Isaiah 65:16

By that name, whoever is blessed on earth, will be blessed in God. Amen! And whoever swears on earth, will swear by God. Amen! For the past anguishes have been delivered into oblivion, and they have been hidden from my eyes.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15And you will leave behind your name to my elect as a curse. And the Lord God will put you to death, and he will call his servants by another name.

17For behold, I create the new heavens and the new earth. And the former things will not be in memory and will not enter into the heart.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 10:20You shall fear the Lord your God, and him alone shall you serve. You shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.

Job 11:16Misery, likewise, you would forget, or would remember only like waters that have passed by.

Psalms 63:11The just will rejoice in the Lord, and they will hope in him. And all the upright of heart will be praised.

Isaiah 19:18In that day, there will be five cities in the land of Egypt which speak the language of Canaan, and which swear by the Lord of hosts. One will be called the City of the Sun.

Isaiah 45:23I have sworn by myself. The Word of justice will proceed from my mouth, and it will not turn back.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 65:12-17

Predictions of Punishment. ( b. c. 706.) 11 But ye are they that forsake the Lord , that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. 12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not. 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God , Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye… Read the whole commentary →

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