15 You will leave your namefor my chosen ones to use in their curses;the Sovereign Lord will put you to death,but to his servants he will give another name.
16 Whoever invokes a blessing in the landwill do so by the one true God;whoever takes an oath in the landwill swear by the one true God.For the past troubles will be forgottenand hidden from my eyes.
17 ‘See, I will createnew heavens and a new earth.The former things will not be remembered,nor will they come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice for everin what I will create,for I will create Jerusalem to be a delightand its people a joy.
19 I will rejoice over Jerusalemand take delight in my people;the sound of weeping and of cryingwill be heard in it no more.
20 ‘Never again will there be in itan infant who lives but a few days,or an old man who does not live out his years;the one who dies at a hundredwill be thought a mere child;the one who fails to reach a hundredwill be considered accursed.
21 They will build houses and dwell in them;they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.