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1. "I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; I appeared to those who did not look for me. I said, 'Here I am! Here I am!' to a nation that did not invoke my name.
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1. I am sought H1875 of them that asked H7592 not H3808 for me ; I am found H4672 of them that sought H1245 me not H3808 : I said H559 , Behold H2009 me, behold H2009 me, unto H413 a nation H1471 that was not H3808 called H7121 by my name H8034 .
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2. I spread out my hands all day long to my rebellious people, who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable, and who did what they desired.
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2. I have spread out H6566 my hands H3027 all H3605 the day H3117 unto H413 a rebellious H5637 people H5971 , which walketh H1980 in a way H1870 that was not H3808 good H2896 , after H310 their own thoughts H4284 ;
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3. These people continually and blatantly offend me as they sacrifice in their sacred orchards and burn incense on brick altars.
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3. A people H5971 that provoketh me to anger H3707 H853 continually H8548 to H5921 my face H6440 ; that sacrificeth H2076 in gardens H1593 , and burneth incense H6999 upon H5921 altars of brick H3843 ;
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4. They sit among the tombs and keep watch all night long. They eat pork, and broth from unclean sacrificial meat is in their pans.
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4. Which remain H3427 among the graves H6913 , and lodge H3885 in the monuments H5341 , which eat H398 swine H2386 's flesh H1320 , and broth H4839 of abominable H6292 things is in their vessels H3627 ;
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5. They say, 'Keep to yourself! Don't get near me, for I am holier than you!' These people are like smoke in my nostrils, like a fire that keeps burning all day long.
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5. Which say H559 , Stand H7126 by H413 thyself , come not near H5066 H408 to me; for H3588 I am holier H6942 than thou. These H428 are a smoke H6227 in my nose H639 , a fire H784 that burneth H3344 all H3605 the day H3117 .
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6. Look, I have decreed: I will not keep silent, but will pay them back; I will pay them back exactly what they deserve,
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6. Behold H2009 , it is written H3789 before H6440 me : I will not H3808 keep silence H2814 , but H3588 H518 will recompense H7999 , even recompense H7999 into H5921 their bosom H2436 ,
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7. for your sins and your ancestors' sins," says the LORD. "Because they burned incense on the mountains and offended me on the hills, I will punish them in full measure."
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7. Your iniquities H5771 , and the iniquities H5771 of your fathers H1 together H3162 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 , which H834 have burned incense H6999 upon H5921 the mountains H2022 , and blasphemed H2778 me upon H5921 the hills H1389 : therefore will I measure H4058 their former H7223 work H6468 into H413 their bosom H2436 .
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8. This is what the LORD says: "When juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes, someone says, 'Don't destroy it, for it contains juice.' So I will do for the sake of my servants� I will not destroy everyone.
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8. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , As H834 the new wine H8492 is found H4672 in the cluster H811 , and one saith H559 , Destroy H7843 it not H408 ; for H3588 a blessing H1293 is in it: so H3651 will I do H6213 for my servants' sakes H4616 H5650 , that I may not H1115 destroy H7843 them all H3605 .
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9. I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah people to take possession of my mountains. My chosen ones will take possession of the land; my servants will live there.
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9. And I will bring forth H3318 a seed H2233 out of Jacob H4480 H3290 , and out of Judah H4480 H3063 an inheritor H3423 of my mountains H2022 : and mine elect H972 shall inherit H3423 it , and my servants H5650 shall dwell H7931 there H8033 .
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10. Sharon will become a pasture for sheep, and the Valley of Achor a place where cattle graze; they will belong to my people, who seek me.
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10. And Sharon H8289 shall be H1961 a fold H5116 of flocks H6629 , and the valley H6010 of Achor H5911 a place for the herds H1241 to lie down in H7258 , for my people H5971 that H834 have sought H1875 me.
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11. But as for you who abandon the LORD and forget about worshiping at my holy mountain, who prepare a feast for the god called 'Fortune,' and fill up wine jugs for the god called 'Destiny'�
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11. But ye H859 are they that forsake H5800 the LORD H3068 , that forget H7913 H853 my holy H6944 mountain H2022 , that prepare H6186 a table H7979 for that troop H1408 , and that furnish H4390 the drink offering H4469 unto that number H4507 .
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12. I predestine you to die by the sword, all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block, because I called to you, and you did not respond, I spoke and you did not listen. You did evil before me; you chose to do what displeases me."
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12. Therefore will I number H4487 you to the sword H2719 , and ye shall all H3605 bow down H3766 to the slaughter H2874 : because H3282 when I called H7121 , ye did not H3808 answer H6030 ; when I spoke H1696 , ye did not H3808 hear H8085 ; but did H6213 evil H7451 before mine eyes H5869 , and did choose H977 that wherein H834 I delighted H2654 not H3808 .
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13. So this is what the sovereign LORD says: "Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!
