Here I am, here I am
I am sought by those who did not ask for me; I am found by those who did not seek me. I said, ‘see me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name. I've spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts, A people who make me angry to my face all the time, sacrificing in gardens and burning incense on bricks, Who sit among the graves and stay the night in secret places, who eat pig's meat and have the broth of unclean things in their pots, Who say: Keep to yourself, don't come near me, because I'm holier than you. These are smoke in my nostrils, a fire burning all day. Look: it's written before me. I won't keep quiet, but I'll pay back. I'll pay it right into their laps — Your wrongdoing and your fathers' wrongdoing together, says the LORD, because they burnt incense on the mountains and insulted me on the hills. So I'll measure their earlier work into their laps. This is what the LORD says: As when new wine is found in the bunch and someone says, Don't destroy it, there's a blessing in it — that's what I'll do for my servants' sake, so I don't destroy all of them. I'll bring offspring out of Jacob and an heir to my mountains out of Judah. My chosen ones will own it and my servants will live there. And Sharon will be a fold for flocks and the Valley of Achor a resting place for cattle, for my people who've looked for me. But you who walk out on the LORD and forget my holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill the mixing bowl for Destiny — I'll count you out for the sword, and every one of you will bow down to the slaughter. Because I called and you didn't answer. I spoke and you didn't listen. You did what was wrong in my eyes and chose what I didn't want.
I was there to be found by people who weren't asking. I was there to be found by people who weren't looking for me. I said, Here I am, here I am, to a nation that wasn't calling on my name. All day long I've held my hands out to a stubborn people who walk a road that isn't good, following their own thoughts — a people who make me angry to my face all the time, sacrificing in gardens and burning incense on bricks, who sit among the graves and stay the night in secret places, who eat pig's meat and have the broth of unclean things in their pots, who say: Keep to yourself, don't come near me, because I'm holier than you. These are smoke in my nostrils, a fire burning all day. Look — it's written in front of me. I won't keep quiet, but I'll pay back. I'll pay it right into their laps — your wrongdoing and your fathers' wrongdoing together, says the Lord, because they burnt incense on the mountains and insulted me on the hills. So I'll measure their earlier work into their laps. This is what the Lord says: As when new wine is found in the bunch and someone says, Don't wreck it, there's a blessing in it — that's what I'll do for my servants' sake, so I don't wreck the lot of them. I'll bring offspring out of Jacob and an heir to my mountains out of Judah. My chosen ones will own it and my servants will live there. And Sharon will be a fold for flocks and the Valley of Achor a resting place for cattle, for my people who've looked for me. But you who walk out on the Lord and forget my holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill the mixing bowl for Destiny — I'll count you out for the sword, and every one of you will bow down to the slaughter. Because I called and you didn't answer. I spoke and you didn't listen. You did what was wrong in my eyes and chose what I didn't want.
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. 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; A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; 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. Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
I am sought by those who did not ask for me; I am found by those who did not seek me. I said, ‘see me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name.
I was there to be found by people who weren't asking. I was there to be found by people who weren't looking for me. I said, Here I am, here I am, to a nation that wasn't calling on my name.
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.
I've spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts,
All day long I've held my hands out to a stubborn people who walk a road that isn't good, following their own thoughts —
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;
A people who make me angry to my face all the time, sacrificing in gardens and burning incense on bricks,
a people who make me angry to my face all the time, sacrificing in gardens and burning incense on bricks,
A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
Who sit among the graves and stay the night in secret places, who eat pig's meat and have the broth of unclean things in their pots,
who sit among the graves and stay the night in secret places, who eat pig's meat and have the broth of unclean things in their pots,
Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
Who say: Keep to yourself, don't come near me, because I'm holier than you. These are smoke in my nostrils, a fire burning all day.
who say: Keep to yourself, don't come near me, because I'm holier than you. These are smoke in my nostrils, a fire burning all day.
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.
Look: it's written before me. I won't keep quiet, but I'll pay back. I'll pay it right into their laps —
Look — it's written in front of me. I won't keep quiet, but I'll pay back. I'll pay it right into their laps —
Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
Your wrongdoing and your fathers' wrongdoing together, says the LORD, because they burnt incense on the mountains and insulted me on the hills. So I'll measure their earlier work into their laps.
your wrongdoing and your fathers' wrongdoing together, says the Lord, because they burnt incense on the mountains and insulted me on the hills. So I'll measure their earlier work into their laps.
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.
This is what the LORD says: As when new wine is found in the bunch and someone says, Don't destroy it, there's a blessing in it — that's what I'll do for my servants' sake, so I don't destroy all of them.
This is what the Lord says: As when new wine is found in the bunch and someone says, Don't wreck it, there's a blessing in it — that's what I'll do for my servants' sake, so I don't wreck the lot of them.
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.
I'll bring offspring out of Jacob and an heir to my mountains out of Judah. My chosen ones will own it and my servants will live there.
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.
And Sharon will be a fold for flocks and the Valley of Achor a resting place for cattle, for my people who've looked for me.
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.
But you who walk out on the LORD and forget my holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill the mixing bowl for Destiny —
But you who walk out on the Lord and forget my holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill the mixing bowl for Destiny —
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.
I'll count you out for the sword, and every one of you will bow down to the slaughter. Because I called and you didn't answer. I spoke and you didn't listen. You did what was wrong in my eyes and chose what I didn't want.
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.
My servants will eat
So this is what the LORD GOD says: Look: my servants will eat and you'll be hungry. Look: my servants will drink and you'll be thirsty. Look: my servants will be glad and you'll be ashamed. Look: my servants will sing with joyful hearts, while you'll cry out with aching hearts and howl with broken spirits. And you'll leave your name behind as a curse for my chosen ones, and the LORD GOD will kill you and call his servants by another name — So that whoever blesses himself in the earth will bless himself by the God of truth, and whoever swears in the earth will swear by the God of truth. Because the earlier troubles are forgotten and hidden from my eyes.
