1. “I made myself available to those who did not ask for me;I appeared to those who did not look for me.I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’to a nation that did not invoke my name.
2. I spread out my hands all day longto my rebellious people,who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable,and who did what they desired.
3. These people continually and blatantly offend me as they sacrifice in their sacred orchardsand burn incense on brick altars.
4. They sit among the tombsand keep watch all night long.They eat pork,and broth from unclean sacrificial meat is in their pans.
5. They say, ‘Keep to yourself!Don’t get near me, for I am holier than you!’These people are like smoke in my nostrils,like a fire that keeps burning all day long.
6. Look, I have decreed:I will not keep silent, but will pay them back;I will pay them back exactly what they deserve,
7. for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” says the Lord.“Because they burned incense on the mountainsand offended me on the hills,I will punish them in full measure.”
8. This is what the Lord says:“When juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes,someone says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for it contains juice.’So I will do for the sake of my servants – I will not destroy everyone.
9. I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,and from Judah people to take possession of my mountains.My chosen ones will take possession of the land;my servants will live there.
10. Sharon will become a pasture for sheep,and the Valley of Achor a place where cattle graze; they will belong to my people, who seek me.
11. But as for you who abandon the Lordand forget about worshiping at my holy mountain,who prepare a feast for the god called ‘Fortune,’and fill up wine jugs for the god called ‘Destiny’ –
12. I predestine you to die by the sword,all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block,because I called to you, and you did not respond,I spoke and you did not listen.You did evil before me;you chose to do what displeases me.”