Dual Panel1“I made <01875> myself available <01875> to those who did not <03808> ask <07592> for me; I appeared <04672> to those who did not <03808> look for <01245> me. I said <0559>, ‘Here <02005> I am! Here <02005> I am!’ to <0413> a nation <01471> that did not <03808> invoke <07121> my name <08034>.
2I spread out <06566> my hands <03027> all <03605> day <03117> long to <0413> my rebellious <05637> people <05971>, who lived in <01980> a way <01870> that is morally <02896> unacceptable <0310> <03808>, and who did what they desired <04284>.
3These people <05971> continually <08548> and blatantly offend <03707> me <06440> as they sacrifice <02076> in their sacred orchards <01593> and burn incense <06999> on <05921> brick <03843> altars.
4They sit <03427> among the tombs <06913> and keep watch <03885> <05341> all night long <03885>. They eat <0398> pork <02386>, and broth <06564> from unclean sacrificial <06292> meat <01320> is in their pans <03627>.
5They say <0559>, ‘Keep <07126> to <0413> yourself! Don’t <0408> get near <05066> me, for <03588> I am holier <06942> than you!’ These <0428> people are like smoke <06227> in my nostrils <0639>, like a fire <0784> that keeps burning <03344> all <03605> day <03117> long.
6Look <02009>, I have decreed <03789>: I will not <03808> keep silent <02814>, but <0518> will pay <07999> them back <07999>; I will pay <07999> them back exactly what they deserve <02436>,
7for your sins <05771> and your ancestors <01>’ sins <05771>,” says <0559> the Lord <03068>. “Because <0834> they burned incense <06999> on <05921> the mountains <02022> and offended <02778> me on <05921> the hills <01389>, I will punish <04058> them in <05921> full <07223> measure <06468>.”
8This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>: “When juice <08492> is discovered <04672> in a cluster <0811> of grapes, someone says <0559>, ‘Don’t <0408> destroy <07843> it, for <03588> it contains juice <01293>.’ So <03651> I will do <06213> for the sake <04616> of my servants <05650>– I will not <01115> destroy <07843> everyone <03605>.
9I will bring forth <03318> descendants <02233> from Jacob <03290>, and from Judah <03063> people to take possession <03423> of my mountains <02022>. My chosen ones <0972> will take possession <03423> of the land; my servants <05650> will live <07931> there <08033>.
10Sharon <08289> will become <01961> a pasture <05116> for sheep <06629>, and the Valley <06010> of Achor <05911> a place where <07258> cattle <01241> graze <07258>; they will belong to my people <05971>, who <0834> seek <01875> me.
11But as for you <0859> who abandon <05800> the Lord <03068> and forget <07911> about worshiping at my holy <06944> mountain <02022>, who prepare <06186> a feast <07979> for the god called ‘Fortune <01409>,’ and fill <04390> up wine jugs <04469> for the god called ‘Destiny <04507>’–
12I predestine <04487> you to die by the sword <02719>, all <03605> of you will kneel down <03766> at the slaughtering block <02874>, because <03282> I called <07121> to you, and you did not <03808> respond <06030>, I spoke <01696> and you did not <03808> listen <08085>. You did <06213> evil <07451> before me <05869>; you chose <0977> to do what displeases <02654> <03808> me.”
13So <03651> this is what <03541> the sovereign <03069> Lord <0136> says <0559>: “Look <02009>, my servants <05650> will eat <0398>, but you <0859> will be hungry <07456>! Look <02009>, my servants <05650> will drink <08354>, but you <0859> will be thirsty <06770>! Look <02009>, my servants <05650> will rejoice <08055>, but you <0859> will be humiliated <0954>!
14Look <02009>, my servants <05650> will shout for joy <07442> as happiness fills <02898> their hearts <03820>! But you <0859> will cry out <06817> as sorrow <03511> fills your hearts <03820>; you will wail <03213> because your spirits <07307> will be crushed <07667>.
15Your names <08034> will live on <03240> in the curse formulas <07621> of my chosen ones <0972>. The sovereign <0136> Lord <03069> will kill <04191> you, but he will give <07121> his servants <05650> another <0312> name <08034>.
16Whoever <0834> pronounces a blessing <01288> in the earth <0776> will do so <01288> in the name of the faithful <0543> God <0430>; whoever makes an oath <07650> in the earth <0776> will do so <07650> in the name of the faithful <0543> God <0430>. For <03588> past <07223> problems <06869> will be forgotten <07911>; I will no longer think about <05869> <05641> them.
17For <03588> look <02005>, I am ready to create <01254> new <02319> heavens <08064> and a new <02319> earth <0776>! The former <07223> ones will not <03808> be remembered <02142>; no <03808> one will think <03820> <05927> about <05921> them anymore.
18But <0518> be happy <07797> and rejoice <01523> forevermore <05704> <05703> over what I <0589> am about to create <01254>! For <03588> look <02005>, I am ready to create <01254> Jerusalem <03389> to be a source of joy <01525>, and her people <05971> to be a source of happiness <04885>.
19Jerusalem <03389> will bring me joy <07797>, and my people <05971> will bring me happiness. The sound <06963> of weeping <01065> or cries of sorrow <02201> will never <03808> be heard <08085> in her again <05750>.
20Never <03808> again <05750> will <01961> one of her infants <05764> live just a few days <03117> or an old man <02205> die before <04390> <03808> his time <03117>. Indeed <03588>, no one <05288> will die <04191> before the age <01121> of a hundred <03967>, anyone who fails to reach <02398> the age <01121> of a hundred <03967> will be considered cursed <07043>.
21They will build <01129> houses <01004> and live <03427> in them; they will plant <05193> vineyards <03754> and eat <0398> their fruit <06529>.
22No <03808> longer will they build <01129> a house only to have another <0312> live in it <03427>, or <03808> plant <05193> a vineyard only to have another <0312> eat <0398> its fruit, for <03588> my people <05971> will live as long as <03117> <03117> trees <06086>, and my chosen ones <0972> will enjoy to the fullest <01086> what they have produced <03027> <04639>.
23They will not <03808> work <03021> in vain <07385>, or <03808> give birth <03205> to children that <03588> will experience disaster <0928>. For the Lord <03069> will bless <01288> their <01992> children <06631> and <0854> their descendants <02233>.
24Before <02962> they even call <07121> out, I <0589> will respond <06030>; while they <01992> are still <05750> speaking <01696>, I <0589> will hear <08085>.
25A wolf <02061> and a lamb <02924> will graze <07462> together <0259>; a lion <0738>, like an ox <01241>, will eat <0398> straw <08401>, and a snake’s <05175> food <03899> will be dirt <06083>. They will no <03808> longer injure <07489> or <03808> destroy <07843> on my entire <03605> royal <06944> mountain <02022>,” says <0559> the Lord <03068>.