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15 You’ll leave your name to my chosen ones as a curse,
    and the Lord God will put you to death permanently.[a]
16 Then whoever takes an oath[b] by the God of faithfulness,
    and whoever takes an oath in the land,
        will swear by the God of faithfulness,
because the former troubles are forgotten
    and are hidden from my eyes.

A New Universe

17 Take notice! I’m about to create new heavens
    and a new earth;
the former things won’t be remembered,
    nor will they come to mind.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:15 Or for good; so 1QIsaa; MT LXX reads but he will call his servants by a different name
  2. Isaiah 65:16 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read whoever invokes a blessing in the land will bless

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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