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Text -- Isaiah 65:1--66:24 (NET)

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The Lord Will Distinguish Between Sinners and the Godly
65:1 “I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; I appeared to those who did not look for me. I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’ to a nation that did not invoke my name. 65:2 I spread out my hands all day long to my rebellious people, who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable, and who did what they desired. 65:3 These people continually and blatantly offend me as they sacrifice in their sacred orchards and burn incense on brick altars. 65:4 They sit among the tombs and keep watch all night long. They eat pork, and broth from unclean sacrificial meat is in their pans. 65:5 They say, ‘Keep to yourself! Don’t get near me, for I am holier than you!’ These people are like smoke in my nostrils, like a fire that keeps burning all day long. 65:6 Look, I have decreed: I will not keep silent, but will pay them back; I will pay them back exactly what they deserve, 65:7 for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” says the Lord. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and offended me on the hills, I will punish them in full measure.” 65:8 This is what the Lord says: “When juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes, someone says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for it contains juice.’ So I will do for the sake of my servants– I will not destroy everyone. 65:9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah people to take possession of my mountains. My chosen ones will take possession of the land; my servants will live there. 65:10 Sharon will become a pasture for sheep, and the Valley of Achor a place where cattle graze; they will belong to my people, who seek me. 65:11 But as for you who abandon the Lord and forget about worshiping at my holy mountain, who prepare a feast for the god called ‘Fortune,’ and fill up wine jugs for the god called ‘Destiny’– 65:12 I predestine you to die by the sword, all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block, because I called to you, and you did not respond, I spoke and you did not listen. You did evil before me; you chose to do what displeases me.” 65:13 So this is what the sovereign Lord says: “Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated! 65:14 Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; you will wail because your spirits will be crushed. 65:15 Your names will live on in the curse formulas of my chosen ones. The sovereign Lord will kill you, but he will give his servants another name. 65:16 Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God; whoever makes an oath in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God. For past problems will be forgotten; I will no longer think about them. 65:17 For look, I am ready to create new heavens and a new earth! The former ones will not be remembered; no one will think about them anymore. 65:18 But be happy and rejoice forevermore over what I am about to create! For look, I am ready to create Jerusalem to be a source of joy, and her people to be a source of happiness. 65:19 Jerusalem will bring me joy, and my people will bring me happiness. The sound of weeping or cries of sorrow will never be heard in her again. 65:20 Never again will one of her infants live just a few days or an old man die before his time. Indeed, no one will die before the age of a hundred, anyone who fails to reach the age of a hundred will be considered cursed. 65:21 They will build houses and live in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 65:22 No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it, or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit, for my people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced. 65:23 They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the Lord will bless their children and their descendants. 65:24 Before they even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I will hear. 65:25 A wolf and a lamb will graze together; a lion, like an ox, will eat straw, and a snake’s food will be dirt. They will no longer injure or destroy on my entire royal mountain,” says the Lord. 66:1 This is what the Lord says: “The heavens are my throne and the earth is my footstool. Where then is the house you will build for me? Where is the place where I will rest? 66:2 My hand made them; that is how they came to be,” says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say. 66:3 The one who slaughters a bull also strikes down a man; the one who sacrifices a lamb also breaks a dog’s neck; the one who presents an offering includes pig’s blood with it; the one who offers incense also praises an idol. They have decided to behave this way; they enjoy these disgusting practices. 66:4 So I will choose severe punishment for them; I will bring on them what they dread, because I called, and no one responded, I spoke and they did not listen. They did evil before me; they chose to do what displeases me.” 66:5 Hear the word of the Lord, you who respect what he has to say! Your countrymen, who hate you and exclude you, supposedly for the sake of my name, say, “May the Lord be glorified, then we will witness your joy.” But they will be put to shame. 66:6 The sound of battle comes from the city; the sound comes from the temple! It is the sound of the Lord paying back his enemies. 