Isaiah 65 gives God's reaction to Israel's rebellion. It starts: "To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, Here am I, here am I!... I have held out my hands to an obstinate people... a people who continually provoke me... who eat the flesh of pigs... such people are smoke in my nostrils... I will pay back in full... but I will not destroy them all... I will bring forth descendants from Jacob... but as for you who forsake the Lord... I will destine you for the sword." Thus the rebellious will go hungry but the obedient will eat... my servants will drink but the rebellious will go thirsty... my servants will sing for joy but they will wail.
Then in the final section of the chapter a perfect future is envisaged with new heavens and a new earth... I will create Jerusalem to be a delight... where there will be no weeping or crying.... with no infant mortality or early adult deaths, with death at a hundred deemed young... as the days of a tree so will be the people... and they will be a people blessed of the Lord... and before they call I will answer... and the wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox!
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