1 I AM sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
8 Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
11 But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.
12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
16 That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.
24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

1I am sought of them that asked not for me: I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, vnto a nation that was not called by my name.

2I haue spread out my hands all the day vnto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their owne thoughts:

3A people that prouoketh mee to anger continually to my face, that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense vpon altars of bricke:

4Which remaine among the graues, and lodge in the monuments, which eate swines flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels:

5Which say; Stand by thy selfe, come not neere to me; for I am holier then thou: these are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.

6Behold, it is written before me: I will not keepe silence, but will recompence, euen recompence into their bosome,

7Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, (saith the Lord) which haue burnt incense vpon the mountaines, & blasphemed mee vpon the hils: therfore will I measure their former worke into their bosome.

8 Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it: so wil I doe for my seruants sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

9And I will bring forth a seede out of Iacob, and out of Iudah an inheritour of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my seruants shall dwell there.

10And Sharon shall be a fold of flockes, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie downe in, for my people that haue sought me.

11 But yee are they that for sake the Lord, that forget my holy mountaine, that prepare a table for that troope, and that furnish the drinke offring vnto that number.

12Therefore will I number you to the sword, and yee shall all bow downe to the slaughter: because when I called, yee did not answere; when I spake, yee did not heare, but did euill before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not:

13Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, my seruants shall eate, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my seruants shall drinke, but yee shall be thirstie: behold, my seruants shall reioyce, but yee shall be ashamed.

14Behold, my seruants shall sing for ioy of heart, but yee shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howle for vexation of spirit.

15And yee shall leaue your name for a curse vnto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his seruants by another name:

16That he who blesseth himselfe in the earth, shall blesse himselfe in the God of trueth; and he that sweareth in the earth, shall sweare by the God of trueth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.

17 For behold, I create new heauens, and a new earth: & the former shal not be remembred, nor come into mind.

18But bee you glad and reioyce for euer in that which I create: for beholde, I create Ierusalem a reioycing, and her people a ioy.

19And I wil reioyce in Ierusalem, and ioy in my people, and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

20There shalbe no more thence an infant of dayes, nor an olde man, that hath not filled his dayes: for the childe shall die an hundreth yeeres olde: but the sinner being an hundreth yeres old, shalbe accursed.

21And they shall builde houses, and inhabite them, and they shall plant vineyards, and eate the fruit of them.

22They shal not build, and another inhabit: they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the daies of a tree, are the dayes of my people, and mine elect shal long enioy the worke of their hands.

23They shall not labour in vaine, nor bring forth for trouble: for they are the seede of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.

24And it shal come to passe, that before they call, I will answere, & whiles they are yet speaking, I will heare.

25The wolfe and the lambe shall feede together, and the lyon shall eate straw like the bullocke: and dust shalbe the serpents meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountaine, sayth the Lord.

I == Rom 9:24-26 , 30 ; 10:20 ; Eph 2:12-13

 

II == Rom 10:21

 

 

III == Lev 17:5 ; Deut 32:21 ; Isa 1:29 ; 66:17

IV == Lev 11:7 ; Deut 18:11 ; Isa 66:17

 

V == Matt 9:11 ; Luke 5:30 ; 18:11 ; Jude 1:19

 

VI == Deut 32:34 ; Ps 50:3 ; 79:12 ; Jer 16:18 ; Ezek 11:21 ; Mal 3:16

VII == Ex 20:5 ; Ezek 18:6 ; 20:27-28

 

VIII == Joel 2:14

 

 

 

IX == Isa 65:15 , 22 ; Matt 24:22 ; Rom 11:5 , 7

 

X == Hos 2:15

 

XI == Ezek 23:41 ; 1st Cor 10:21

 

 

XII == 2nd Chr 36:15-16 ; Matt 21:34-43

 

 

 

 

 

 

XIV == Matt 8:12 ; Luke 13:28

 

 

XV == Jer 29:22 ; Acts 11:26

 

XVI == Deut 6:13 ; Ps 63:11 ; 72:17

 

 

 

XVII == Isa 51:16 ; 66:22 ; 2nd Pet 3:13 ; Rev 21:1

 

 

 

XIX == Isa 35:10 ; 51:11 ; 62:5 ; Rev 7:17 ; 21:4

 

XX == Eccl 8:12

 

 

 

XXI == Lev 26:16 ; Deut 28:30 ; Isa 62:8 ; Amos 9:14

XXII == Ps 92:12 ; Isa 65:9 , 15

XXIII == Deut 28:41 ; Isa 61:9 ; Hos 9:12

 

 

XXIV == Ps 32:5 ; Dan 9:21

 

XXV == Gen 3:14 ; Isa 11:6-7 , 9

1 I was ready to respond to those who asked me not, to be found by those who sought me not. I said: Here I am! Here I am! To a nation that did not call upon my name.

