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12 I’ll consign[a] you to the sword,
    and all of you will bend down for the slaughter—
because when I called, you didn’t answer,
    when I spoke, you didn’t listen;
but you did what was evil in my sight,
    and chose what I took no pleasure in.”

The Righteous and Wicked Contrasted

13 Therefore, this is what the Lord[b] says:
“See, my servants will eat,
    but you’ll go hungry;
my servants will drink,
    but you’ll go thirsty;
my servants will rejoice,
    but you’ll be put to shame.
14 My servants will sing in gladness[c] of heart,
    but you’ll cry for help[d] from anguish of heart,
        and you’ll howl from brokenness of spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:12 Lit. destine
  2. Isaiah 65:13 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsaa reads Adonai; MT reads Lord God
  3. Isaiah 65:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads out of gladness
  4. Isaiah 65:14 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read cry out