66:7 Before she goes into labor, she gives birth! Before her contractions begin, she delivers a boy! 66:8 Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen this? Can a country be brought forth in one day? Can a nation be born in a single moment? Yet as soon as Zion goes into labor she gives birth to sons! 66:9 “Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?” asks the Lord. “Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?” asks your God. 66:10 Be happy for Jerusalem and rejoice with her, all you who love her! Share in her great joy, all you who have mourned over her! 66:11 For you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts. 66:12 For this is what the Lord says: “Look, I am ready to extend to her prosperity that will flow like a river, the riches of nations will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks. You will nurse from her breast and be carried at her side; you will play on her knees. 66:13 As a mother consoles a child, so I will console you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.” 66:14 When you see this, you will be happy, and you will be revived. The Lord will reveal his power to his servants and his anger to his enemies. 66:15 For look, the Lord comes with fire, his chariots come like a windstorm, to reveal his raging anger, his battle cry, and his flaming arrows. 66:16 For the Lord judges all humanity with fire and his sword; the Lord will kill many. 66:17 “As for those who consecrate and ritually purify themselves so they can follow their leader and worship in the sacred orchards, those who eat the flesh of pigs and other disgusting creatures, like mice– they will all be destroyed together,” says the Lord. 66:18 “I hate their deeds and thoughts! So I am coming to gather all the nations and ethnic groups; they will come and witness my splendor. 66:19 I will perform a mighty act among them and then send some of those who remain to the nations– to Tarshish, Pul, Lud (known for its archers), Tubal, Javan, and to the distant coastlands that have not heard about me or seen my splendor. They will tell the nations of my splendor. 66:20 They will bring back all your countrymen from all the nations as an offering to the Lord. They will bring them on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules, and on camels to my holy hill Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the Israelites bring offerings to the Lord’s temple in ritually pure containers. 66:21 And I will choose some of them as priests and Levites,” says the Lord. 66:22 “For just as the new heavens and the new earth I am about to make will remain standing before me,” says the Lord, “so your descendants and your name will remain. 66:23 From one month to the next and from one Sabbath to the next, all people will come to worship me,” says the Lord. 66:24 “They will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against me, for the maggots that eat them will not die, and the fire that consumes them will not die out. All people will find the sight abhorrent.”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Achor a valley where Achan was stoned for his trouble making
 · Israelite a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
 · Jacob the second so of a pair of twins born to Isaac and Rebeccaa; ancestor of the 12 tribes of Israel,the nation of Israel,a person, male,son of Isaac; Israel the man and nation
 · Javan son of Japheth son of Noah,a nation, namely Greece (OS)
 · Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin
 · Judah the son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,a tribe, the land/country,a son of Joseph; the father of Simeon; an ancestor of Jesus,son of Jacob/Israel and Leah; founder of the tribe of Judah,the tribe of Judah,citizens of the southern kingdom of Judah,citizens of the Persian Province of Judah; the Jews who had returned from Babylonian exile,"house of Judah", a phrase which highlights the political leadership of the tribe of Judah,"king of Judah", a phrase which relates to the southern kingdom of Judah,"kings of Judah", a phrase relating to the southern kingdom of Judah,"princes of Judah", a phrase relating to the kingdom of Judah,the territory allocated to the tribe of Judah, and also the extended territory of the southern kingdom of Judah,the Province of Judah under Persian rule,"hill country of Judah", the relatively cool and green central highlands of the territory of Judah,"the cities of Judah",the language of the Jews; Hebrew,head of a family of Levites who returned from Exile,a Levite who put away his heathen wife,a man who was second in command of Jerusalem; son of Hassenuah of Benjamin,a Levite in charge of the songs of thanksgiving in Nehemiah's time,a leader who helped dedicate Nehemiah's wall,a Levite musician who helped Zechariah of Asaph dedicate Nehemiah's wall
 · Levites relating to Levi and the priesthood given to him,a tribal name describing people and ceremonies as sacred
 · Lud son of Shem son of Noah,a people from Lydia in Eastern Turkey
 · Put son of Ham son of Noah,a nation on the African coast
 · Sharon a region of large coastal plain in northern Palestine,rich coastal plain in North Palestine (IBD),the unsettled plains country (IBD)
 · Tarshish son of Javan son of Japheth son of Noah,son of Bilhan, great grandson of Benjamin son of Israel,one of the seven princes of Persia under Ahasuerus,a region known for its ports friendly to the ships of Israel,A ship built strong and equiped for long range trading.
 · Tubal son of Japheth son of Noah,a strong warlike nation from the north of Israel (IBD)
 · Zion one of the hills on which Jerusalem was built; the temple area; the city of Jerusalem; God's people,a town and citidel; an ancient part of Jerusalem


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Isaiah | Church | ISAIAH, 1-7 | Jesus, The Christ | Isaiah, The Book of | Israel | Gentiles | Condescension of God | Righteous | God | Milleium | Swine | Idolatry | SALVATION | Apostasy | Joy | LIFE | Pul | Quotations and Allusions | Hypocrisy | more
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NET Notes: Isa 65:1 Heb “call out in”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “call on.”

