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13 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:

“Look! My servants shall eat but[a] you, you shall be hungry.
Look! My servants shall drink but[b] you, you shall be thirsty.
Look! My servants shall rejoice but[c] you, you shall be ashamed.
14 Look! My servants shall shout for joy,[d] but[e] you, you shall cry out for pain[f] and howl for sadness.[g]
15 And you shall leave your name to my chosen ones as a curse,
    and the Lord Yahweh will kill you, and he will give[h] his servants another name.
16 Whoever blesses himself in the land shall bless himself by the God of trustworthiness,
    and the one who swears an oath in the land shall swear by the God of trustworthiness,
because the former troubles are forgotten,
    and they are hidden from my eyes.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:13 Or “and”
  2. Isaiah 65:13 Or “and”
  3. Isaiah 65:13 Or “and”
  4. Isaiah 65:14 Literally “from goodness of heart”
  5. Isaiah 65:14 Or “and”
  6. Isaiah 65:14 Literally “from pain of heart”
  7. Isaiah 65:14 Literally “from a breaking of the spirit”
  8. Isaiah 65:15 Literally “call”

13 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:

My servants will eat,
but you will be hungry;
My servants will drink,
but you will be thirsty;
My servants will rejoice,
but you will be put to shame.
14 My servants will shout for joy from a glad heart,
but you will cry out from an anguished heart,
and you will lament out of a broken spirit.
15 You will leave your name behind
as a curse for My chosen ones,(A)
and the Lord God will kill you;
but He will give His servants another name.(B)
16 Whoever is blessed in the land
will be blessed by the God of truth,(C)
and whoever swears in the land
will swear by the God of truth.
For the former troubles will be forgotten
and hidden from My sight.

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