Tanakh, Bible & Qu'ran: The Pillars of Three Faiths. Various Authors
name,That stirreth up himself to take hold of Thee;For Thou hast hid Thy face from us,And hast consumed us by means of our iniquities. 7But now, O Lord, Thou art our Father;We are the clay, and Thou our potter,And we all are the work of Thy hand.8Be not wroth very sore, O Lord,Neither remember iniquity for ever;Behold, look, we beseech Thee, we are all Thy people.9Thy holy cities are become a wilderness,Zion is become a wilderness,Jerusalem a desolation.10Our holy and our beautiful house,Where our fathers praised Thee,Is burned with fire;And all our pleasant things are laid waste.11Wilt Thou refrain Thyself for these things, O Lord?Wilt Thou hold Thy peace, and afflict us very sore? 65I gave access to them that asked not for Me,I was at hand to them that sought Me not;I said: 'Behold Me, behold Me',Unto a nation that was not called by My name.2I have spread out My hands all the dayUnto a rebellious people,That walk in a way that is not good,After their own thoughts;3A people that provoke MeTo My face continually,That sacrifice in gardens,And burn incense upon bricks;4That sit among the graves,And lodge in the vaults;That eat swine's flesh,And broth of abominable things is in their vessels;5That 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.6Behold, it is written before Me;I will not keep silence, except I have requited,Yea, I will requite into their bosom,7Your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together,Saith the Lord, that have offered upon the mountains,And blasphemed Me upon the hills;Therefore will I first measure their wage into their bosom. 8Thus saith the Lord:As, when wine is found in the cluster,One saith: 'Destroy it not,For a blessing is in it';So will I do for My servants' sakes,That I may not destroy all.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.10And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks,And the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in,For My people that have sought Me.11But ye that forsake the Lord,That forget My holy mountain,That prepare a table for Fortune,And that offer mingled wine in full measure unto Destiny,12I will destine you to the sword,And ye shall all bow down to the slaughter;Because when I called, ye did not answer,When I spoke, ye did not hear;But ye did that which was evil in Mine eyes,And chose that wherein I delighted not. 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 singFor joy of heart,But ye shall cry for sorrow of heart,And shall wail for vexation of spirit.15And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto Mine elect:'So may the Lord God slay thee';But He shall call His servants by another name;16So that he who blesseth himself in the earthShall bless himself by the God of truth;And he that sweareth in the earthShall swear by the God of truth;Because the former troubles are forgotten,And because they are hid from Mine eyes.17For, behold, I create new heavensAnd a new earth;And the former things shall not be remembered,Nor come into mind.18But be ye glad and rejoice for everIn 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.20There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man,That hath not filled his days;For the youngest shall die a hundred years old,And the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.21And they shall build houses, and inhabit them;And they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.22They 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.23They shall not labour in vain,Nor bring forth for terror;For they are the seed blessed of the Lord,And their offspring with them.24And it shall come to pass that, before they call, I will answer,And while they are yet speaking, I will hear.25The wolf and the lamb shall feed together,And the lion shall eat straw like the ox;And dust shall be the serpent's food.They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,Saith the Lord. 66Thus saith the Lord:The heaven is My throne,And the earth is My footstool;Where is the house that ye may build unto Me?And where is the place that may be My resting-place?2For all these things hath My hand made,And so all these things came to be,Saith the Lord;But on this man will I look,Even on him that is poor and of a contrite spirit,And trembleth at My word.3He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man;He that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he broke a dog's neck;He that offereth a meal-offering, as if he offered swine's blood;He that maketh a memorial-offering of frankincense, as if he blessed an idol;According as they have chosen their own ways,And their soul delighteth in their abominations;4Even so I will choose their mockings,And will bring their fears upon them;Because when I called, none did answer;When I spoke, they did not hear,But they did that which was evil in Mine eyes,And chose that in which I delighted not. 5Hear the word of the Lord,Ye that tremble at His word:Your brethren that hate you, that cast you out for My name's sake, have said:'Let the Lord be glorified,That we may gaze upon your joy',But they shall be ashamed.6Hark! an uproar from the city,Hark! it cometh from the temple,Hark! the Lord rendereth recompense to His enemies.7Before she travailed, she brought forth;Before her pain came,She was delivered of a man-child.8Who hath heard such a thing?Who hath seen such things?Is a land born in one day?Is a nation brought forth at once?For as soon as Zion travailed,She brought forth her children.9Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth?Saith the Lord;Shall I that cause to bring forth shut the womb?Saith thy God. 10Rejoice ye with Jerusalem,And be glad with her, all ye that love her;Rejoice for joy with her,All ye that mourn for her;11That ye may suck, and be satisfiedWith the breast of her consolations;That ye may drink deeply with delightOf the abundance of her glory.12For thus saith the Lord:Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river.And the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream,And ye shall suck thereof:Ye shall be borne upon the side,And shall be dandled upon the knees.13As one whom his mother comforteth,So will I comfort you;And ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.14And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice,And your bones shall flourish like young grass;And the hand of the Lord shall be known toward His servants,And He will have indignation against His enemies. 15For, behold, the Lord will come in fire,And His chariots shall be like the whirlwind;To render His anger with fury,And His rebuke with flames of fire.16For by fire will the Lord contend,And by His sword with all flesh;And the slain of the Lord shall be many.17They that sanctify themselves and purify themselvesTo go unto the gardens,Behind one in the midst,Eating swine's flesh, and the detestable thing, and the mouse,Shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.
18For I [know] their works and their thoughts; [the time] cometh, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and shall see My glory. 19And I will work a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard My fame, neither have seen My glory; and they shall declare My glory among the nations. 20And they shall bring all your brethren out of all the nations for an offering unto the Lord, upon horses, and in chariots, and in fitters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to My holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel bring their offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord. 21And of them also will I take for the priests and for the Levites, saith the Lord. 22For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before Me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.
23And it shall come to pass,That from one new moon to another,And from one sabbath to another,Shall all flesh come to worship before Me,Saith the Lord.24And they shall go forth, and lookUpon the carcasses of the men that have rebelled against Me;For their worm shall not die,Neither shall their fire be quenched;And they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
And it shall come to pass,That from one new moon to another,And from one sabbath to another,Shall all flesh come to worship before Me,Saith the Lord.
1. That is, A remnant shall return.