2 I have stretched out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, Who walk in evil paths and follow their own thoughts,

3 People who provoke me continually, to my face, Offering sacrifices in the groves and burning incense on bricks,

4 Living among the graves and spending the night in caverns, Eating swine's flesh, with carrion broth in their dishes,

5 Crying out, "Hold back, do not touch me; I am too sacred for you!" These things enkindle my wrath, a fire that burns all the day.

6 Lo, before me it stands written; I will not be quiet until I have paid in full

7 Your crimes and the crimes of your fathers as well, says the LORD. Since they burned incense on the mountains, and disgraced me on the hills, I will at once pour out in full measure their recompense into their laps.

8 Thus says the LORD: When the juice is pressed from grapes, men say, "Do not discard them, for there is still good in them"; Thus will I do with my servants: I will not discard them all;

9 From Jacob I will save offspring, from Judah, those who are to inherit my mountains; My chosen ones shall inherit the land, my servants shall dwell there.

10 Sharon shall be a pasture for the flocks and the valley of Achor a resting place for the cattle of my people who have sought me.

11 But you who forsake the LORD, forgetting my holy mountain, You who spread a table for Fortune and fill cups of blended wine for Destiny,

12 You I will destine for the sword; you shall all go down in slaughter. Since I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen, But did what was evil in my sight and preferred things which displease me,

13 therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Lo, my servants shall eat, but you shall go hungry; My servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; My servants shall rejoice, but you shall be put to shame;

14 My servants shall shout for joy of heart, But you shall cry out for grief of heart and howl for anguish of spirit.

15 The Lord GOD shall slay you, and the name you leave Shall be used by my chosen ones for cursing; but my servants shall be called by another name

16 By which he will be blessed on whom a blessing is invoked in the land; He who takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of truth; For the hardships of the past shall be forgotten, and hidden from my eyes.

17 Lo, I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; The things of the past shall not be remembered or come to mind.

18 Instead, there shall always be rejoicing and happiness in what I create; For I create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight;

19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem and exult in my people. No longer shall the sound of weeping be heard there, or the sound of crying;

20 No longer shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not round out his full lifetime; He dies a mere youth who reaches but a hundred years, and he who fails of a hundred shall be thought accursed.

21 They shall live in the houses they build, and eat the fruit of the vineyards they plant;

22 They shall not build houses for others to live in, or plant for others to eat. As the years of a tree, so the years of my people; and my chosen ones shall long enjoy the produce of their hands.

23 They shall not toil in vain, nor beget children for sudden destruction; For a race blessed by the LORD are they and their offspring.

24 Before they call, I will answer; while they are yet speaking, I will hearken to them.

25 The wolf and the lamb shall graze alike, and the lion shall eat hay like the ox (but the serpent's food shall be dust). None shall hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain, says the LORD.

v 1. The Lord’s response to the remnant is characteristic of much of the book. He is the great I Am and chose Israel, they did not choose Him. Because they rejected Him, He then chose Gentiles.

v 2-7. God enumerates their rebellion,worshiping in pagan gardens, consulting the dead among the graves, ignoring dietary laws and being religiously arrogant to the point of irritation like smoke in God’s nostrils. He would judge their sins.

 

 

 

 

 

 

v 8-10. The nation will be judged, but a remnant who trust Him will be spared.

 

 

 

 

 

v 11,12. Those who replaced His altar with idol worship would face the sword.

 

 

v 13-16. God shows the contrast of His servants who will eat, drink and have joy, with those who reject Him being hungry, thirsty and sorrowful. His servants will receive a new name, or character, so they will take oaths honestly by the God of truth, and  God will forget their past failures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

v 17. This verse alone looks beyond the Millennium to the new heaven and new earth. Isaiah, like other prophets, could not distinguish parts of God’s program. As Pentecost is a prelude to the last days, the Millennium preludes new heaven & earth.
v 18-25. The Millennium will be a place of joy, longevity of life (though some will die) stability of home and field production, no sudden calamities, and the blessing of God will be there. Prayers will be answered speedily (sometimes that way today). Wild animals will lose their ferocity and there will be peace and harmony in the world.