Isaiah 65:8-12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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The Righteous shall Inherit the Land, but their Opponents shall be Slaughtered. Yahweh says, Even as the vintagers say when they see a cluster with only a few sound grapes in it, - Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it,'so for the sake of those who are faithful to Me I will not utterly destroy My people. The righteous survivors shall possess the holy land. From Sharon (p. 28) the maritime plain between Joppa and Carmel to the valley of Achor in the neighbourhood of Jericho the plains shall teem with cattle. But you who deliberately ignore My Temple and its ritual, spreading instead a meal for the gods Fortune and Destiny you will I destine (a terrible jest) to destruction, because ye were deaf to all My appeals, defying My will.

Isaiah 65:8. Destroy... in it: possibly the opening words of a popular vintage song.

Isaiah 65:11. table: the rite of the shewbread is probably to be traced to this custom of preparing banquets (lectisternia) for the gods (Leviticus 24:5-9 *).

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Isaiah 65:8-12

8 Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

9 And 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.

10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.

11 But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop,c and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.

12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.