Isaiah 65:8–16

⁸The Lord says,

“Sometimes juice is still left in grapes that have been crushed.

So people say, ‘Don’t destroy them.

Some good juice is still left in them.’

That is what I will do for the good of those who serve me.

I will not destroy all of my people.

⁹I will give children

to the families of Jacob and Judah.

They will possess my entire land.

My chosen people will be given all of it.

Those who serve me will live there.

¹⁰Their flocks will eat in the rich grasslands of Sharon.

Their herds will rest in the Valley of Achor.

That is what I will do for my people who follow me.

¹¹“But some of you have deserted me.

You no longer worship on my holy mountain of Zion.

You spread a table for the god that is called Good Fortune.

You offer bowls of mixed wine to the god named Fate.

¹²So I will make it your fate to be killed with swords.

Each of you will die a horrible death.

That is because I called out to you, but you did not answer me.

I spoke to you, but you did not listen.

You did what is evil in my sight.

You chose to do what does not please me.”

¹³So the Lord and King says,

“Those who serve me will have food to eat.

But you will be hungry.

My servants will have plenty to drink.

But you will be thirsty.

Those who serve me will be full of joy.

But you will be put to shame.

¹⁴My servants will sing

with joy in their hearts.

But you will cry out

because of the great pain in your hearts.

You will cry because your spirits are sad.

¹⁵My chosen ones will use your names

when they call down curses on others.

I am your Lord and King.

I will put you to death.

But I will give new names to those who serve me.

¹⁶They will ask me to bless their land.

They will do it in my name.

I am the God of truth.

They will take oaths and make promises in their land.

They will do it in my name.

I am the God of truth.

The troubles of the past will be forgotten.

They will be hidden from my eyes.