Isaiah 65:13-16
English Standard Version
13 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, (A)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;
14 behold, (B)my servants shall sing for gladness of heart,
but you shall cry out for pain of heart
and shall wail for breaking of spirit.
15 You shall leave your name to (C)my chosen (D)for a curse,
and the Lord God will put you to death,
but his servants (E)he will call by another name,
16 so that he who (F)blesses himself in the land
shall bless himself by (G)the God of truth,
and he who takes an oath in the land
shall swear by (H)the God of truth;
(I)because the former troubles are forgotten
and 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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