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“I allowed Myself to be sought by those who did not ask; I allowed Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ to a nation not calling upon My Name.
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I spread out My hands all day to a stubborn people, those walking in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;
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the people provoking Me to anger before My face continually, sacrificing in gardens and burning incense upon bricks;
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those dwelling among graves and lodging in secret places; those eating flesh of swine, with broth of abominations in their vessels;
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those saying, ‘Remain by yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you.’ These are smoke in My nostrils, a fire burning all day.
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See, it is written before My face: I shall not remain silent, but I shall repay; I shall repay into their bosom,
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your crookedness and the crookedness of your fathers together,” says Yahuah, “who burned incense upon the mountains and reproached Me upon the hills. Therefore I shall measure their former work into their bosom.”
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Thus says Yahuah: “As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, ‘Do not ruin it, for a favor is in it,’ so I shall do for the sake of My servants, not ruining all of them.
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I shall bring forth seed from Yaaqov, and from Yehudah an inheritor of My mountains. My chosen shall inherit it, and My servants shall dwell there.
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And Sharon shall become a fold for flocks, and the Valley of Akhor a resting place for cattle, for My people who have sought Me.
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But you who forsake Yahuah, who forget My set-apart mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune and fill mixed wine for Destiny—
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I shall number you for the sword, and all of you shall bow down to slaughter; because I called, but you did not answer; I spoke, but you did not hear. You did evil in My eyes and chose that in which I did not delight.”
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Therefore thus says Adonai Yahuah: “See, My servants shall eat, but you shall hunger. See, My servants shall drink, but you shall thirst. See, My servants shall rejoice, but you shall be ashamed.
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See, My servants shall shout from goodness of heart, but you shall cry from pain of heart and wail from a broken ruach.
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And you shall leave your name as an oath to My chosen. Adonai Yahuah shall put you to death, but His servants He shall call by another name.
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Whoever favors himself in the earth shall favor himself by the Elohim of truth; and whoever swears in the earth shall swear by the Elohim of truth; because the former distresses shall be forgotten and hidden from My eyes.
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For see, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor shall they rise upon the heart.
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But rejoice and exult forever in what I create. For see, I create Yerushalayim an exultation and her people a joy.
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And I shall exult in Yerushalayim and rejoice in My people. No longer shall the voice of weeping be heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
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No longer shall there be from there an infant of days, nor an old ish who does not complete his days. For the youth shall die a son of a hundred years, and the sinner a son of a hundred years shall be cursed.
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And they shall build houses and dwell in them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
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They shall not build and another dwell; they shall not plant and another eat. For as the days of a tree shall be the days of My people, and My chosen shall wear out the work of their hands.
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They shall not labor for emptiness, nor give birth for sudden terror. For they are the seed of the favored of Yahuah, and their offspring with them.
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And it shall be: before they call, I shall answer; while they are still speaking, I shall hear.
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The wolf and the lamb shall feed as one, the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not do evil nor destroy in all My set-apart mountain,” says Yahuah.