Isaiah 65
1 to seek to/for not to ask to find to/for not to seek me to say look! I look! I to(wards) nation not to call: call by in/on/with name my
[This is what Yahweh said]: “I was ready to reply [to my people], but no one requested me [to help them]. I was ready to help [even] those who did not call out to me. I continued to say, ‘I am here [to help you]!’
2 to spread hand my all [the] day to(wards) people to rebel [the] to go: walk [the] way: conduct not pleasant after plot their
[It is as though] I have continually held out my arms [to show that I am ready to help] my people who rebel [against me], and who [continually] do the evil things that they want to do.
3 [the] people [the] to provoke [obj] me upon face my continually to sacrifice in/on/with garden and to offer: offer upon [the] brick
They boldly continue to do things that cause me to be angry: They offer sacrifices [to their idols] in their gardens, and they burn incense [to them] on [altars made of] bricks.
4 [the] to dwell in/on/with grave and in/on/with to watch to lodge [the] to eat flesh [the] swine (and broth *Q(K)*) refuse article/utensil their
They secretly remain awake at night in burial caves, [talking with the spirits of] ([dead people/their ancestors]). They eat the meat of pigs, and their pots are full of [other] meat that is [also] unacceptable to me.
5 [the] to say to present: come to(wards) you not to approach: approach in/on/with me for to consecrate: consecate you these smoke in/on/with face: nose my fire to burn all [the] day
[Then] they say [to others], ‘Stay away from me; do not come near me, because I am very holy, [with the result that you should not touch me].’ People like that are [like] [MET] smoke in my nose [from] a fire that burns continually.
6 behold to write to/for face: before my not be silent that if: except if: except to complete and to complete upon bosom: lap their
I have written [a record of all the evil things that they have done]. And I will not do nothing about all those things; I will certainly punish them
7 iniquity: crime your and iniquity: crime father your together to say LORD which to offer: offer upon [the] mountain: mount and upon [the] hill to taunt me and to measure wages their first: previous (to(wards) *Q(K)*) bosom: lap their
for the sins that they and their ancestors have committed. They have mocked/insulted me by burning incense [to their idols] on the hilltops. So I will punish them like they deserve for doing those things.”
8 thus to say LORD like/as as which to find [the] new wine in/on/with cluster and to say not to ruin him for blessing in/on/with him so to make: do because servant/slave my to/for lest to ruin [the] all
This is [also] what Yahweh said: “When there is a cluster of nice grapes on a vine, people do not throw them away, because they know that there is good juice in those grapes. Similarly, because there are some people [in Judah] who faithfully serve/worship me, I will not get rid of all of them.
9 and to come out: send from Jacob seed: children and from Judah to possess: possess mountain: mount my and to possess: take her chosen my and servant/slave my to dwell there [to]
I will spare some of the descendants of Jacob who are living on the hills of Judah. I have chosen them, and they will possess that land; they will worship/serve me, and they will live there.
10 and to be [the] Sharon to/for pasture flock and Valley (of Achor) (Valley of) Achor to/for rest cattle to/for people my which to seek me
[Then all the land from the] Sharon [Plain near the Mediterranean Sea] and [as far east as] Achor Valley [near Jericho] will become pastureland where their cattle and sheep will rest.
11 and you(m. p.) to leave: forsake LORD [the] forgetful [obj] mountain: mount holiness my [the] to arrange to/for Fortune table and [the] to fill to/for Destiny mixed drink
But [it will be different] for you who have abandoned me, you who do not worship me on [Zion], my sacred hill, you who worship Gad and Meni, [the gods who you think will bring you] good luck and good fortune.
12 and to count [obj] you to/for sword and all your to/for slaughter to bow because to call: call to and not to answer to speak: speak and not to hear: hear and to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye my and in/on/with in which not to delight in to choose
[It is I, not Meni, who will decide/say what will happen to you]; you will all [be slaughtered by] swords. [That will happen] because you did not answer when I called out to you. I spoke to you, but you did not pay attention. Instead, you did things that I said are evil; you chose to do things that do not please me.
