1. “I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask.I am found by those who didn’t seek me.I said, ‘See me, see me,’ to a nation that was not called by my name.
2. I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people,who walk in a way that is not good,after their own thoughts;
3. a people who provoke me to my face continually,sacrificing in gardens,and burning incense on bricks;
4. who sit among the graves,and spend nights in secret places;who eat pig’s meat,and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
5. who say, ‘Stay by yourself,don’t come near to me,for I am holier than you.’These are smoke in my nose,a fire that burns all day.
6. “Behold, it is written before me:I will not keep silence,but will repay,yes, I will repay into their bosom,
7. your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together”, says the Lord,“who have burned incense on the mountains,and blasphemed me on the hills.Therefore I will first measure their work into their bosom.”
8. the Lord says,“As the new wine is found in the cluster,and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for a blessing is in it:’so I will do for my servants’ sake,that I may not destroy them all.
9. I will bring offspring out of Jacob,and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains.My chosen will inherit it,and my servants will dwell there.
10. Sharon will be a fold of flocks,and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in,for my people who have sought me.
11. “But you who forsake the Lord,who forget my holy mountain,who prepare a table for Fortune,and who fill up mixed wine to Destiny;
12. I will destine you to the sword,and you will all bow down to the slaughter;because when I called, you didn’t answer.When I spoke, you didn’t listen;but you did that which was evil in my eyes,and chose that in which I didn’t delight.”
13. Therefore thus says the Lord GOD,“Behold, my servants will eat,but you will be hungry;behold, my servants will drink,but you will be thirsty.Behold, my servants will rejoice,but you will be disappointed;
14. Behold, my servants will sing for joy of heart,but you will cry for sorrow of heart,and will wail for anguish of spirit.
15. You will leave your name for a curse to my chosen;and the Lord GOD will kill you.He will call his servants by another name,