Isaiah 65:9-16

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⁹^(A)I will bring forth offspring from Jacob,
    and from Judah possessors of my mountains;
my chosen shall possess it,
    and my servants shall dwell there.
¹⁰^(B)Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks,
    and ^(C)the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,
    for my people ^(D)who have sought me.
¹¹But ^(E)you who forsake the Lord,
    who forget ^(F)my holy mountain,
who ^(G)set a table for Fortune
    and ^(H)fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny,
¹²I will destine you to the sword,
    and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter,
^(I)because, when I called, you did not answer;
    when I spoke, you did not listen,
^(J)but you did what was evil in my eyes
    and chose what I did not delight in.”

¹³Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, ^(K)my servants shall eat,
    but you shall be hungry;
behold, my servants shall drink,
    but you shall be thirsty;
behold, my servants shall rejoice,
    but you shall be put to shame;
¹⁴behold, ^(L)my servants shall sing for gladness of heart,
    but you shall cry out for pain of heart
    and shall wail for breaking of spirit.
¹⁵You shall leave your name to ^(M)my chosen ^(N)for a curse,
    and the Lord God will put you to death,
    but his servants ^(O)he will call by another name,
¹⁶so that he who ^(P)blesses himself in the land
    shall bless himself by ^(Q)the God of truth,
and he who takes an oath in the land
    shall swear by ^(R)the God of truth;
^(S)because the former troubles are forgotten
    and are hidden from my eyes.