Isaiah 65:7-9

New Living Translation

⁷ both for their own sins
    and for those of their ancestors,”
    says the Lord.
“For they also burned incense on the mountains
    and insulted me on the hills.
    I will pay them back in full!

⁸ “But I will not destroy them all,”
    says the Lord.
“For just as good grapes are found among a cluster of bad ones
    (and someone will say, ‘Don’t throw them all away—
    some of those grapes are good!’),
so I will not destroy all Israel.
    For I still have true servants there.
⁹ I will preserve a remnant of the people of Israel^[a]
    and of Judah to possess my land.
Those I choose will inherit it,
    and my servants will live there.