10. Sharon 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.
11. But you who forsake the Lord,who forget my holy mountain,who set a table for Fortuneand fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny,
12. I 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 eyesand chose what I did not delight in.”
13. Therefore thus says the Lord God:“Behold, my servants shall eat,but you shall be hungry;behold, my servants shall drink,but you shall be thirsty;behold, my servants shall rejoice,but you shall be put to shame;
14. behold, my servants shall sing for gladness of heart,but you shall cry out for pain of heartand shall wail for breaking of spirit.
15. You shall leave your name to my chosen for a curse,and the Lord God will put you to death,but his servants he will call by another name.
16. So that he who blesses himself in the landshall bless himself by the God of truth,and he who takes an oath in the landshall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgottenand are hidden from my eyes.
17. “For behold, I create new heavensand a new earth,and the former things shall not be rememberedor come into mind.
18. But be glad and rejoice foreverin that which I create;for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy,and her people to be a gladness.
19. I will rejoice in Jerusalemand be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weepingand the cry of distress.
20. No more shall there be in itan infant who lives but a few days,or an old man who does not fill out his days,for the young man shall die a hundred years old,and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.
21. They shall build houses and inhabit them;they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22. They shall not build and another inhabit;they shall not plant and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23. They shall not labor in vain or bear children for calamity,for they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord,and their descendants with them.
24. Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear.
25. The wolf and the lamb shall graze together;the lion shall eat straw like the ox,and dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt or destroyin all my holy mountain,”says the Lord.