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16 Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth[a]
will do so in the name of the faithful God;[b]
whoever makes an oath in the earth
will do so in the name of the faithful God.[c]
For past problems will be forgotten;
I will no longer think about them.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:16 tn Or “in the land” (NIV, NCV, NRSV). The same phrase occurs again later in this verse, with the same options.
  2. Isaiah 65:16 tn Heb “will pronounce a blessing by the God of truth.”
  3. Isaiah 65:16 tn Heb “will take an oath by the God of truth.”
  4. Isaiah 65:16 tn Heb “for the former distresses will be forgotten, and they will be hidden from my eyes.”

16 Whoever invokes a blessing(A) in the land
    will do so by the one true God;(B)
whoever takes an oath in the land
    will swear(C) by the one true God.
For the past troubles(D) will be forgotten
    and hidden from my eyes.

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16 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.

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