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"I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me; I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me. I said, 'Here am I, here am I,' To a nation which did not call on My name.
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Both their own iniquities and the iniquities of their fatherstogether," says the LORD. "Because they have burnedincense on the mountains And scorned Me on the hills, Therefore I will measure their formerwork into their bosom."
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Thussays the LORD, "As the newwine 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 destroyall of them.
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"I will bringforthoffspring from Jacob, And an heir of My mountains from Judah; Even My chosenones shall inherit it, And My servants will dwellthere.
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I will destine you for the sword, And all of you will bowdown to the slaughter. Because I called, but you did not answer; I spoke, but you did not hear. And you didevil in My sight And chose that in which I did not delight."
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Therefore, thussays the LordGOD, "Behold, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry. Behold, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
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"Because he who is blessed in the earth Will be blessed by the God of truth; And he who swears in the earth Will swear by the God of truth; Because the formertroubles are forgotten, And because they are hidden from My sight!
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"Nolonger will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, Or an oldmanwho does not live out his days; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred Will be thought accursed.
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"They will not build and anotherinhabit, They will not plant and anothereat; For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, And My chosenones will wear out the work of their hands.
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"They will not labor in vain, Or bear children for calamity; For they are the offspring of those blessed by the LORD, And their descendants with them.
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"The wolf and the lamb will grazetogether, and the lion will eatstraw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent'sfood. They will donoevil or harm in all My holymountain," says the LORD.