Isaiah 65:8–16

⁸Thus says the Lord:

As the wine is found in the cluster,

and they say, “Do not destroy it,

for there is a blessing in it,”

so I will do for my servants’ sake

and not destroy them all.

⁹I will bring forth descendants from Jacob

and from Judah inheritors of my mountains;

my chosen shall inherit it,

and my servants shall settle there.^*

¹⁰Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks

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

for my people who have sought me.^*

¹¹But you who forsake the Lord,

who forget my holy mountain,

who set a table for Fortune

and fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny,^*

¹²I will destine you to the sword,

and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter;

because, when I called, you did not answer,

when I spoke, you did not listen,

but you did what was evil in my sight

and chose what I did not delight in.^*

¹³Therefore thus says the Lord God:

My servants shall eat,

but you shall be hungry;

my servants shall drink,

but you shall be thirsty;

my servants shall rejoice,

but you shall be put to shame;^*

¹⁴my servants shall sing with gladness of heart,

but you shall cry out in pain of heart

and shall wail in anguish of spirit.^*

¹⁵You shall leave your name to my chosen to use as a curse,

and the Lord God will put you to death,

but to his servants he will give a different name.^*

¹⁶Then whoever invokes a blessing in the land

shall bless by the God of faithfulness,

and whoever takes an oath in the land

shall swear by the God of faithfulness,

because the former troubles are forgotten

and are hidden from my sight.^*