12 now I will ‘destine’ you for the sword.All of you will bow down before the executioner.For when I called, you did not answer.When I spoke, you did not listen.You deliberately sinned—before my very eyes—and chose to do what you know I despise.”
13 Therefore, this is what the Sovereign lord says:“My servants will eat,but you will starve.My servants will drink,but you will be thirsty.My servants will rejoice,but you will be sad and ashamed.
14 My servants will sing for joy,but you will cry in sorrow and despair.
15 Your name will be a curse word among my people,for the Sovereign lord will destroy youand will call his true servants by another name.
16 All who invoke a blessing or take an oathwill do so by the God of truth.For I will put aside my angerand forget the evil of earlier days.
17 “Look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth,and no one will even think about the old ones anymore.
18 Be glad; rejoice forever in my creation!And look! I will create Jerusalem as a place of happiness.Her people will be a source of joy.