5. But they tell others, ‘Stay away, and 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 gods on the mountainsand 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,because they know there is good left in them.So 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,and 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 flocks,and the Valley of Achor will be a place for herds to rest.They will be for the people who want to follow me.
11. “But as for you who left the Lord,who forgot about my holy mountain,who worship the god Luck,who hold religious feasts for the god Fate,
12. I decide your fate, and I will punish you with my sword.You will all be killed,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 eviland chose to do things that displease me.”
13. So this is what the Lord God says:“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.
14. My servants will shout for joybecause of the goodness of their hearts,but you evil people will cry,because you will be sad.You will cry loudly, because your spirits will be broken.
15. Your names will be like curses to my servants,and the Lord God will put you to death.But he will call his servants by another name.
16. People in the land who ask for blessingswill ask for them from the faithful God.And people in the land who make a promisewill promise in the name of the faithful God,because the troubles of the past will be forgotten.I will make those troubles go away.
17. “Look, I will make new heavens and a new earth,and people will not remember the pastor think about those things.
18. My people will be happy foreverbecause of the things I will make.I will make a Jerusalem that is full of joy,and I will make her people a delight.
19. Then I will rejoice over Jerusalemand be delighted with my people.There will never again be heard in that citythe sounds of crying and sadness.