NET Notes: Isa 65:2 Heb “who walked [in] the way that is not good, after their thoughts.”

NET Notes: Isa 65:3 Or perhaps, “on tiles.”

NET Notes: Isa 65:4 The marginal reading (Qere), supported by the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa, reads מְרַק (mÿraq, “broth”), while...

NET Notes: Isa 65:6 Heb “I will pay back into their lap.”

NET Notes: Isa 65:7 Heb “I will measure out their pay [from the] beginning into their lap,” i.e., he will give them everything they have earned.

NET Notes: Isa 65:8 Heb “by not destroying everyone.”

NET Notes: Isa 65:9 Heb “it.” The third feminine singular pronominal suffix probably refers to the land which contains the aforementioned mountains.

NET Notes: Isa 65:10 Heb “for my people who seek me.”

NET Notes: Isa 65:11 The Hebrew has לַמְנִי (lamni, “for Meni”), the name of a pagan deity. See HALOT 602 s.v. מ...

NET Notes: Isa 65:12 Heb “that which is evil in my eyes.”

NET Notes: Isa 65:14 Heb “from the breaking of the spirit.”

NET Notes: Isa 65:15 For an example of such a curse formula see Jer 29:22.

NET Notes: Isa 65:16 Heb “for the former distresses will be forgotten, and they will be hidden from my eyes.”

NET Notes: Isa 65:17 Heb “and they will not come up on the mind.”

NET Notes: Isa 65:18 Heb “her people, happiness.” See the preceding note.

NET Notes: Isa 65:19 Heb “and I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and be happy in my people.”

NET Notes: Isa 65:20 Heb “the one who misses.” חָטָא (khata’) is used here in its basic sense of “miss the mark.̶...

NET Notes: Isa 65:22 Heb “the work of their hands” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “their hard-won gains.”

NET Notes: Isa 65:23 Heb “for offspring blessed by the Lord they [will be], and their descendants along with them.”

NET Notes: Isa 65:24 The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

NET Notes: Isa 65:25 As in 11:1-9 the prophet anticipates a time when the categories predator-prey no longer exist. See the note at the end of 11:8.

NET Notes: Isa 66:2 Heb “to the humble and the lowly in spirit and the one who trembles at my words.”

NET Notes: Isa 66:3 Heb “their being [or “soul”] takes delight in their disgusting [things].”

NET Notes: Isa 66:4 Heb “that which is evil in my eyes.”

NET Notes: Isa 66:5 Or “so that we might witness your joy.” The point of this statement is unclear.

NET Notes: Isa 66:8 Heb “land,” but here אֶרֶץ (’erets) stands metonymically for an organized nation (see the following li...

NET Notes: Isa 66:9 The rhetorical questions expect the answer, “Of course not!”

NET Notes: Isa 66:11 Zion’s residents will benefit from and enjoy her great material prosperity. See v. 12.

NET Notes: Isa 66:12 The words “from her breast” are supplied in the translation for clarification (see v. 11).

NET Notes: Isa 66:13 Heb “like a man whose mother comforts him.”

NET Notes: Isa 66:14 Heb “and the hand of the Lord will be made known to his servants, and anger to his enemies.”

NET Notes: Isa 66:15 Heb “to cause to return with the rage of his anger, and his battle cry [or “rebuke”] with flames of fire.”

NET Notes: Isa 66:16 Heb “many are the slain of the Lord.”

NET Notes: Isa 66:17 Heb “together they will come to an end.”

NET Notes: Isa 66:18 Heb “and the tongues”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “and tongues.”

NET Notes: Isa 66:19 Or “islands” (NIV).

NET Notes: Isa 66:20 The precise meaning of this word is uncertain. Some suggest it refers to “chariots.” See HALOT 498 s.v. *כִּר‘...

NET Notes: Isa 66:23 Or “bow down before” (NASB).

NET Notes: Isa 66:24 This verse depicts a huge mass burial site where the seemingly endless pile of maggot-infested corpses are being burned.

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