{"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/dbt/isaiah/65","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:10:26.735Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":65,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":64,"nextChapter":66,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"I am sought out of them that inquired not for me, I am found of them that sought me not; I have said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I have stretched out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, who walk in a way not good, after their own thoughts;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"the people that provoke me to anger continually to my face, sacrificing in gardens and burning incense upon the bricks;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"who sit down among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; who eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"who say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth 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, saith Jehovah, who have burned incense upon the mountains, and outraged me upon the hills; and I will measure their former work into their bosom."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Thus saith Jehovah: As the new wine is found in the cluster, and it is 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 a possessor of my mountains; and mine elect shall possess it, and my servants shall dwell there."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And the Sharon shall be a fold for flocks, and the valley of Achor a couching-place of the herds, for my people that have sought me."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"But ye who forsake Jehovah, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Gad, and fill up mixed wine unto Meni:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I will even assign you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down in the slaughter; because I called, and ye did not answer, I spoke, and ye did not hear; but ye did what was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delight not."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, my servants shall eat, and ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, and ye shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, and ye shall be ashamed;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"behold, my servants shall sing aloud for gladness of heart, and ye shall cry out for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto mine elect; for the Lord Jehovah will slay thee, and will call his servants by another name:"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"so that he who blesseth himself in the land shall bless himself by the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the land shall swear by the God of truth: because the former troubles shall be forgotten, and because they shall be hidden from mine 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 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 over Jerusalem, and will 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 thenceforth an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not completed his days; for the youth shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a 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 thereof:"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"they shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for terror; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; 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 ox; and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah."}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 65 (DBT)","markdown":"[Isaiah 65](https://primebible.com/dbt/isaiah/65)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/isaiah/65 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}