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13. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 , Behold H2009 , my servants H5650 shall eat H398 , but ye H859 shall be hungry H7456 : behold H2009 , my servants H5650 shall drink H8354 , but ye H859 shall be thirsty H6770 : behold H2009 , my servants H5650 shall rejoice H8055 , but ye H859 shall be ashamed H954 :
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14. Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; you will wail because your spirits will be crushed.
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14. Behold H2009 , my servants H5650 shall sing H7442 for joy H4480 H2898 of heart H3820 , but ye H859 shall cry H6817 for sorrow H4480 H3511 of heart H3820 , and shall howl H3213 for vexation H4480 H7667 of spirit H7307 .
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15. Your names will live on in the curse formulas of my chosen ones. The sovereign LORD will kill you, but he will give his servants another name.
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15. And ye shall leave H5117 your name H8034 for a curse H7621 unto my chosen H972 : for the Lord H136 GOD H3069 shall slay H4191 thee , and call H7121 his servants H5650 by another H312 name H8034 :
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16. Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God; whoever makes an oath in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God. For past problems will be forgotten; I will no longer think about them.
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16. That he who H834 blesseth himself H1288 in the earth H776 shall bless himself H1288 in the God H430 of truth H543 ; and he that sweareth H7650 in the earth H776 shall swear H7650 by the God H430 of truth H543 ; because H3588 the former H7223 troubles H6869 are forgotten H7911 , and because H3588 they are hid H5641 from mine eyes H4480 H5869 .
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17. For look, I am ready to create new heavens and a new earth! The former ones will not be remembered; no one will think about them anymore.
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17. For H3588 , behold H2009 , I create H1254 new H2319 heavens H8064 and a new H2319 earth H776 : and the former H7223 shall not H3808 be remembered H2142 , nor H3808 come H5927 into H5921 mind H3820 .
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18. But be happy and rejoice forevermore over what I am about to create! For look, I am ready to create Jerusalem to be a source of joy, and her people to be a source of happiness.
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18. But H3588 H518 be ye glad H7797 and rejoice H1523 forever H5704 H5703 in that which H834 I H589 create H1254 : for H3588 , behold H2009 , I create H1254 H853 Jerusalem H3389 a rejoicing H1525 , and her people H5971 a joy H4885 .
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19. Jerusalem will bring me joy, and my people will bring me happiness. The sound of weeping or cries of sorrow will never be heard in her again.
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19. And I will rejoice H1523 in Jerusalem H3389 , and joy H7797 in my people H5971 : and the voice H6963 of weeping H1065 shall be no H3808 more H5750 heard H8085 in her , nor the voice H6963 of crying H2201 .
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20. Never again will one of her infants live just a few days or an old man die before his time. Indeed, no one will die before the age of a hundred, anyone who fails to reach the age of a hundred will be considered cursed.
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20. There shall be H1961 no H3808 more H5750 thence H4480 H8033 an infant H5764 of days H3117 , nor an old man H2205 that H834 hath not H3808 filled H4390 H853 his days H3117 : for H3588 the child H5288 shall die H4191 a hundred H3967 years H8141 old H1121 ; but the sinner H2398 being a hundred H3967 years H8141 old H1121 shall be accursed H7043 .
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21. They will build houses and live in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
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21. And they shall build H1129 houses H1004 , and inhabit H3427 them ; and they shall plant H5193 vineyards H3754 , and eat H398 the fruit H6529 of them.
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22. No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it, or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit, for my people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced.
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22. They shall not H3808 build H1129 , and another H312 inhabit H3427 ; they shall not H3808 plant H5193 , and another H312 eat H398 : for H3588 as the days H3117 of a tree H6086 are the days H3117 of my people H5971 , and mine elect H972 shall long enjoy H1086 the work H4639 of their hands H3027 .
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23. They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the LORD will bless their children and their descendants.
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23. They shall not H3808 labor H3021 in vain H7385 , nor H3808 bring forth H3205 for trouble H928 ; for H3588 they H1992 are the seed H2233 of the blessed H1288 of the LORD H3068 , and their offspring H6631 with H854 them.
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24. Before they even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I will hear.
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24. And it shall come to pass H1961 , that before H2962 they call H7121 , I H589 will answer H6030 ; and while they H1992 are yet H5750 speaking H1696 , I H589 will hear H8085 .
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25. A wolf and a lamb will graze together; a lion, like an ox, will eat straw, and a snake's food will be dirt. They will no longer injure or destroy on my entire royal mountain," says the LORD.
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25. The wolf H2061 and the lamb H2924 shall feed H7462 together H259 , and the lion H738 shall eat H398 straw H8401 like the bullock H1241 : and dust H6083 shall be the serpent H5175 's meat H3899 . They shall not H3808 hurt H7489 nor H3808 destroy H7843 in all H3605 my holy H6944 mountain H2022 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 .
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