7. for your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together,”says the Lord.“Because they burned incense on the mountainsand reproached Me on the hills, I will reward them fully for their former deeds.”
8. The Lord says this:As the new wine is found in a bunch of grapes,and one says, ‘Don’t destroy it,for there’s some good in it,’so I will act because of My servantsand not destroy them all.
9. I will produce descendants from Jacob, and heirs to My mountains from Judah;My chosen ones will possess it,and My servants will dwell there.
10. Sharon will be a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for cattle to lie down, for My people who have sought Me.
11. But you who abandon the Lord,who forget My holy mountain,who prepare a table for Fortuneand fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
12. I will destine you for the sword,and all of you will kneel down to be slaughtered,because I called and you did not answer,I spoke and you did not hear;you did what was evil in My sightand chose what I did not delight in.
13. Therefore, 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 rejoice,but you will be put to shame.
14. My servants will shout for joy from a glad heart,but you will cry out from an anguished heart,and you will lament out of a broken spirit.
15. You will leave your name behindas a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord God will kill you;but He will give His servants another name.
16. Whoever is blessed in the landwill be blessed by the God of truth, and whoever swears in the landwill swear by the God of truth.For the former troubles will be forgottenand hidden from My sight.
17. “For I will create a new heaven and a new earth; the past events will not be remembered or come to mind.