Isaiah 65

1 to seek to/for not to ask to find to/for not to seek me to say look! I look! I to(wards) nation not to call: call by in/on/with name my

I let myself be consulted by people who weren't even asking me questions; I let myself be found by people who weren't even looking for me. To a nation that wasn't even calling for me, I said, “I'm here, I'm here!”

2 to spread hand my all [the] day to(wards) people to rebel [the] to go: walk [the] way: conduct not pleasant after plot their

I spread out my hands all day long, pleading with a stubborn people who follow bad ways, doing whatever they choose.

3 [the] people [the] to provoke [obj] me upon face my continually to sacrifice in/on/with garden and to offer: offer upon [the] brick

These people are always making me angry, because they present sacrifices to idols in their sacred gardens, and offer incense on pagan altars made of brick.

4 [the] to dwell in/on/with grave and in/on/with to watch to lodge [the] to eat flesh [the] swine (and broth *QK) refuse article/utensil their

They spend the night among the graves and in caves, eating pork and cooking other unclean meats.

5 [the] to say to present: come to(wards) you not to approach: approach in/on/with me for to consecrate: consecate you these smoke in/on/with face: nose my fire to burn all [the] day

They tell others, “Keep your distance! Don't come close to me as I'm too holy to be touched by you!” These people are like smoke in my nostrils, a stink burning all day long!

6 behold to write to/for face: before my not be silent that if: except if: except to complete and to complete upon bosom: lap their

Look—it's all written down right in front of me! I'm not going to keep quiet. I'm going to pay them back by throwing their punishment into their laps.

7 iniquity: crime your and iniquity: crime father your together to say LORD which to offer: offer upon [the] mountain: mount and upon [the] hill to taunt me and to measure wages their first: previous (to(wards) *QK) bosom: lap their

I'm going to pay you back for both your own sins and the sins of your forefathers, says the Lord, because they burned incense on the mountains and ridiculed me on the hills. I'm going to measure into their laps full payment for what they've done.

8 thus to say LORD like/as as which to find [the] new wine in/on/with cluster and to say not to ruin him for blessing in/on/with him so to make: do because servant/slave my to/for lest to ruin [the] all

This is what the Lord says: It's like when there's a bit of juice left in a bunch of grapes and people say, “Don't get rid of it all; there's still some good in it,” I'll do the same for my servants—I won't destroy them all.

9 and to come out: send from Jacob seed: children and from Judah to possess: possess mountain: mount my and to possess: take her chosen my and servant/slave my to dwell there [to]

I will make sure Jacob has descendants, and people from Judah who can take ownership of my mountain. My chosen ones, my servants, will own the land and live there.

10 and to be [the] Sharon to/for pasture flock and Valley (of Achor) (Valley of) Achor to/for rest cattle to/for people my which to seek me

Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to rest, for my people who follow me.

11 and you(m. p.) to leave: forsake LORD [the] forgetful [obj] mountain: mount holiness my [the] to arrange to/for Fortune table and [the] to fill to/for Destiny mixed drink

But those of you who desert the Lord and forget about my holy mountain, who prepare feasts for the god of good luck, who fill jugs of mixed wine for the god of destiny,

12 and to count [obj] you to/for sword and all your to/for slaughter to bow because to call: call to and not to answer to speak: speak and not to hear: hear and to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye my and in/on/with in which not to delight in to choose

I will make sure your destiny is to be killed by the sword. All of you will bow down to be slaughtered, because I called out to you but you didn't answer; I spoke to you, but you didn't listen. Instead you did what's evil in my sight, choosing to do what I hate.

13 to/for so thus to say Lord YHWH/God behold servant/slave my to eat and you(m. p.) be hungry behold servant/slave my to drink and you(m. p.) to thirst behold servant/slave my to rejoice and you(m. p.) be ashamed

So this is what the Lord says, My servants will eat, but you will go hungry. My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty. My servants will celebrate, but you will feel ashamed.

14 behold servant/slave my to sing from goodness heart and you(m. p.) to cry from pain heart and from breaking spirit to wail

Listen! My servants will shout because they're so happy inside, but you will cry out in deepest pain, howling because your spirit is broken.

15 and to rest name your to/for oath to/for chosen my and to die you Lord YHWH/God and to/for servant/slave his to call: call by name another

Your name will only be used as a curse by my chosen ones, for the Lord God will kill you and give his servants another name.

16 which [the] to bless in/on/with land: country/planet to bless in/on/with God amen and [the] to swear in/on/with land: country/planet to swear in/on/with God amen for to forget [the] distress [the] first: previous and for to hide from eye my

Whoever asks a blessing or takes an oath in the land will do so by the one true God, for I have forgotten the troubles of the past—I don't look on them anymore.

17 for look! I to create heaven new and land: country/planet new and not to remember [the] first: previous and not to ascend: rise upon heart

Look! I'm going to create new heavens and a new earth. The former things won't be remembered—they won't cross anyone's mind!

18 for if: except to rejoice and to rejoice till perpetuity which I to create for look! I to create [obj] Jerusalem rejoicing and people her rejoicing

Be glad, and be happy forever and ever in what I'm going to create, for I will make Jerusalem a delightful place, and its people a real joy.

19 and to rejoice in/on/with Jerusalem and to rejoice in/on/with people my and not to hear: hear in/on/with her still voice: sound weeping and voice outcry

I will be so happy over Jerusalem; I will celebrate among my people. The sound of weeping and cries for help won't ever be heard there again.

20 not to be from there still infant day and old which not to fill [obj] day his for [the] youth son: aged hundred year to die and [the] to sin son: aged hundred year to lighten

No babies will die after just a few days, and no adults will die without having lived a long life. Those who reach a hundred will be thought of as just a child, and anyone who doesn't reach a hundred will be seen as being under a curse.

21 and to build house: home and to dwell and to plant vineyard and to eat fruit their

They will build houses and live in them; they will eat the fruit of the vineyards they themselves planted.

22 not to build and another to dwell not to plant and another to eat for like/as day [the] tree day people my and deed: work hand their to become old chosen my

No longer will they build houses for others to live in; no longer will they plant for others to eat. For my people will live as long as trees do; my chosen ones will live long enough to enjoy all they've worked for.

23 not be weary/toil to/for vain and not to beget to/for dismay for seed: children to bless LORD they(masc.) and offspring their with them

They won't work for nothing, and they won't have children destined for disaster. For they are people living under the blessing of the Lord, and their children will be too.

24 and to be before to call: call to and I to answer still they(masc.) to speak: speak and I to hear: hear

I will reply even before they ask me. While they are still speaking, I will answer them!

25 wolf and lamb to pasture like/as one and lion like/as cattle to eat straw and serpent dust food his not be evil and not to ruin in/on/with all mountain: mount holiness my to say LORD

The wolf and the lamb will eat together. The lion will eat straw like the ox. The snakes will eat dust. Nothing will cause any harm or damage anywhere on my holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord in the same way that water fills the sea.