5. But they tell others, ‘Stay away. Don’t come near me.I am too holy for you.’These people are like smoke in my nose.Like a fire that burns all the time, they continue to make me angry.
6. “Look, it is written here before me.I will not be quiet. Instead, I will repay you in full.I will punish you for what you have done.
7. I will punish you for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,”says the Lord.“They burned incense to false gods on the mountains.They shamed me on those hills.So I will punish them as they should be punishedfor what they did.”
8. This is what the Lord says:“When there is juice left in the grapes,people do not destroy them.They know there is good left in them.I will do the same thing to my servants.I will not completely destroy them.
9. I will leave some of the children of Jacob.Some of the people of Judah will receive my mountain.I will choose the people who will live there.My servants will live there.
10. Then the Plain of Sharon will be a field for sheep.The Valley of Achor will be a place for cattle to rest.They will be for the people who want to follow me.
11. “But you who left the Lord will be punished.You forgot about my holy mountain.You worship the false god Luck.You hold religious feasts for the false god Fate.
12. But I decide your fate, and I will punish you with my sword.You will all be killed.This is because I called you, but you refused to answer.I spoke to you, but you wouldn’t listen.You did the things I said were evil.You chose to do things that displease me.”
13. So the Lord God said these things:“My servants will eat.But you evil people will be hungry.My servants will drink.But you evil people will be thirsty.My servants will be happy.But you evil people will be shamed.