1. I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me;I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.I said, “Here I am, here I am,”to a nation that was not called by my name.
2. I spread out my hands all the dayto a rebellious people,who walk in a way that is not good,following their own devices;
3. a people who provoke meto my face continually, sacrificing in gardensand making offerings on bricks;
4. who sit in tombs,and spend the night in secret places; who eat pig’s flesh,and broth of tainted meat is in their vessels;
5. who say, “Keep to yourself,do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.” These are a smoke in my nostrils,a fire that burns all the day.
6. Behold, it is written before me: “I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will indeed repay into their lap
7. both your iniquities and your fathers’ iniquities together,says the Lord; because they made offerings on the mountains and insulted me on the hills,I will measure into their lappayment for their former deeds.”
8. Thus says the Lord: “As the new wine is found in the cluster,and they say, ‘Do not destroy it,for there is a blessing in it,’so I will do for my servants’ sake, and not destroy them all.
9. I will bring forth offspring from Jacob,and from Judah possessors of my mountains;my chosen shall possess it,and my servants shall dwell there.
10. Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks,and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,for my people who have sought me.
11. But you who forsake the Lord,who forget my holy mountain,who set a table for Fortuneand fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny,
12. I will destine you to the sword,and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter, because, when I called, you did not answer;when I spoke, you did not listen, but you did what was evil in my eyesand chose what I did not delight in.”