16 He that shall bless in the [a]earth, shall bless himself in the true God; and he that sweareth in the earth, shall swear by the true God; for the former [b]troubles are forgotten, and shall surely hide themselves from mine eyes.

17 For lo, I will create [c]new heavens and a new earth; and the former shall not be remembered nor come into mind.

18 But be you glad and rejoice forever in the things that I shall create; for behold, I will create Jerusalem, as a rejoicing, and her people as a joy.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:16 By blessing, and by swearing is meant the praising of God for his benefits, and the true worshipping of him, which shall not be only in Judea, but through all the world.
  2. Isaiah 65:16 I will no more suffer my Church to be desolate as in times past.
  3. Isaiah 65:17 I will so alter and change the state of my church, that it shall seem to dwell in a new world.

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