14 “Behold, My servants will (A)shout joyfully with a glad heart,
But you will (B)cry out with a [a]heavy heart,
And you will wail with a broken spirit.
15 “You will leave your name for a (C)curse to My chosen ones,
And the Lord [b]God will slay you.
But [c]My servants will be called by (D)another name.
16 “Because he who [d]is blessed in the earth
Will [e]be blessed by the (E)God of truth;
And he who swears in the earth
Will (F)swear by the God of truth;
Because the former troubles are forgotten,
And because they are hidden from My sight!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:14 Lit pain of
  2. Isaiah 65:15 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  3. Isaiah 65:15 So with Gr; Heb He will call His servants
  4. Isaiah 65:16 Or bless(es) himself
  5. Isaiah 65:16 Or bless(es) himself

14 My servants will sing(A)
    out of the joy of their hearts,
but you will cry out(B)
    from anguish of heart
    and wail in brokenness of spirit.
15 You will leave your name
    for my chosen ones to use in their curses;(C)
the Sovereign Lord will put you to death,
    but to his servants he will give another name.(D)
16 Whoever invokes a blessing(E) in the land
    will do so by the one true God;(F)
whoever takes an oath in the land
    will swear(G) by the one true God.
For the past troubles(H) will be forgotten
    and hidden from my eyes.

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