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1. I WAS ready to be inquired of by those who asked not; I was ready to be found by those who sought Me not. I said, Here I am, here I am says I AM to a nation Israel that has not called on My name. Exod. 3:14; Isa. 58:9.
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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 have spread out My hands all the day long to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts--
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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. A people who provoke Me to My face continually, sacrificing to idols in gardens and burning incense upon bricks instead of at God's prescribed altar;
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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. Who sit among the graves trying to talk with the dead and lodge among the secret places or caves where familiar spirits were thought to dwell; who eat swine's flesh, and the broth of abominable and loathsome things is in their vessels;
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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. Who say, Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am set apart from you and lest I sanctify you! These are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all the day.
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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. Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silence but will repay; yes, I will repay into their bosom
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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. Both your own iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers, says the Lord. Because they too burned incense upon the mountains and reviled and blasphemed Me upon the hills, therefore will I measure and stretch out their former doings into their own bosom.
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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. Thus says the Lord: As the juice of the grape is found in the cluster, and one says, Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it, so will I do for My servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all.
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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. And I will bring forth an offspring from Jacob, and from Judah an inheritor of My mountains; My chosen and elect will inherit it, and My servants will dwell 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. And the plain of Sharon shall be a pasture and fold for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down, for My people who seek Me, inquire of Me, and require Me by right of their necessity and by right of My invitation.
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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 you who forsake the Lord, who forget and ignore My holy Mount Zion, who prepare a table for Gad the Babylonian god of fortune and who furnish mixed drinks for Meni the god of 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 will destine you says the Lord for the sword, and you shall all bow down to the slaughter, because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen or obey. But you did what was evil in My eyes, and you chose that in which I did not delight.
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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. 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 put to shame.
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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. Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry out for pain and sorrow of heart and shall wail and howl for anguish, vexation, and breaking of spirit.
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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. And you will leave your name to My chosen to those who will use it for a curse; and the Lord God will slay you, but He will call His servants by another name as much greater than the former name as the name Israel was greater than the name Jacob. Gen. 32:28; Jer. 29:22.
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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. So it shall be that he who invokes a blessing on himself in the land shall do so by saying, May the God of truth and fidelity the Amen bless me; and he who takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of truth and faithfulness to His promises the Amen, because the former troubles are forgotten and because they are hidden from My eyes. II Cor. 1:20; Rev. 3:14.
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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 behold, I create new heavens and a new earth. And the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind. Isa. 66:22; II Pet. 3:13; Rev. 21:1.
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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 glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a rejoicing and her people a joy.
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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. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people; and the sound of weeping will no more be heard in it, nor the cry of distress.
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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. There shall no more be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who dies prematurely; for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner who dies when only a hundred years old shall be thought only a child, cut off because he is accursed.
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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 shall build houses and inhabit them, and they shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.
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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. They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat the fruit. For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people, and My chosen and elect shall long make use of and enjoy the work of their hands.
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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 shall not labor in vain or bring forth children for sudden terror or calamity; for they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.
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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. And it shall be that before they call I will answer; and while they are yet speaking I will hear. Isa. 30:19; 58:9; Matt. 6:8.
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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. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all My holy Mount Zion, 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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