Isaiah 65:2-7

New International Version

²All day long I have held out my hands
    to an obstinate people,^(A)
who walk in ways not good,
    pursuing their own imaginations^(B)—
³a people who continually provoke me
    to my very face,^(C)
offering sacrifices in gardens^(D)
    and burning incense^(E) on altars of brick;
⁴who sit among the graves^(F)
    and spend their nights keeping secret vigil;
who eat the flesh of pigs,^(G)
    and whose pots hold broth of impure meat;
⁵who say, ‘Keep away; don’t come near me,
    for I am too sacred^(H) for you!’
Such people are smoke^(I) in my nostrils,
    a fire that keeps burning all day.

⁶“See, it stands written before me:
    I will not keep silent^(J) but will pay back^(K) in full;
    I will pay it back into their laps^(L)—
⁷both your sins^(M) and the sins of your ancestors,”^(N)
    says the Lord.
“Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains
    and defied me on the hills,^(O)
I will measure into their laps
    the full payment^(P) for their former deeds.”

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Isaiah 65:11-12

New International Version

¹¹“But as for you who forsake^(A) the Lord
    and forget my holy mountain,^(B)
who spread a table for Fortune
    and fill bowls of mixed wine^(C) for Destiny,
¹²I will destine you for the sword,^(D)
    and all of you will fall in the slaughter;^(E)
for I called but you did not answer,^(F)
    I spoke but you did not listen.^(G)
You did evil in my sight
    and chose what displeases me.”^(H)