Judgment and Salvation
“I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me;
I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me.
I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,’
To a nation which did not call on My name.
2 I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people,
Who walk in the way which is not good, following their own thoughts,
3 A people who continually provoke Me to My face,
Offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on bricks,
4 Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places,
Who eat swine’s flesh,
And the broth of offensive meat is in their pots,
5 Who say, ‘Keep to yourself, do not come near me,
For I am holier than you!’
These are smoke in My nostrils,
A fire that burns all the day.
6 Behold, it is written before Me:
I will not keep silent, but I will repay;
I will even repay into their bosom,
7 Both their own iniquities and the iniquities of their fathers together,” says Yahweh.
“Because they have burned incense on the mountains
And reproached Me on the hills,
Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom.”