1 The Righteousness of God’s Judgment “I was Rom. 9:24; 10:20 sought by those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ To a nation that Is. 63:19 was not called by My name.
2 Rom. 10:21 I have stretched out My hands all day long to a Is. 1:2, 23 rebellious people, Who Is. 42:24 walk in a way that is not good, According to their own thoughts;
3 A people Deut. 32:21 who provoke Me to anger continually to My face; Is. 1:29 Who sacrifice in gardens, And burn incense on altars of brick;
4 Deut. 18:11 Who sit among the graves, And spend the night in the tombs; Lev. 11:7; Is. 66:17 Who eat swine’s flesh, And the broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
5 Matt. 9:11; Luke 7:39; 18:9–12 Who say, ‘Keep to yourself, Do not come near me, For I am holier than you!’ These are smoke in My nostrils, A fire that burns all the day.
6 “Behold, Deut. 32:34 it is written before Me: Ps. 50:3 I will not keep silence, Ps. 79:12 but will repay— Even repay into their bosom—
7 Your iniquities and Ex. 20:5 the iniquities of your fathers together,” Says the Lord , Ezek. 18:6 “Who have burned incense on the mountains Is. 57:7; Ezek. 20:27, 28 And blasphemed Me on the hills; Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.”
8 Thus says the Lord : “As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one says, ‘Do not destroy it, For Joel 2:14 a blessing is in it,’ So will I do for My servants’ sake, That I may not destroy them Is. 1:9; Amos 9:8, 9 all.
9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, And from Judah an heir of My mountains; My Matt. 24:22 elect shall inherit it, And My servants shall dwell there.
10 Is. 33:9 Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, And Josh. 7:24; Hos. 2:15 the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down, For My people who have Is. 55:6 sought Me.
11 “But you are those who forsake the Lord , Who forget Is. 56:7 My holy mountain, Who prepare Ezek. 23:41; (1 Cor. 10:21) a table for Gad, And who furnish a drink offering for Meni.
12 Therefore I will number you for the sword, And you shall all bow down to the slaughter; 2 Chr. 36:15, 16; Prov. 1:24; Is. 41:28; 50:2; 66:4; Jer. 7:13 Because, when I called, you did not answer; When I spoke, you did not hear, But did evil before My eyes, And chose that in which I do not delight.”
13 Therefore thus says the Lord God : “Behold, My servants shall eat, But you shall be hungry; Behold, My servants shall drink, But you shall be thirsty; Behold, My servants shall rejoice, But you shall be ashamed;
14 Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart, But you shall cry for sorrow of heart, And Matt. 8:12; Luke 13:28 wail for grief of spirit.
15 You shall leave your name Jer. 29:22; Zech. 8:13 as a curse to Is. 65:9, 22 My chosen; For the Lord God will slay you, And (Acts 11:26) call His servants by another name;
16 Ps. 72:17; Jer. 4:2 So that he who blesses himself in the earth Shall bless himself in the God of truth; And Deut. 6:13; Zeph. 1:5 he who swears in the earth Shall swear by the God of truth; Because the former troubles are forgotten, And because they are hidden from My eyes.
17 The Glorious New Creation “For behold, I create Is. 51:16; 66:22; (2 Pet. 3:13); Rev. 21:1 new heavens and a new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing, And her people a joy.
19 Is. 62:4, 5 I will rejoice in Jerusalem, And joy in My people; The Is. 35:10; 51:11; Rev. 7:17; 21:4 voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her, Nor the voice of crying.
20 “No more shall an infant from there live but a few days, Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days; For the child shall die one hundred years old, Eccl. 8:12, 13; Is. 3:11; 22:14 But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.
21 Ezek. 28:26; 45:4; Hos. 11:11; Amos 9:14 They shall build houses and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 They shall not build and another inhabit; They shall not plant and Is. 62:8, 9 another eat; For Ps. 92:12 as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people, And Is. 65:9, 15 My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23 They shall not labor in vain, Hos. 9:12 Nor bring forth children for trouble; For Is. 61:9; (Jer. 32:38, 39; Acts 2:39) they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord , And their offspring with them.
24 “It shall come to pass That Ps. 91:15; Is. 58:9 before they call, I will answer; And while they are still speaking, I will Is. 30:19; Dan. 9:20–23 hear.
25 The Is. 11:6–9 wolf and the lamb shall feed together, The lion shall eat straw like the ox, Gen. 3:14; Mic. 7:17 And dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,” Says the Lord .