Focused Passage

Isaiah 65:13-16

The LORD Answers Rebellion with Judgment and Promises New Creation for His Servants

From the LORD’s exposure of an obstinate people who refused his outstretched hands, to his indictment of corrupt worship and false holiness, to his promise to repay sin, to his preservation of a servant remnant, to judgment against those who forsake the LORD, to the sharp contrast between servants and rebels, to the promise of new heavens, new earth, renewed Jerusalem, fruitful labor, answered prayer, and peace on the LORD’s holy mountain.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

13 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

14 My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.

15 You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.

16 Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.

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Verse 13

Cross-references

Matthew 5:6 Classic cross-references Psalms 128:2 Classic cross-references Malachi 3:18 Classic cross-references Psalms 22:26 Classic cross-references Psalms 92:4 Classic cross-references John 6:35 OliveGrove study links Revelation 2:17 OliveGrove study links

Original words

Therefore לָכֵ֞ן H3651 Adverb this is what כֹּה־ H3541 Adverb the Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י H136 Noun - proper - masculine singular GOD יְהוִ֗ה H3069 Noun - proper - masculine singular . . . הִנֵּ֨ה H2009 Interjection says אָמַ֣ר׀ H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular My servants עֲבָדַ֤י׀ H5650 Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular will eat יֹאכֵ֙לוּ֙ H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural but you וְאַתֶּ֣ם H859 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural will go hungry תִּרְעָ֔בוּ H7456 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural . . . הִנֵּ֧ה H2009 Interjection My servants עֲבָדַ֛י H5650 Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular will drink יִשְׁתּ֖וּ H8354 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural but you וְאַתֶּ֣ם H859 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural will go thirsty תִּצְמָ֑אוּ H6770 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural . . . הִנֵּ֧ה H2009 Interjection My servants עֲבָדַ֛י H5650 Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular will rejoice יִשְׂמָ֖חוּ H8055 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural but you וְאַתֶּ֥ם H859 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural will be put to shame תֵּבֹֽשׁוּ׃ H954 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural

Verse 14

Cross-references

Ephesians 5:19 Classic cross-references Acts 5:41 Classic cross-references Matthew 8:12 Classic cross-references Psalms 66:4 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 26:11 Classic cross-references John 6:35 OliveGrove study links Matthew 5:6 OliveGrove study links Revelation 2:17 OliveGrove study links

Original words

- הִנֵּ֧ה H2009 Interjection My servants עֲבָדַ֛י H5650 Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular will shout for joy יָרֹ֖נּוּ H7442 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural with a glad מִטּ֣וּב H2898 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct heart לֵ֑ב H3820 Noun - masculine singular but you וְאַתֶּ֤ם H859 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural will cry out תִּצְעֲקוּ֙ H6817 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural with a heavy מִכְּאֵ֣ב H3511 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct heart לֵ֔ב H3820 Noun - masculine singular and wail תְּיֵלִֽילוּ׃ H3213 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural with a broken וּמִשֵּׁ֥בֶר H7667 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct spirit ר֖וּחַ H7307 Noun - common singular

Verse 15

Cross-references

Revelation 2:17 Classic cross-references Isaiah 62:2 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 29:22 Classic cross-references Malachi 4:6 Classic cross-references 2 Timothy 2:19 Classic cross-references John 6:35 OliveGrove study links Matthew 5:6 OliveGrove study links

Original words

You will leave behind וְהִנַּחְתֶּ֨ם H5117 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural your name שִׁמְכֶ֤ם H8034 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural as a curse לִשְׁבוּעָה֙ H7621 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular for My chosen ones לִבְחִירַ֔י H972 Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine plural construct | first person common singular and the Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י H136 Noun - proper - masculine singular GOD יְהוִ֑ה H3069 Noun - proper - masculine singular will slay you וֶהֱמִיתְךָ֖ H4191 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular but to His servants וְלַעֲבָדָ֥יו H5650 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular He will give יִקְרָ֖א H7121 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular another אַחֵֽר׃ H312 Adjective - masculine singular name שֵׁ֥ם H8034 Noun - masculine singular

Verse 16

Cross-references

Revelation 3:14 Classic cross-references Job 11:16 Classic cross-references 2 Corinthians 1:20 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 4:2 Classic cross-references Isaiah 45:23 Classic cross-references John 6:35 OliveGrove study links Matthew 5:6 OliveGrove study links Revelation 2:17 OliveGrove study links

Original words

Whoever אֲשֶׁ֨ר H834 Pronoun - relative invokes a blessing הַמִּתְבָּרֵ֜ךְ H1288 Article | Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular in the land בָּאָ֗רֶץ H776 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular will [do so] יִתְבָּרֵךְ֙ H1288 Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular by the God בֵּאלֹהֵ֣י H430 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct of truth אָמֵ֔ן H543 Noun - masculine singular and whoever takes an oath וְהַנִּשְׁבָּ֣ע H7650 Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular in the land בָּאָ֔רֶץ H776 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular will swear יִשָּׁבַ֖ע H7650 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular by the God בֵּאלֹהֵ֣י H430 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct of truth אָמֵ֑ן H543 Noun - masculine singular For כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction the former הָרִ֣אשֹׁנ֔וֹת H7223 Article | Adjective - feminine plural . . . וְכִ֥י H3588 Conjunction troubles הַצָּרוֹת֙ H6869 Article | Noun - feminine plural will be forgotten נִשְׁכְּח֗וּ H7911 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural and hidden נִסְתְּר֖וּ H5641 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural from My sight מֵעֵינָֽי׃ H5869 Preposition-m | Noun - cdc | first person common singular

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