14. My servants will sing with contented hearts,but you will cry out from heartache;with broken spirits you will wail.
15. You will leave your name behind for my chosen ones to curse:"May the Lord God kill you!May he call his servants by a different name!"
16. Those who pronounce a blessing in the landwill do so by the God called Amen;those who make a solemn pledge in the land will do so by the God called Amen.Past troubles will be forgottenand hidden from my sight.
17. Look! I’m creating a new heaven and a new earth:past events won’t be remembered;they won’t come to mind.
18. Be glad and rejoice foreverin what I’m creating,because I’m creating Jerusalem as a joyand her people as a source of gladness.