Isaiah 65:1-12 65I was ready to be sought out by those who did not ask,    to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am’,    to a nation that did not call on my name. 2 I held out my hands all day long    to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good,    following their own devices;  3 a people who provoke me    to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens    and offering incense on bricks;  4 who sit inside tombs,    and spend the night in secret places; who eat swine’s flesh,    with broth of abominable things in their vessels;  5 who say, ‘Keep to yourself,    do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.’ These are a smoke in my nostrils,    a fire that burns all day long.  6 See, it is written before me:    I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will indeed repay into their laps  7   their iniquities and their ancestors’ iniquities together, says the Lord; because they offered incense on the mountains    and reviled me on the hills, I will measure into their laps    full payment for their actions.  8 Thus says the Lord: As the wine is found in the cluster,    and they say, ‘Do not destroy it,    for there is a blessing in it’, so I will do for my servants’ sake,    and not destroy them all.  9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,    and from Judah inheritors of my mountains; my chosen shall inherit it,    and my servants shall settle there.  10 Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks,    and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,    for my people who have sought me.  11 But you who forsake the Lord,    who forget my holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune    and fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny,  12 I will destine you to the sword,    and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter; because, when I called, you did not answer,    when I spoke, you did not listen, but you did what was evil in my sight,    and chose what I did not delight in.