Isaiah 65:12-16
The Message
11-12 “But you who abandon me, your God,
who forget the holy mountains,
Who hold dinners for Lady Luck
and throw cocktail parties for Sir Fate,
Well, you asked for it. Fate it will be:
your destiny, Death.
For when I invited you, you ignored me;
when I spoke to you, you brushed me off.
You did the very things I exposed as evil;
you chose what I hate.”
13-16 Therefore, this is the Message from the Master, God:
“My servants will eat,
and you’ll go hungry;
My servants will drink,
and you’ll go thirsty;
My servants will rejoice,
and you’ll hang your heads.
My servants will laugh from full hearts,
and you’ll cry out heartbroken,
yes, wail from crushed spirits.
Your legacy to my chosen
will be your name reduced to a cussword.
I, God, will put you to death
and give a new name to my servants.
Then whoever prays a blessing in the land
will use my faithful name for the blessing,
And whoever takes an oath in the land
will use my faithful name for the oath,
Because the earlier troubles are gone and forgotten,
banished far from my sight.
Isaiah 65:12-14
New International Version
12 I will destine you for the sword,(A)
and all of you will fall in the slaughter;(B)
for I called but you did not answer,(C)
I spoke but you did not listen.(D)
You did evil in my sight
and chose what displeases me.”(E)
13 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“My servants will eat,(F)
but you will go hungry;(G)
my servants will drink,(H)
but you will go thirsty;(I)
my servants will rejoice,(J)
but you will be put to shame.(K)
14 My servants will sing(L)
out of the joy of their hearts,
but you will cry out(M)
from anguish of heart
and wail in brokenness of spirit.
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