79 lines
4.3 KiB
Markdown
79 lines
4.3 KiB
Markdown
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## Judgment and Salvation
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###### 1
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"I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask _for Me_; I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me. I said, 'Here am I, here am I,' To a nation which did not call on My name.
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###### 2
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I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk _in_ the way which is not good, following their own thoughts,
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###### 3
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A people who continually provoke Me to My face, Offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on bricks,
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###### 4
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Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places, Who eat swine's flesh, And the broth of offensive meat is _in_ their pots,
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###### 5
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Who say, 'Keep to yourself, do not come near me, For I am holier than you!' These are smoke in My nostrils, A fire that burns all the day.
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###### 6
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Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will even repay into their bosom,
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###### 7
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Both their own iniquities and the iniquities of their fathers together," says Yahweh. "Because they have burned incense on the mountains And reproached Me on the hills, Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom."
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###### 8
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Thus says Yahweh, "As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one says, 'Do not make it a ruin, for there is benefit in it,' So I will act on behalf of My slaves In order not to make all of them a ruin.
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###### 9
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I will bring forth a seed from Jacob, And a possessor of My mountains from Judah; Even My chosen ones shall possess it, And My slaves will dwell there.
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###### 10
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Sharon will be a pasture land for flocks, And the valley of Achor a resting place for herds, For My people who seek Me.
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###### 11
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But you who forsake Yahweh, Who forget My holy mountain, Who set a table for Fortune, And who fill _cups_ with mixed wine for Destiny,
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###### 12
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I will destine you for the sword, And all of you will bow down to the slaughter, Because I called, but you did not answer; I spoke, but you did not hear. And you did what was evil in My eyes And chose that in which I was not pleased."
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###### 13
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Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, "Behold, My slaves will eat, but you will be hungry. Behold, My slaves will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, My slaves will be glad, but you will be put to shame.
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###### 14
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Behold, My slaves will shout joyfully with a merry heart, But you will cry out with a pained heart, And you will wail with a broken spirit.
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###### 15
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You will leave your name for a curse to My chosen ones, And Lord Yahweh will put you to death. But My slaves will be called by another name,
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Because he who is blessed in the earth Will be blessed by the God of truth, And he who swears in the earth Will swear by the God of truth; Because the former distresses are forgotten, And because they are hidden from My sight!
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## New Heavens and a New Earth
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###### 17
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"For behold, I am creating a new heavens and a new earth; And the former things will not be remembered or come upon the heart.
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###### 18
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But be joyful and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem _for_ rejoicing And her people _for_ joy.
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###### 19
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I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be joyful in My people; And there will no longer be heard in her The voice of weeping and the voice of crying.
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###### 20
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No longer will there be in it an infant _who lives but a few_ days, Or an old man who does not fulfill his days; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred, And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred Will be _thought_ accursed.
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###### 21
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They will build houses and inhabit _them_; They will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
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###### 22
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They will not build and another inhabit; They will not plant and another eat; For as the lifetime of a tree, _so will be_ the days of My people, And My chosen ones will wear out the work of their hands.
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###### 23
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They will not labor in vain, Or bear _children_ for terror; For they are the seed of those blessed by Yahweh, And their offspring with them.
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###### 24
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And it will be that before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
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###### 25
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The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent's food. They will do no evil nor act corruptly in all My holy mountain," says Yahweh.
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