Isaiah 65:8–16

⁸The Lord says this:

“As the new wine is found in a bunch of grapes,

and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it,

for there’s some good^G in it,’

so I will act because of my servants

and not destroy them all.

⁹I will produce descendants from Jacob,^j

and heirs to my mountains from Judah;

my chosen^k ones will possess it,

and my servants will dwell there.^l

¹⁰Sharon will be a pasture for flocks,^m

and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,ⁿ

for my people who have sought me.^o

¹¹But you who abandon the Lord,

who forget my holy mountain,

who prepare a table for Fortune

and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,^A

¹²I will destine you for the sword,

and all of you will kneel down to be slaughtered,

because I called and you did not answer,

I spoke and you did not hear;

you did what was evil in my sight

and chose what I did not delight in.”^p

¹³Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:

“Look! My servants will eat,

but you will be hungry.

Look! My servants will drink,

but you will be thirsty.

Look! My servants will rejoice,

but you will be put to shame.

¹⁴Look! 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.

¹⁵You will leave your name behind

as a curse for my chosen ones,^q

and the Lord God will kill you;

but he will give his servants another name.^r

¹⁶Whoever asks for a blessing in the land

will ask for a blessing by the God of truth,^s

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.