1. “I was sought by those who did not ask; I was 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 day longto a rebellious people who walk in the wrong path,following their own thoughts.
3. These people continually provoke Meto My face,sacrificing in gardens, burning incense on bricks,
4. sitting among the graves,spending nights in secret places,eating the meat of pigs, and putting polluted broth in their bowls.
5. They say, ‘Keep to yourself,don’t come near me, for I am too holy for you! ’These practices are smoke in My nostrils,a fire that burns all day long.
6. It is written before Me:I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will repay them fully
7. for your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together,”says the Lord.“Because they burned incense on the mountainsand reproached Me on the hills, I will reward them fully for their former deeds.”
8. The Lord says this:As the new wine is found in a bunch of grapes,and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it,for there’s some good in it,’so I will act because of My servantsand not destroy them all.
9. I will produce descendants from Jacob, and heirs to My mountains from Judah;My chosen ones will possess it,and My servants will dwell there.
10. Sharon will be a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for cattle to lie down, for My people who have sought Me.
11. But you who abandon the Lord,who forget My holy mountain,who prepare a table for Fortuneand fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,