15 You will leave your name for a curse to my chosen oneswhen the Lord God slays you,and calls his servants by another name.
16 Whoever invokes a blessing in the landshall bless by the God of truth;Whoever takes an oath in the landshall swear by the God of truth;For the hardships of the past shall be forgottenand hidden from my eyes.
17 See, I am creating new heavensand a new earth;The former things shall not be rememberednor come to mind.
18 Instead, shout for joy and be glad foreverin what I am creating.Indeed, I am creating Jerusalem to be a joyand its people to be a delight;
19 I will rejoice in Jerusalemand exult in my people.No longer shall the sound of weeping be heard there,or the sound of crying;
20 No longer shall there be in itan infant who lives but a few days,nor anyone who does not live a full lifetime;One who dies at a hundred years shall be considered a youth,and one who falls short of a hundred shall be thought accursed.
21 They shall build houses and live in them,they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit;