14. My servants will sing with contented hearts,but you will cry out from heartache;with broken spirits you will wail.
15. You will leave your name behind for my chosen ones to curse:"May the Lord God kill you!May he call his servants by a different name!"
16. Those who pronounce a blessing in the landwill do so by the God called Amen;those who make a solemn pledge in the land will do so by the God called Amen.Past troubles will be forgottenand hidden from my sight.
17. Look! I’m creating a new heaven and a new earth:past events won’t be remembered;they won’t come to mind.
18. Be glad and rejoice foreverin what I’m creating,because I’m creating Jerusalem as a joyand her people as a source of gladness.
19. I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad about my people.No one will ever hear the sound of weeping or crying in it again.
20. No more will babies live only a few days,or the old fail to live out their days.The one who dies at a hundred will be like a young person,and the one falling short of a hundred will seem cursed.
21. They will build houses and live in them;they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22. They won’t build for others to live in,nor plant for others to eat.Like the days of a tree will be the days of my people;my chosen will make full use of their handiwork.
23. They won’t labor in vain,nor bear children to a world of horrors,because they will be people blessed by the Lord, they along with their descendants.