God says he was ready to be found by those who did not ask. He will punish the rebellious, but keep a remnant, for I create new heavens and a new earth. The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and they will not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain.
1 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 .
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 ;
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 .
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 .