Isaiah 65:16

Truth and honesty Comfort

¹⁴ Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

¹⁵ And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:

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.

¹⁷ For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

¹⁸ But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 4:2
And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
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Isaiah 19:18
In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.
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Psalms 31:5
Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
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Hebrews 6:17–18
Where in God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
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Philippians 2:11
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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Isaiah 65:19
And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
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Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
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John 1:17
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
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