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13 Therefore, the Lord God says this,

“Listen carefully, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry;
Indeed, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty;
Indeed, My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
14 
“Indeed, My servants will shout for joy from a happy heart,
But you will cry out with a heavy heart,
And you shall wail and howl from a broken spirit.
15 
“And you will leave your name behind to My chosen ones [who will use it] as a curse,
And the Lord God will put you to death,
But He will call His servants by another name [a much greater name, just as the name Israel was greater than the name Jacob].(A)
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“Because he who blesses himself on the earth
Will bless himself by the God of truth and faithfulness;
And he who swears [an oath] on the earth
Will swear by the God of truth and faithfulness;
Because the former troubles are forgotten,
And because they are hidden from My sight.(B)

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13 Therefore, this is what the Lord [a]God says:
“Behold, My servants will (A)eat, but you will be (B)hungry.
Behold, My servants will (C)drink, but you will be (D)thirsty.
Behold, My servants will (E)rejoice, but you will be (F)put to shame.
14 Behold, My servants will (G)shout joyfully with a glad heart,
But you will (H)cry out from a painful heart,
And you will wail from a broken spirit.
15 You will leave your name as a (I)curse to My chosen ones,
And the Lord [b]God will put you to death.
But [c]My servants will be called by (J)another name.
16 Because the one who [d]is blessed on the earth
Will [e]be blessed by the (K)God of truth;
And the one who swears an oath on the earth
Will (L)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 65:13 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  2. Isaiah 65:15 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  3. Isaiah 65:15 As in LXX; MT He will call His servants
  4. Isaiah 65:16 Or bless(es) himself
  5. Isaiah 65:16 Or bless(es) himself