Isaiah 65:13-16
World English Bible
13 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says,
“Behold, my servants will eat,
but you will be hungry;
behold, my servants will drink,
but you will be thirsty.
Behold, my servants will rejoice,
but you will be disappointed;
14 Behold, my servants will sing for joy of heart,
but you will cry for sorrow of heart,
and will wail for anguish of spirit.
15 You will leave your name for a curse to my chosen;
and the Lord Yahweh will kill you.
He will call his servants by another name,
16 so that he who blesses himself in the earth will bless himself in the God of truth;
and he who swears in the earth will swear by the God of truth;
because the former troubles are forgotten,
and because they are hidden from my eyes.
Isaiah 65:13-16
International Standard Version
The Righteous and Wicked Contrasted
13 Therefore, this is what the Lord[a] says:
“See, my servants will eat,
but you’ll go hungry;
my servants will drink,
but you’ll go thirsty;
my servants will rejoice,
but you’ll be put to shame.
14 My servants will sing in gladness[b] of heart,
but you’ll cry for help[c] from anguish of heart,
and you’ll howl from brokenness of spirit.
15 You’ll leave your name to my chosen ones as a curse,
and the Lord God will put you to death permanently.[d]
16 Then whoever takes an oath[e] 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.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 65:13 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsaa reads Adonai; MT reads Lord God
- Isaiah 65:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads out of gladness
- Isaiah 65:14 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read cry out
- Isaiah 65:15 Or for good; so 1QIsaa; MT LXX reads but he will call his servants by a different name
- Isaiah 65:16 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read whoever invokes a blessing in the land will bless
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