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Isaiah 65:16–17

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16Anyone in the land who asks for a blessing will ask to be blessed by the Faithful God. Whoever takes an oath will swear by the name of the Faithful God. The troubles of the past will be gone and forgotten.”

The New Creation

17*The Lord says, “I am making a new earth and new heavens. The events of the past will be completely forgotten.

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Isaiah 65:17: For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.

Cross references

  1. *65.17: Is 66:22; 2 P 3:13; Rev 21:1

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

so that he who blesses himself in the land

shall bless himself by the God of truth,

and he who takes an oath in the land

shall swear by the God of truth;

because the former troubles are forgotten

and are hidden from my eyes.

“For behold, I create new heavens

and a new earth,

and the former things shall not be remembered

or come into mind.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Whoever invokes a blessing in the land

will do so by the one true God;

whoever takes an oath in the land

will swear by the one true God.

For the past troubles will be forgotten

and hidden from my eyes.

“See, I will create

new heavens and a new earth.

The former things will not be remembered,

nor will they come to mind.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Whoever asks for a blessing in the land

will ask for a blessing by the God of truth,

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.

“For I will create new heavens and a new earth;

the past events will not be remembered or come to mind.

NLTNew Living Translation

All who invoke a blessing or take an oath

will do so by the God of truth.

For I will put aside my anger

and forget the evil of earlier days.

“Look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth,

and no one will even think about the old ones anymore.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

For look! I am about to create new heavens and a new earth,

and the former things shall not be remembered,

and they shall not come to mind.

KJV 1900King James Version

That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth;

And he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth;

Because the former troubles are forgotten,

And because they are hid from mine eyes.

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth:

And the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.