Discovery Box| (1.00) | Isa 65:3 |
| These people continually and blatantly offend me 1 as they sacrifice in their sacred orchards 2 and burn incense on brick altars. 3 |
| (1.00) | Isa 65:4 |
| They sit among the tombs 1 and keep watch all night long. 2 They eat pork, 3 and broth 4 from unclean sacrificial meat is in their pans. |
| (1.00) | Isa 65:7 |
| for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” 1 says the Lord. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and offended 2 me on the hills, I will punish them in full measure.” 3 |
| (1.00) | Isa 65:8 |
| This is what the Lord says: “When 1 juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes, someone says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for it contains juice.’ 2 So I will do for the sake of my servants – I will not destroy everyone. 3 |
| (1.00) | Isa 65:11 |
| But as for you who abandon the Lord and forget about worshiping at 1 my holy mountain, who prepare a feast for the god called ‘Fortune,’ 2 and fill up wine jugs for the god called ‘Destiny’ 3 – |
| (1.00) | Isa 65:12 |
| I predestine you to die by the sword, 1 all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block, 2 because I called to you, and you did not respond, I spoke and you did not listen. You did evil before me; 3 you chose to do what displeases me.” |
| (1.00) | Isa 65:15 |
| Your names will live on in the curse formulas of my chosen ones. 1 The sovereign Lord will kill you, but he will give his servants another name. |
| (1.00) | Isa 65:22 |
| No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it, 1 or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit, 2 for my people will live as long as trees, 3 and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced. 4 |
| (1.00) | Isa 65:23 |
| They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. 1 For the Lord will bless their children and their descendants. 2 |
| (1.00) | Isa 66:2 |
| My hand made them; 1 that is how they came to be,” 2 says the Lord. I show special favor 3 to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say. 4 |
| (1.00) | Isa 66:3 |
| The one who slaughters a bull also strikes down a man; 1 the one who sacrifices a lamb also breaks a dog’s neck; 2 the one who presents an offering includes pig’s blood with it; 3 the one who offers incense also praises an idol. 4 They have decided to behave this way; 5 they enjoy these disgusting practices. 6 |
| (1.00) | Isa 66:4 |
| So I will choose severe punishment 1 for them; I will bring on them what they dread, because I called, and no one responded, I spoke and they did not listen. They did evil before me; 2 they chose to do what displeases me.” |
| (1.00) | Isa 66:5 |
| Hear the word of the Lord, you who respect what he has to say! 1 Your countrymen, 2 who hate you and exclude you, supposedly for the sake of my name, say, “May the Lord be glorified, then we will witness your joy.” 3 But they will be put to shame. |
| (1.00) | Isa 66:14 |
| When you see this, you will be happy, 1 and you will be revived. 2 The Lord will reveal his power to his servants and his anger to his enemies. 3 |
| (1.00) | Isa 66:16 |
| For the Lord judges all humanity 1 with fire and his sword; the Lord will kill many. 2 |
| (1.00) | Isa 66:17 |
| “As for those who consecrate and ritually purify themselves so they can follow their leader and worship in the sacred orchards, 1 those who eat the flesh of pigs and other disgusting creatures, like mice 2 – they will all be destroyed together,” 3 says the Lord. |
| (1.00) | Isa 66:18 |
| “I hate their deeds and thoughts! So I am coming 1 to gather all the nations and ethnic groups; 2 they will come and witness my splendor. |
| (1.00) | Isa 66:19 |
| I will perform a mighty act among them 1 and then send some of those who remain to the nations – to Tarshish, Pul, 2 Lud 3 (known for its archers 4 ), Tubal, Javan, 5 and to the distant coastlands 6 that have not heard about me or seen my splendor. They will tell the nations of my splendor. |
| (1.00) | Isa 66:20 |
| They will bring back all your countrymen 1 from all the nations as an offering to the Lord. They will bring them 2 on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules, and on camels 3 to my holy hill Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the Israelites bring offerings to the Lord’s temple in ritually pure containers. |
| (1.00) | Isa 66:23 |
| From one month 1 to the next and from one Sabbath to the next, all people 2 will come to worship me,” 3 says the Lord. |
