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14 Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry out for pain and sorrow of heart and shall wail and howl for anguish, vexation, and breaking of spirit.

15 And you will leave your name to My chosen [to those who will use it] for a curse; and the Lord God will slay you, but He will call His servants by another name [as much greater than the former name as the name Israel was greater than the name Jacob].(A)

16 So [it shall be] that he who invokes a blessing on himself in the land shall do so by saying, May the God of truth and fidelity [the Amen] bless me; and he who takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of truth and faithfulness to His promises [the Amen], because the former troubles are forgotten and because they are hidden from My eyes.(B)

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14 My servants will sing(A)
    out of the joy of their hearts,
but you will cry out(B)
    from anguish of heart
    and wail in brokenness of spirit.
15 You will leave your name
    for my chosen ones to use in their curses;(C)
the Sovereign Lord will put you to death,
    but to his servants he will give another name.(D)
16 Whoever invokes a blessing(E) in the land
    will do so by the one true God;(F)
whoever takes an oath in the land
    will swear(G) by the one true God.
For the past troubles(H) will be forgotten
    and hidden from my eyes.

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