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15 You will leave your name for a curse to my chosen ones
    when the Lord God slays you,
    and calls his servants by another name.
16 Whoever invokes a blessing in the land
    shall bless by the God of truth;[a]
Whoever takes an oath in the land
    shall swear by the God of truth;
For the hardships of the past shall be forgotten
    and hidden from my eyes.

A World Renewed

17 [b]See, I am creating new heavens
    and a new earth;
The former things shall not be remembered
    nor come to mind.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 65:16 God of truth: lit., “God of Amen,” i.e., the one who keeps his word.
  2. 65:17–18 The new creation (cf. 66:22) is described with apocalyptic exuberance: long life, material prosperity, and so forth. As the former events in 43:18 are to be forgotten, so also the new creation wipes out memory of the first creation.

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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