New American Standard Bible

Isaiah 65:2-11 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

2. "I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in the way which is not good, following their own thoughts,

3. A people who continually provoke Me to My face, Offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on bricks;

4. Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places; Who eat swine's flesh, And the broth of unclean meat is in their pots.

5. "Who say, 'Keep to yourself, do not come near me, For I am holier than you!' These are 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 even repay into their bosom,

7. Both their own iniquities and the iniquities of their fathers together," says the Lord. "Because they have burned incense on the mountains And scorned Me on the hills, Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom."

8. Thus says the Lord, "As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one says, 'Do not destroy it, for there is benefit in it,' So I will act on behalf of My servants In order not to destroy all of them.

9. "I will bring forth offspring from Jacob, And an heir of My mountains from Judah; Even My chosen ones shall inherit it, And My servants will dwell there.

10. "Sharon will be a pasture land for flocks, And the valley of Achor a resting place for herds, For My people who seek Me.

11. "But you who forsake the Lord, Who forget My holy mountain, Who set a table for Fortune, And who fill cups with mixed wine for Destiny,