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Isaiah 65:16

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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.

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.

17 For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.

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BSB
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.
KJV
That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
WEB
so that he who blesses himself on the earth will bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears on the earth will swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.
ASV
so that he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
DARBY
so that he who blesseth himself in the land shall bless himself by the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the land shall swear by the God of truth: because the former troubles shall be forgotten, and because they shall be hidden from mine eyes.
BLB
that one blessing himself in the land will bless himself by the God of truth, and the one swearing in the land will swear by the God of truth; for the former troubles will be forgotten, for they will be hidden from My eyes.
ÅB
så den som velsigner seg på jorden, skal velsigne seg i den trofaste Gud, og den som sverger på jorden, skal sverge ved den trofaste Gud. For de forrige trengsler er glemt og skjult for mine øyne.
OTB
Den som påkaller en velsignelse i landet, skal gjøre det ved sannhetens Gud; den som sverger en ed i landet, skal sverge ved sannhetens Gud. For de tidligere plager skal bli glemt og skjult for mitt syn.
B1930
så den som velsigner sig på jorden, skal velsigne sig i den trofaste Gud, og den som sverger på jorden, skal sverge ved den trofaste Gud. For de forrige trengsler er glemt og skjult for mine øine.

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  • Jeremiah 4:2

    and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”

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  • Isaiah 19:18

    In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.

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  • Psalms 31:5

    Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.

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  • Hebrews 6:17–18

    So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.

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  • Philippians 2:11

    and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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  • Isaiah 65:19

    I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:4

    He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.

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  • John 1:17

    For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

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