Isaiah 65
1+ 65:1. MP: Messiah will be sought for and found by the Gentile nations who did not seek him. (Acts 13:48; Rom 10:20, 11:25) “I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask. 2 I am found by those who didn’t seek me. + 65:1. Quoted in Rom 10:20 2 I said, ‘See me, behold me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name. 1
2+ 65:2. MP: Messiah reaches out to rebellious Israel. (John 5:37-40) I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people, + 65:2. Quoted in Rom 10:21 2 who walk in a way that is not good, 2 after their own thoughts; 2 don’t come near to me, 1
3a people who provoke me to my face continually, 2 sacrificing in gardens, 2 and burning incense on bricks; 1
4who sit among the graves, 2 and spend nights in secret places; 1 who eat pig’s meat, 2 and their pots hold soup made of disgusting things; 1
5who say, ‘Stay by yourself, 2 for I am holier than you.’ 1 These are smoke in my nose, 2 a fire that burns all day. 1
6“Behold, it is written before me: 2 I will not keep silence, 2 but will repay, 2 yes, I will repay into their bosom, 1
7your own depravities (moral evils), and the depravities (moral evils) of your fathers together,” says Adonai, 2 “who have burned incense on the mountains, 2 and blasphemed me on the hills. 2 Therefore I will first measure their work into their bosom.”
8Adonai says, 1 “As the new wine is found in the cluster, 2 and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for a blessing is in it:’ 1 so will I do for my servants’ sake, 2 that I may not destroy them all. 1
9I will bring offspring out of Jacob [Supplanter], 2 and out of Judah [Praised] an inheritor of my mountains. 1 My chosen will inherit it, 2 and my servants will dwell there. 1
10Sharon will be a fold of flocks, 2 and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, 2 for my people who have sought me. 1
11“But you who forsake Adonai, 2 who forget my holy mountain, 2 who prepare a table for Fortune, 2 and who fill up mixed wine to Destiny; 1
12I will destine you to the sword, 2 and you will all bow down to the slaughter; 1 because when I called, you didn’t answer. 2 When I spoke, you didn’t sh'ma ·hear obey·; 1 but you did that which was evil in my eyes, 2 and chose that in which I didn’t delight.”
13Therefore thus says 'Adonay Adonai [Lord Yahweh], 1 “Behold, my servants will eat, 2 but you will be hungry; 1 behold, my servants will drink, 2 but you will be thirsty. 1 Behold, my servants will rejoice, 2 but you will be disappointed; 1
14Behold, my servants will sing for joy of heart, 2 but you will cry for sorrow of heart, 2 and will wail for anguish of spirit. 1
15You will leave your name for a curse to my chosen; 2 and 'Adonay Adonai [Lord Yahweh] will kill you. 1 He will call his servants by another name, 2
16so that he who blesses himself in the earth will bless himself in the God of truth; 2 and he who swears in the earth will swear by the God of truth; 1 because the former troubles are forgotten, 2 and because they are hidden from my eyes. 1
17+ 65:17. MP: New heaven and new earth will be established. (2 Pet 3:13; Rev 21:1, 21:5) “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; + 65:17. Quoted in 2 Cor 5:17; 2 Pet 3:13; Rev 21:1 2 and the former things will not + 65:17. Quoted in 2 Cor 5:17 be remembered, 2 nor come into mind. 1
18+ 65:18 (18-19a) MP: New Jerusalem is a source of joy and the people thereof are delighted. (Rev 21:2-3) But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; 2 for, behold, I create Jerusalem [City of peace] to be a delight, 2 and her people a joy. 1
19I will rejoice in Jerusalem [City of peace], 2 and delight in my people; 1 and the voice of weeping and the voice of crying 2 will be sh'ma ·heard obeyed· in her no more. + 65:19. Quoted in Rev 21:4 1
20“No more will there be an infant who only lives a few days, 2 nor an old man who has not filled his days; 1 for the child will die one hundred years old, 2 and the sinner ·deviant (from the standard goal) person· being one hundred years old will be lightly esteemed. 1
21They will build houses, and inhabit them. 2 They will plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. 1
22They will not build, and another inhabit. 2 They will not plant, and another eat: 1 for the days of my people will be like the days of a tree, 2 and my chosen will long enjoy the work of their hands. 1
23They will not labor in vain, 2 nor give birth for calamity; 1 for they are the offspring of Adonai’s blessed, 2 and their descendants with them. 1
24It will happen that, before they call, I will answer; 2 and while they are yet speaking, I will sh'ma ·hear obey·. 1
25The wolf and the lamb will feed together, 2 and the lion will eat straw like the ox. 2 Dust will be the serpent’s food. 1 They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,” 2 says Adonai.