Chapter 65
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 am sought
2:2,3 11:10 55:5 Psalms 22:27 Romans 9:24-26,30 10:20 Ephesians 2:12,13
Behold
unto
43:1 63:19 Hosea 1:10 Zechariah 2:11 8:22,23 1 Peter 2:10
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;
spread
Proverbs 1:24 Matthew 23:37 Luke 13:34 19:41,42 Romans 10:21
a rebellious
1:2 63:10 Deuteronomy 9:7 31:27 Jeremiah 5:23 Ezekiel 2:3-7 Acts 7:51,52 1 Thessalonians 2:15,16
which
59:7,8 Psalms 36:4 Proverbs 16:29
after
55:7 Genesis 6:5 Numbers 15:39 Deuteronomy 29:19 Psalms 81:12 Jeremiah 3:17 4:14 7:24 Matthew 12:33,34 15:19 Romans 2:5 James 1:14,15
A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
A people
3:8 Deuteronomy 32:16-19,21 2 Kings 17:14-17 22:17 Psalms 78:40,58 Jeremiah 32:30-35 Ezekiel 8:17,18 Matthew 23:32-36
to my face
that sacrificeth
1:29 66:17 Leviticus 17:5 Jeremiah 3:6 Ezekiel 20:28
altars
Heb. bricks.
Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
remain
Numbers 19:11,16-20 Deuteronomy 18:11 Matthew 8:28 Mark 5:2-5 Luke 8:27
which eat
66:3,17 Leviticus 11:7 Deuteronomy 14:8
broth
or, pieces.
Exodus 23:19 34:26 Deuteronomy 14:3,21 Ezekiel 4:14
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.
Stand
Matthew 9:11 Luke 5:30 7:39 15:2,28-30 18:9-12 Acts 22:21,22 Romans 2:17-29 Jude 1:19
These
Proverbs 6:16,17 10:26 16:5 James 4:6 1 Peter 5:5
nose
or, anger. a fire.
Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
it is
Exodus 17:14 Deuteronomy 32:34 Psalms 56:8 Malachi 3:16 Revelation 20:12
I will
but
Psalms 79:12 Jeremiah 16:18 Ezekiel 11:21 22:31 Joel 3:4
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.
Your iniquities
Exodus 20:5 Leviticus 26:39 Numbers 32:14 Psalms 106:6,7 Daniel 9:8 Matthew 23:31-36
burned
57:7 1 Kings 22:43 2 Kings 12:3 14:4 15:35 16:4 Ezekiel 18:6
blasphemed
therefore
6 Jeremiah 5:9,29 7:19,20 13:25 Matthew 23:32 1 Thessalonians 2:16
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.
6:13 Jeremiah 30:11 Joel 2:14 Amos 9:8,9 Matthew 24:22 Mark 13:20 Romans 9:27-29 Romans 11:5,6,24-26
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.
I will
10:20-22 11:11-16 27:6 Jeremiah 31:36-40 33:17-26 Ezekiel 36:8-15,24 Ezekiel 37:21-28 39:25-29 Amos 9:11-15 Obadiah 1:17-21 Zephaniah 3:20 Zechariah 10:6-12
mine elect
15,22 Matthew 24:22 Romans 11:5-7,28
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.
Sharon
and the
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.
they that
1:28 Deuteronomy 29:25 1 Chronicles 28:9 Jeremiah 17:13
my holy
25 2:2 11:9 56:7 57:13 Psalms 132:13 Hebrews 12:22 Revelation 21:2,3
prepare
57:5-10 Deuteronomy 32:17 Jeremiah 2:28 Ezekiel 23:41,42 1 Corinthians 10:20,21
troop
or, Gad. number. or, Meni.
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.
will I
3:25 10:4 Leviticus 26:25 Deuteronomy 32:25 Jeremiah 18:21 34:17 Ezekiel 14:17-21 Zephaniah 1:4-6 Matthew 22:7
because
50:2 66:4 2 Chronicles 36:15,16 Proverbs 1:24-33 Jeremiah 7:13 Zechariah 7:7,11-13 Matthew 21:34-43 22:3 John 1:11
did evil
and did
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:
my servants shall eat
Psalms 34:10 37:19,20 Malachi 3:18 Luke 14:23,24 16:24,25
my servants shall rejoice
Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
my servants
24:14 52:8,9 Job 29:13 Psalms 66:4 Jeremiah 31:7 James 5:13
ye shall
Matthew 8:12 13:42 22:13 Luke 13:28 James 5:1
vexation
Heb. breaking.
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:
ye shall
Proverbs 10:7 Jeremiah 29:22 Zechariah 8:13
my chosen
the Lord
12 66:15 Matthew 21:41 22:7 1 Thessalonians 2:16
his servants
62:2 Acts 11:26 Romans 9:26 1 Peter 2:9,10
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.
he who
in the God
Deuteronomy 32:4 Psalms 31:5 86:15 Jeremiah 10:10 John 1:14,17 14:6 Hebrews 6:17,18
he that
19:18 45:23-25 48:1 Deuteronomy 6:13 10:20 Psalms 63:11 Jeremiah 12:16 Zephaniah 1:5 Romans 14:11 Philippians 2:11
because
19 11:16 12:1 35:10 54:4 Jeremiah 31:12 Ezekiel 36:25-27 Daniel 12:1,11 Zephaniah 3:14-20 Revelation 20:4
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
I create
51:16 66:22 2 Peter 3:13 Revelation 21:1-5
the former
into mind
Heb. upon the heart.
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.
12:4-6 42:10-12 44:23 49:13 51:11 52:7-10 66:10-14 Psalms 67:3-5 Psalms 96:10-13 98:1-9 Zephaniah 3:14 Zechariah 9:9 1 Thessalonians 5:16 Revelation 11:15-18 Revelation 19:1-6
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.
I will
62:4,5 Song of Solomon 3:11 Jeremiah 32:41 Zephaniah 3:17 Luke 15:3,5
the voice of weeping
25:8 35:10 51:3,11 60:20 Jeremiah 31:12 Revelation 7:17 21:4
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.
There shall
Deuteronomy 4:40 Job 5:26 Psalms 34:12
but
3:11 Ecclesiastes 8:12 Romans 2:5-9
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
62:8,9 Leviticus 26:16 Deuteronomy 28:30-33 Judges 6:1-6 Jeremiah 31:4,5 Amos 9:14
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.
for as
9,15 Genesis 5:5,27 Leviticus 26:16 Psalms 92:12-14 Revelation 20:3-5
long enjoy
Heb. make them continue long, or, shall wear out.
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.
shall
49:4 55:2 61:9 Leviticus 26:3-10,20,22,29 Deuteronomy 28:3-12,38-42 Hosea 9:11-14 Haggai 1:6 2:19 Malachi 3:10 1 Corinthians 15:58
for
61:9 Genesis 12:2 17:7 Psalms 115:14,15 Jeremiah 32:38,39 Zechariah 10:8,9 Acts 2:39 3:25,26 Romans 4:16 9:7,8 Galatians 3:29
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
58:9 Psalms 32:5 50:15 91:15 Daniel 9:20-23 10:12 Mark 11:24 Luke 15:18-20 Acts 4:31 10:30-32 12:5-16 1 John 5:14,15
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.
wolf
11:6-9 35:9 Acts 9:1,19-21 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Titus 3:3-7
dust
Genesis 3:14,15 Romans 16:20 Revelation 12:7-9 20:2,3