13 to/for so thus to say Lord YHWH/God behold servant/slave my to eat and you(m. p.) be hungry behold servant/slave my to drink and you(m. p.) to thirst behold servant/slave my to rejoice and you(m. p.) be ashamed
I, Yahweh the Lord, will give to those who worship and obey me things to eat and drink, and they will be happy; but [all] you evil people will be hungry and thirsty, and you will be [sad and] disgraced.
14 behold servant/slave my to sing from goodness heart and you(m. p.) to cry from pain heart and from breaking spirit to wail
Those who worship and obey me will sing joyfully, but you [evil people] will wail loudly because you will be suffering in your inner beings.
15 and to rest name your to/for oath to/for chosen my and to die you Lord YHWH/God and to/for servant/slave his to call: call by name another
Those whom I have chosen will use your names when they curse people; [I], Yahweh the Lord, will get rid of you. But I will give to those who worship and obey me a new name [that they will use when they bless people].
16 which [the] to bless in/on/with land: country/planet to bless in/on/with God amen and [the] to swear in/on/with land: country/planet to swear in/on/with God amen for to forget [the] distress [the] first: previous and for to hide from eye my
The people in this land have had many troubles, but I will cause those troubles to occur no more. Therefore those who ask me to bless them and those who solemnly promise to do something should never forget that I am God, who faithfully [do what I promise to do].”
17 for look! I to create heaven new and land: country/planet new and not to remember [the] first: previous and not to ascend: rise upon heart
“Note this: [Some day] I will create a new heaven and a new earth. [They will be very wonderful, with the result that] you will no longer think about all [the troubles] you had previously.
18 for if: except to rejoice and to rejoice till perpetuity which I to create for look! I to create [obj] Jerusalem rejoicing and people her rejoicing
Be glad and always rejoice because of what I will do: Jerusalem will be a place where [people] rejoice; the people who live there will always be happy.
19 and to rejoice in/on/with Jerusalem and to rejoice in/on/with people my and not to hear: hear in/on/with her still voice: sound weeping and voice outcry
I will rejoice about Jerusalem, and I will be delighted with my people. [People] will no longer weep or cry because of being distressed.
20 not to be from there still infant day and old which not to fill [obj] day his for [the] youth son: aged hundred year to die and [the] to sin son: aged hundred year to lighten
No child will die when it is still an infant; all people will live until they are very old. [People will consider that] anyone who is 100 years old is still young; [they will consider that] anyone who dies who is younger than that has been cursed.
21 and to build house: home and to dwell and to plant vineyard and to eat fruit their
My people will build houses and [then] live in them. They will plant vineyards and then eat grapes from those vineyards.
22 not to build and another to dwell not to plant and another to eat for like/as day [the] tree day people my and deed: work hand their to become old chosen my
As for the houses that they build, no one will [take those houses away from them and] live in them. No one will take a vineyard away from its owner. My chosen people will live a long time, like trees do, and they will enjoy what they have accomplished— [the houses that they have built and the crops that they have planted].
23 not be weary/toil to/for vain and not to beget to/for dismay for seed: children to bless LORD they(masc.) and offspring their with them
They will not work hard in vain, and their children will not die from some (calamity/terrible thing happening to them). I will [certainly] bless their children and their grandchildren.
24 and to be before to call: call to and I to answer still they(masc.) to speak: speak and I to hear: hear
Before they call to me [to help them], I will answer; I will answer their prayers while they are still praying [for me to do something for them].
25 wolf and lamb to pasture like/as one and lion like/as cattle to eat straw and serpent dust food his not be evil and not to ruin in/on/with all mountain: mount holiness my to say LORD
No one will be harmed or injured anywhere on [Zion], my sacred hill: Wolves and lambs will eat grass together [peacefully]; lions will eat hay like oxen do, [and they will not attack people]. Snakes will [not hurt anyone; they will lie on the ground and] eat [only] dirt. [That is surely what it will be like because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
