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    Isaiah 65

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    In the renewed world, a man who reaches a hundred is still called a youth, while anyone who falls short of it is considered accursed. Isaiah’s arithmetic has plainly been given a very long lease.

    Hands held out, and tables setvv. 1–16

    The LORD has been calling to people who were not calling for Him, holding out His hands all day to an obstinate people who prefer their own imaginations. Their devotions are impressively particular: gardens, brick altars, graves, secret places, pork, polluted broth—and, most domestically of all, a table for Fortune and bowls of mixed wine for Destiny. Judgment is announced, though not without a remnant: servants will be spared, while those who ignored the call will hunger, thirst, grieve, and leave their name behind as a curse.

    The world starts over, with serpents keeping their menuvv. 17–25

    Then comes a new heavens and a new earth, with former troubles put out of mind. Jerusalem is made a joy, its people a delight, and the ordinary work of living is no longer handed over to someone else: houses are inhabited by their builders, vineyards eaten by their planters. Children are not born for disaster, calls are answered before they are finished, and the wolf and lamb feed together. The lion becomes an ox in the matter of supper; the serpent, rather pointedly, continues with dust.

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    1. Isa 65:1“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’

    2. Isa 65:2All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,

    3. Isa 65:3to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,

    4. Isa 65:4sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.

    5. Isa 65:5They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.

    6. Isa 65:6Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,

    7. Isa 65:7both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”

    8. Isa 65:8This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.

    9. Isa 65:9And I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and heirs from Judah; My elect will possess My mountains, and My servants will dwell there.

    10. Isa 65:10Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.

    11. Isa 65:11But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,

    12. Isa 65:12I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

    13. Isa 65:13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

    14. Isa 65:14My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.

    15. Isa 65:15You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.

    16. Isa 65:16Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.

    17. Isa 65:17For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

    18. Isa 65:18But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.

    19. Isa 65:19I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.

    20. Isa 65:20No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.

    21. Isa 65:21They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

    22. Isa 65:22No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.

    23. Isa 65:23They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD—they and their descendants with them.

    24. Isa 65:24Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

    25. Isa 65:25The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.

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    • 24Daniel 10:12“Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.
    • 241 John 5:14–15And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
    • 24Mark 11:24Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
    • 24Isaiah 58:9Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,
    • 24Psalms 91:15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
    • 1Romans 10:20And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”
    • 24Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
    • 172 Peter 3:13But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
    • 24Isaiah 55:6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
    • 24Acts 4:31After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
    • 24Acts 10:30–32Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
    • 17Isaiah 66:22“For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.
    • 17Revelation 21:1–5Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
    • 24Daniel 9:20–23While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—
    • 24Psalms 32:5Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
    • 17Isaiah 43:18“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.

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