (ERVEN)

The Lord says, "I helped people who had not come to me for advice. Those who found me were not looking for me. I spoke to a nation that does not use my name. I said, 'Here I am! Here I am!'

Isaiah 65 : 2 (ERVEN)

"All day long I stood ready to accept those who turned against me. But they kept doing whatever they wanted to do, and all they did was wrong.

Isaiah 65 : 3 (ERVEN)

They keep doing things, right in front of me, that make me angry. They offer sacrifices and burn incense in their special gardens.

Isaiah 65 : 4 (ERVEN)

They sit among the graves, waiting to get messages from the dead. They eat the meat of pigs and their pots are full of soup made from unclean meat.

Isaiah 65 : 5 (ERVEN)

But they tell others, 'Don't come near me! Don't touch me because I am holy!' They are like smoke in my eyes, and their fire burns all the time."

Isaiah 65 : 6 (ERVEN)

"Look, here is a letter that lists all your sins. It is a bill that must be paid. I will not be quiet until I pay this bill, and I will pay it by punishing you.

Isaiah 65 : 7 (ERVEN)

I am doing this because of your sins and the sins of your ancestors. They did these sins when they burned incense in the mountains. They shamed me on those hills, and I punished them first."

Isaiah 65 : 8 (ERVEN)

The Lord says, "When there is new wine in the grapes, people squeeze out the wine. But they don't completely destroy the grapes because the grapes can still be used. I will do the same thing to my servants. I will not destroy them completely.

Isaiah 65 : 9 (ERVEN)

I will keep some of the people of Jacob. Some of the people of Judah will get my mountains. I will choose the people who will get the land. My servants will live there.

Isaiah 65 : 10 (ERVEN)

Then Sharon Valley will be a field for sheep. The Valley of Achor will be a place for cattle to rest. All this will be for my people�for the people who come to me for help.

Isaiah 65 : 11 (ERVEN)

"But you people left the Lord, so you will be punished. You forgot about my holy mountain. You began to worship Luck. You held feasts for the false god, Fate.

Isaiah 65 : 12 (ERVEN)

But I decided what would happen to you: you will be killed with a sword. You will all be killed because I called to you, but you refused to answer me. I spoke to you, but you would not listen. You did what I said is evil and chose to do what I did not like."

Isaiah 65 : 13 (ERVEN)

So this is what the Lord God says: "My servants will eat, but you evil people will be hungry. My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. My servants will be happy, but you will suffer shame.

Isaiah 65 : 14 (ERVEN)

My servants will shout for joy, but you will cry out in pain. Your spirits will be broken, and you will be very sad.

Isaiah 65 : 15 (ERVEN)

Your names will be like curses to my chosen servants." The Lord God will kill you, and then he will call his servants by a new name.

Isaiah 65 : 16 (ERVEN)

The Lord says, "People now ask blessings from the earth. But in the future, they will ask blessings from the faithful God. People now trust in the power of the earth when they make a promise. But in the future they will trust in the God who is faithful. That's because the troubles in the past will all be forgotten. They will be hidden from my sight."

Isaiah 65 : 17 (ERVEN)

"I am creating a new heaven and a new earth. The troubles of the past will be forgotten. No one will remember them.

Isaiah 65 : 18 (ERVEN)

My people will be happy and rejoice forever and ever because of what I will make. I will make a Jerusalem that is full of joy, and I will make her people happy.

Isaiah 65 : 19 (ERVEN)

"Then I will rejoice with Jerusalem. I will be happy with my people. There will never again be crying and sadness in that city.

Isaiah 65 : 20 (ERVEN)

In that city there will never be a baby who lives only a few days, and every older person will live for a long, long time. A person who lives 100 years will be called young. And whoever doesn't live that long will be considered cursed.

Isaiah 65 : 21 (ERVEN)

"In that city whoever builds a house will live there; whoever plants a vineyard will eat the grapes from that garden.

Isaiah 65 : 22 (ERVEN)

Never again will one person build a house and someone else live in it. Never again will one person plant a garden and another eat the fruit from it. My people will live as long as the trees. My chosen people will get full use of whatever they make.

Isaiah 65 : 23 (ERVEN)

Never again will a woman suffer childbirth and have her baby die. Women will not fear childbirth. I will bless all my people and their children.

Isaiah 65 : 24 (ERVEN)

I will answer them before they call for help. I will help them before they finish asking.

Isaiah 65 : 25 (ERVEN)

Wolves and little lambs will eat together. Lions will eat hay like cattle, and snakes will eat only dust. They will not hurt or destroy each other on my holy mountain." This is what the Lord said.