Isaiah 65:7

God warned people long ago that their guilty lives will affect later *descendants (see Exodus 20:5-6). This means that later *descendants will copy the bad behaviour. Therefore they too will receive punishment.

God’s loyal people are special

v8 ‘But I will not *destroy all the people,’ says the *Lord. ‘Nobody throws away good *grapes with the bad ones. The good *grapes are worth the trouble to keep them in order to make wine. Neither will I *destroy the loyal people who serve me truly. v9 I will preserve them. And I will give them the country called Israel as their home. They and their *descendants will serve me there. v10 Sheep and goats will find food in Sharon in the west. And other animals will lie down in the quiet valley called Achor in the east. It will all belong to my people who serve me.’