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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”

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.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:13 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsaa reads Adonai; MT reads Lord God
  2. Isaiah 65:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads out of gladness
  3. Isaiah 65:14 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read cry out
  4. Isaiah 65:15 Or for good; so 1QIsaa; MT LXX reads but he will call his servants by a different name
  5. Isaiah 65:16 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read whoever invokes a blessing in the land will bless