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15 Your names will be ·like curses to [or used as a curse by; L left as a curse to] my ·servants [L chosen ones],
    and the Lord God will put you to death.
    But he will call his servants by another name.
16 People in the land who ask for blessings
    will ·ask for them from [or be blessed by] the faithful God.
And people in the land who ·make a promise [swear an oath]
    will ·promise [swear] ·in the name of the faithful God [or by the one true God],
because the troubles of the past will be forgotten.
    ·I will make those troubles go away [L …and are hidden from my eyes].

A New Time Is Coming

17 “·Look [T Behold], I will ·make [create] new heavens and a new earth,
    and people will not remember the ·past [former things]
    or ·think about those things [bring them to heart/mind].

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

New Heavens and a New Earth

17 “See, I will create
    new heavens and a new earth.(G)
The former things will not be remembered,(H)
    nor will they come to mind.

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