Isaiah 65:16

That he who blesseth himself in ha'aretz 1 shall bless himself by Elohei Omein (the G-d of [the] Amen, the G-d of Truth); 1 and he that taketh an oath in ha'aretz 1 shall take the oath by Elohei Omein; 1 because the former tzoros are forgotten, 1 and because they are hid from Mine eyes. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 ye shall leave your shem 1 for a curse unto My Bechir; 1 for Adonoi Hashem shall put thee to death, 1 and call His Avadim by another shem; 1

17For, hinei, I create Shomayim Chadashim 1 and eretz Chadashah; 1 and the rishonot shall not be remembered, 1 nor come into mind. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 10:20Thou shalt fear Hashem Eloheicha; Him shalt thou serve, and to Him shalt thou have thy deveykus, and swear by Shmo.

Job 11:16Because thou shalt forget thy amal (grief), 1 and remember it as waters that flow by, 1

Psalms 63:11They deliver him into the power of the cherev; 1 they shall be a portion for jackals. 1

Psalms 86:15But Thou, Adonoi, art El Rachum and Channun, 1 slow to anger, and plenteous in chesed and emes. 1

Isaiah 19:18In that day shall five cities in Eretz Mitzrayim speak the sefat (language) of Kena'an, and swear allegiance to Hashem Tzva'os; one shall be called, Ir HaHeres (The City of the Sun).

Isaiah 45:23I have sworn by Myself, 1 the Word has gone out of My mouth of tzedakah (righteousness), 1 and shall not yashuv (return, be revoked), 1 that unto Me kol berekh (every knee) shall bow, 1 kol lashon (every tongue) shall swear. 1

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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