{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/isaiah/65","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T02:38:35.979Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":65,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":64,"nextChapter":66,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, to a nation that was not called by my name."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, which walks in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"A people that provokes me to anger continually to my face; that sacrifices in gardens, and burns incense on altars of brick;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Which say, Stand by yourself, come not near to me; for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, said the LORD, which have burned incense on the mountains, and blasphemed me on the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Thus said the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one said, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and my elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"But you are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering to that number."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Therefore will I number you to the sword, and you shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not hear; but did evil before my eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Therefore thus said the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be ashamed:"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And you shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay you, and call his servants by another name:"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"That he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"But be you glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"There shall be no more there an infant of days, nor an old man that has not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and my elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, said the LORD."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 65 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Isaiah 65](https://primebible.com/akjv/isaiah/65)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/isaiah/65 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}