Isaiah 65:8–16

⁸Thus says Yahweh: “Just as the new wine is found in the cluster, and they say ‘You must not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it,’ so I will do for the sake of my servants by^l not destroying everyone.^m

⁹And I will bring descendantsⁿ out from Jacob,

and a people from Judah to take possession of my mountain,

and my chosen ones shall inherit it,

and my servants shall settle there.

¹⁰And Sharon shall become a pasture for^o flocks,^p

and the valley of Achor a resting place for^q herds^r

for my people who have sought me.

¹¹But^s you who forsake^t Yahweh,

forgetting my holy mountain,^u

who set a table for Fortune,

and who pour out^v a jug of mixed wine for Destiny,

¹²and I will remit you to the sword,

and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter,

because I called, but^w you did not answer;

I spoke, but^x you did not listen,

but^y you did the evil in my eyes,

and you chose that in which I do not delight.”

¹³Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:

“Look! My servants shall eat but^z you, you shall be hungry.

Look! My servants shall drink but^a you, you shall be thirsty.

Look! My servants shall rejoice but^b you, you shall be ashamed.

¹⁴Look! My servants shall shout for joy^c of heart, but^d you, you shall cry out for pain^e and howl for sadness.^f

¹⁵And you shall leave your name to my chosen ones as a curse,

and the Lord Yahweh will kill you, and he will give^g his servants another name.

¹⁶Whoever 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.