1“I am inquired of by those who didn’t ask.
2I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people,
3a people who provoke me to my face continually,
4who sit among the graves,
5who say, ‘Stay by yourself,
6“Behold, it is written before me:
7your own iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together”, says Yahweh,
8Yahweh says,
9I will bring offspring out of Jacob,
10Sharon will be a fold of flocks,
11“But you who forsake Yahweh,
12I will destine you to the sword,
13Therefore the Lord Yahweh says,
14Behold, my servants will sing for joy of heart,
15You will leave your name for a curse to my chosen,
16so that he who blesses himself in the earth will bless himself in the God of truth;
17“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth;
18But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create;
19I will rejoice in Jerusalem,
20“No more will there be an infant who only lives a few days,
21They will build houses and inhabit them.
22They will not build and another inhabit.
23They will not labor in vain
24It will happen that before they call, I will answer;
25The wolf and the lamb will feed together.