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I will cause Jacob's family to have descendants.
There will be people of Judah's family
    who will live on my mountains.
The land will belong to the people that I have chosen.
    My servants will live there.
10 Sharon will become a field where sheep safely eat grass.
    Cows will rest in the Valley of Achor.
Those places will belong to my people,
    those who want to serve me.
11 But punishment will come
    to those people who turn away from the Lord.
You forget to worship me on my holy mountain.[a]
Instead, you prepare food and wine
    to offer to your false gods called “Luck” and “Fate”.

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Footnotes

  1. 65:11 ‘holy mountain’ means Mount Zion, where Solomon built God's temple.

I will bring forth descendants(A) from Jacob,
    and from Judah those who will possess(B) my mountains;
my chosen(C) people will inherit them,
    and there will my servants live.(D)
10 Sharon(E) will become a pasture for flocks,(F)
    and the Valley of Achor(G) a resting place for herds,
    for my people who seek(H) me.

11 “But as for you who forsake(I) the Lord
    and forget my holy mountain,(J)
who spread a table for Fortune
    and fill bowls of mixed wine(K) for Destiny,

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