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The Lord Answers His People’s Prayer

65 I was ready to answer those who didn’t ask.
    I was found by those who weren’t looking for me.
    I said, “Here I am! Here I am!”
        to a nation that didn’t worship me.
I stretched out my hands all day long to stubborn people.
    They chose to go the wrong direction.
    They followed their own plans.
These people constantly and openly provoked me.
    They offered sacrifices in gardens
        and burnt incense on brick altars.

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Judgment and Salvation

65 “I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me;
    I was found by those who did not seek me.(A)
To a nation(B) that did not call on my name,(C)
    I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’
All day long I have held out my hands
    to an obstinate people,(D)
who walk in ways not good,
    pursuing their own imaginations(E)
a people who continually provoke me
    to my very face,(F)
offering sacrifices in gardens(G)
    and burning incense(H) on altars of brick;

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