1I am sought of them that asked not for me ; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.[ † ]Romans 9:24Romans 10:20Isaiah 63:19 2I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;[ † ]Romans 10:21Isaiah 1:2-23Isaiah 42:24 3a people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;[ † ]Deuteronomy 32:21Isaiah 1:29 4which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;[ † ]Deuteronomy 18:11Leviticus 11:7Isaiah 66:17 5which 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.[ † ]Matthew 9:11Luke 7:39Luke 18:9-12 6Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,[ † ]Deuteronomy 32:34Psalms 50:3Psalms 79:12 7your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord , which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.[ † ]Exodus 20:5Ezekiel 18:6Isaiah 57:7Ezekiel 20:27-28
8Thus saith the Lord , As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.[ † ]Joel 2:14Isaiah 1:9Amos 9:8-9 9And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.[ † ]Matthew 24:22 10And 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.[ † ]Isaiah 33:9Joshua 7:24Hosea 2:15Isaiah 55:6 11But ye are they that forsake the Lord , that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.[ † ]Isaiah 56:7Ezekiel 23:411 Corinthians 10:21 12Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.[ † ]2 Chronicles 36:15-16Proverbs 1:24Isaiah 41:28Isaiah 50:2Isaiah 66:4Jeremiah 7:13
13Therefore thus saith the Lord God , Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: 14behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.[ † ]Matthew 8:12Luke 13:28 15And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:[ † ]Jeremiah 29:22Zechariah 8:13Isaiah 65:9-22Acts 11:26 16that he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.[ † ]Psalms 72:17Jeremiah 4:2Deuteronomy 6:13Zephaniah 1:5
17For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.[ † ]Isaiah 51:16Isaiah 66:222 Peter 3:13Revelation 21:1 18But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. 19And 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.[ † ]Isaiah 62:4-5Isaiah 35:10Isaiah 51:11Revelation 7:17Revelation 21:4 20There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.[ † ]Ecclesiastes 8:12-13Isaiah 3:11Isaiah 22:14 21And they shall build houses, and inhabit them ; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.[ † ]Ezekiel 28:26Ezekiel 45:4Hosea 11:11Amos 9:14 22They 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 mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.[ † ]Isaiah 62:8-9Psalms 92:12Isaiah 65:9-15 23They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord , and their offspring with them.[ † ]Hosea 9:12Isaiah 61:9Jeremiah 32:38-39Acts 2:39 24And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.[ † ]Psalms 91:15Isaiah 58:9Isaiah 30:19Daniel 9:20-23 25The 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, saith the Lord .[ † ]Isaiah 11:6-9Genesis 3:14Micah 7:17