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1. The Lord says, "I made myself known to people who were notlooking for me. I was found by those who were not asking me for help. I said, 'Here I am. Here I am,' to a nation that was not praying to me.
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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. All day long I stood ready to accept people who turned against me, but the way they continue to live is not good; they do anything they want to do.
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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. Right in front of me they continue to do things that make me angry. They offer sacrifices to their gods in their gardens, and they burn incense on altars of brick.
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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 graves and spend their nights waiting to get messages from the dead. They eat the meat of pigs, and their pots are full of soup made from meat that is wrong to eat.
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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. But they tell others, 'Stay away, and don't come near me. I am too holy for you.' These people are like smoke in my nose. Like a fire that burns all the time, they continue to make me angry.
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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, it is written here before me. I will not be quiet; instead, I will repay you in full. I will punish you for what you have done.
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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. I will punish you for your sins and your ancestors' sins," says the Lord. "They burned incense to gods on the mountains and shamed me on those hills. So I will punish them as they should be punished for what they did."
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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 there is juice left in the grapes, people do not destroy them, because they know there is good left in them. So I will do the same thing to my servants -- I will not completely destroy them.
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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 leave some of the children of Jacob, and some of the people of Judah will receive my mountain. I will choose the people who will live there; 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. Then the Plain of Sharon will be a field for flocks, and the Valley of Achor will be a place for herds to rest. They will be for the people who want to follow 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 left the Lord, who forgot about my holy mountain, who worship the god Luck, who hold religious feasts for the god Fate,
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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 decide your fate, and I will punish you with my sword. You will all be killed, because I called you, but you refused to answer. I spoke to you, but you wouldn't listen. You did the things I said were evil and chose to do things that displease 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 Lord God says: "My servants will eat, but you evil people will be hungry. My servants will drink, but you evil people will be thirsty. My servants will be happy, but you evil people will be shamed.
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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. My servants will shout for joy because of the goodness of their hearts, but you evil people will cry, because you will be sad. You will cry loudly, because your spirits will be broken.
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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 be like curses to my servants, and the Lord God will put you to death. But he will call his servants by 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. People in the land who ask for blessings will ask for them from the faithful God. And people in the land who make a promise will promise in the name of the faithful God, because the troubles of the past will be forgotten. I will make those troubles go away.
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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. "Look, I will make new heavens and a new earth, and people will not remember the past or think about those things.
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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. My people will be happy forever because of the things I will make. I will make a Jerusalem that is full of joy, and I will make her people a delight.
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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. Then I will rejoice over Jerusalem and be delighted with my people. There will never again be heard in that city the sounds of crying and sadness.
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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 will never be a baby from that city who lives only a few days. And there will never be an older person who doesn't have a long life. A person who lives a hundred years will be called young, and a person who dies before he is a hundred will be thought of as a sinner.
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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. In that city those who build houses will live there. Those who plant vineyards will get to eat their grapes.
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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 more will one person build a house and someone else live there. One person will not plant a garden and someone else eat its fruit. My people will live a long time, as trees live long. My chosen people will live there and enjoy the things they make.
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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 never again work for nothing. They will never again give birth to children who die young. All my people will be blessed by the Lord; they and their children will be blessed.
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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. I will provide for their needs before they ask, and I will help them while they are still asking for help.
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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. Wolves and lambs will eat together in peace. Lions will eat hay like oxen, and a snake on the ground will not hurt anyone. They will not hurt or destroy each other on all my holy 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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