So this is what the Lord God says: Look — my servants will eat and you'll be hungry. Look — my servants will drink and you'll be thirsty. Look — my servants will be glad and you'll be ashamed. Look — my servants will sing out of a good heart, and you'll cry out of a sore heart and howl from a broken spirit. And you'll leave your name behind as a curse for my chosen ones, and the Lord God will kill you and call his servants by another name — so that whoever blesses himself in the earth will bless himself by the God of truth, and whoever swears in the earth will swear by the God of truth. Because the earlier troubles are forgotten and hidden from my eyes.
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: Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. 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: 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.
So this is what the LORD GOD says: Look: my servants will eat and you'll be hungry. Look: my servants will drink and you'll be thirsty. Look: my servants will be glad and you'll be ashamed.
So this is what the Lord God says: Look — my servants will eat and you'll be hungry. Look — my servants will drink and you'll be thirsty. Look — my servants will be glad and you'll be ashamed.
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:
Look: my servants will sing with joyful hearts, while you'll cry out with aching hearts and howl with broken spirits.
Look — my servants will sing out of a good heart, and you'll cry out of a sore heart and howl from a broken spirit.
Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
And you'll leave your name behind as a curse for my chosen ones, and the LORD GOD will kill you and call his servants by another name —
And you'll leave your name behind as a curse for my chosen ones, and the Lord God will kill you and call his servants by another name —
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:
So that whoever blesses himself in the earth will bless himself by the God of truth, and whoever swears in the earth will swear by the God of truth. Because the earlier troubles are forgotten and hidden from my eyes.
so that whoever blesses himself in the earth will bless himself by the God of truth, and whoever swears in the earth will swear by the God of truth. Because the earlier troubles are forgotten and hidden from my eyes.
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.
New heavens and a new earth
For look: I create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered or come into mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create, because look: I create Jerusalem a rejoicing and her people a joy. I will rejoice in Jerusalem and joy in my people. The voice of weeping will no longer be heard in her, nor the voice of crying. There will no longer be an infant of days there, nor an old man who hasn't filled his days. The child will die a hundred years old, but the sinner who is a hundred years old will be cursed. They'll build houses and live in them; they'll plant vineyards and eat their fruit. They won't build and another inhabit; they won't plant and another eat. The days of my people will be like the days of a tree, and my chosen will long enjoy the work of their hands. They won't labour in vain or bring forth for trouble, because they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them. Before they call, I will answer; and while they're still speaking, I will hear. The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the young bull. Dust will be the serpent's food. They won't hurt or destroy anywhere on my holy mountain, says the LORD.
Look — I'm creating new heavens and a new earth, and the first ones won't be remembered or come into anyone's mind. So be glad and celebrate forever in what I'm creating. Because look — I'm creating Jerusalem to be a joy and her people a gladness. I'll celebrate in Jerusalem and be glad in my people. The sound of weeping won't be heard in her any more, and the sound of crying. There'll be no more babies there who live only a few days, or old men who don't fill out their days. Because a boy will die at a hundred, and the one who falls short of a hundred will be counted as cursed. They'll build houses and live in them. They'll plant vineyards and eat their fruit. They won't build and have someone else live in it. They won't plant and have someone else eat it. Because my people's days will be like the days of a tree, and my chosen ones will wear out the work of their hands. They won't work for nothing or bring children up for disaster. Because they're the offspring of the blessed of the Lord, and their children with them. And before they call, I'll answer. While they're still speaking, I'll hear. The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, and dust will be the serpent's food. They'll do no harm and cause no ruin on all my holy mountain, says the Lord.
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. 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. 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. 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. And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 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. 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. And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. 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.
For look: I create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered or come into mind.
Look — I'm creating new heavens and a new earth, and the first ones won't be remembered or come into anyone's mind.
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create, because look: I create Jerusalem a rejoicing and her people a joy.
So be glad and celebrate forever in what I'm creating. Because look — I'm creating Jerusalem to be a joy and her people a gladness.
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.
I will rejoice in Jerusalem and joy in my people. The voice of weeping will no longer be heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
I'll celebrate in Jerusalem and be glad in my people. The sound of weeping won't be heard in her any more, and the sound of crying.
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.
There will no longer be an infant of days there, nor an old man who hasn't filled his days. The child will die a hundred years old, but the sinner who is a hundred years old will be cursed.
There'll be no more babies there who live only a few days, or old men who don't fill out their days. Because a boy will die at a hundred, and the one who falls short of a hundred will be counted as cursed.
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.
They'll build houses and live in them; they'll plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
They'll build houses and live in them. They'll plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
They won't build and another inhabit; they won't plant and another eat. The days of my people will be like the days of a tree, and my chosen will long enjoy the work of their hands.
They won't build and have someone else live in it. They won't plant and have someone else eat it. Because my people's days will be like the days of a tree, and my chosen ones will wear out the work of their hands.
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.
They won't labour in vain or bring forth for trouble, because they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.
They won't work for nothing or bring children up for disaster. Because they're the offspring of the blessed of the Lord, and their children with them.
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.
Before they call, I will answer; and while they're still speaking, I will hear.
And before they call, I'll answer. While they're still speaking, I'll hear.
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the young bull. Dust will be the serpent's food. They won't hurt or destroy anywhere on my holy mountain, says the LORD.
The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, and dust will be the serpent's food. They'll do no harm and cause no ruin on all my holy mountain, says the Lord.
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.