16. so that he who blesses himself in the earth will bless himself in the God of truth;and he who swears in the earth will swear by the God of truth;because the former troubles are forgotten,and because they are hidden from my eyes.
17. “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth;and the former things will not be remembered,nor come into mind.
18. But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create;for, behold, I create Jerusalem to be a delight,and her people a joy.
19. I will rejoice in Jerusalem,and delight in my people;and the voice of weeping and the voice of cryingwill be heard in her no more.
20. “No more will there be an infant who only lives a few days,nor an old man who has not filled his days;for the child will die one hundred years old,and the sinner being one hundred years old will be accursed.