OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 8

Isaiah 65:8

The LORD says,

“As the new wine is found in the cluster,

and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for a blessing is in it:’

so I will do for my servants’ sake,

that I may not destroy them all.

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Isaiah 65:8 in context

Isaiah 65:5–11

who say, ‘Stay by yourself,

don’t come near to me,

for I am holier than you.’

These are smoke in my nose,

a fire that burns all day.

“Behold, it is written before me:

I will not keep silence,

but will repay,

yes, I will repay into their bosom

your own iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together”, says the LORD,

“who have burned incense on the mountains,

and blasphemed me on the hills.

Therefore I will first measure their work into their bosom.”

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The LORD says,

“As the new wine is found in the cluster,

and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for a blessing is in it:’

so I will do for my servants’ sake,

that I may not destroy them all.

I will bring offspring out of Jacob,

and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains.

My chosen will inherit it,

and my servants will dwell there.

Sharon will be a fold of flocks,

and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in,

for my people who have sought me.

“But you who forsake the LORD,

who forget my holy mountain,

who prepare a table for Fortune,

and who fill up mixed wine to Destiny;

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