12. Now I will destine you for death.All of you will bow to be slaughtered.I called, but you didn’t answer.I spoke, but you didn’t listen.You did what I consider evil.You chose what I don’t like.
13. This is what the Lord God says:My servants will eat, but you will be hungry.My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty.My servants will be glad, but you will be ashamed.
14. My servants will sing because of the gladness in their hearts.But you will cry because of your sadnessand wail because of your depression.
15. Your name will be used as a curse by my chosen ones.The Almighty Lord will kill youand call his servants by another name.
16. Whoever asks for a blessing in the landwill be blessed by the God of Truth.Whoever swears an oath in the landwill swear by the God of Truth.Past troubles are forgotten.They are hidden from my eyes.
17. I will create a new heaven and a new earth.Past things will not be remembered.They will not come to mind.
18. Be glad, and rejoice forever in what I’m going to create,because I’m going to create Jerusalem to be a delightand its people to be a joy.
19. I will rejoice about Jerusalem and be glad about my people.Screaming and crying will no longer be heard in the city.
20. There will no longer be an infant who lives for only a few daysor an old man who doesn’t live a long life.Whoever lives to be a hundred years old will be thought of as young.Whoever dies before he is a hundred years old will be cursed as a sinner.
21. They will build houses and live there.They will plant vineyards and eat fruit from them.
22. They will not build homes and have others live there.They will not plant and have others eat from it.My people will live as long as trees,and my chosen ones will enjoy what they’ve done.
23. They will never again work for nothing.They will never again give birth to children who die young,because they will be offspring blessed by the Lord.The Lord will bless their descendants as well.