14. My servants will singout of the joy of their hearts,but you will cry outfrom anguish of heartand wail in brokenness of spirit.
15. You will leave your namefor my chosen ones to use in their curses;the Sovereign Lord will put you to death,but to his servants he will give another name.
16. Whoever invokes a blessing in the landwill do so by the one true God;whoever takes an oath in the landwill swear by the one true God.For the past troubles will be forgottenand hidden from my eyes.
17. ‘See, I will createnew heavens and a new earth.The former things will not be remembered,nor will they come to mind.
18. But be glad and rejoice for everin what I will create,for I will create Jerusalem to be a delightand its people a joy.
19. I will rejoice over Jerusalemand take delight in my people;the sound of weeping and of cryingwill be heard in it no more.
20. ‘Never again will there be in itan infant who lives but a few days,or an old man who does not live out his years;the one who dies at a hundredwill be thought a mere child;the one who fails to reach a hundredwill be considered accursed.
21. They will build houses and dwell in them;they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22. No longer will they build houses and others live in them,or plant and others eat.For as the days of a tree,so will be the days of my people;my chosen ones will long enjoythe work of their hands.
23. They will not labour in vain,nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;for they will be a people blessed by the Lord,they and their descendants with them.
24. Before they call I will answer;while they are still speaking I will hear.
25. The wolf and the lamb will feed together,and the lion will eat straw like the ox,and dust will be the serpent’s food.They will neither harm nor destroyon all my holy mountain,’says the Lord.