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11 “But you people left the Lord, so you will be punished. You forgot about my holy mountain.[a] You began to worship Luck. You held feasts for the false god, Fate.[b] 12 But I decided what would happen to you: you will be killed with a sword. You will all be killed because I called to you, but you refused to answer me. I spoke to you, but you would not listen. You did what I said is evil and chose to do what I did not like.”

13 So this is what the Lord God says:
“My servants will eat,
    but you evil people will be hungry.
My servants will drink,
    but you will be thirsty.
My servants will be happy,
    but you will suffer shame.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:11 my holy mountain Mount Zion, the mountain Jerusalem is built on.
  2. Isaiah 65:11 Luck … Fate Two false gods. The people thought these gods controlled their futures.

11 “But as for you who forsake(A) the Lord
    and forget my holy mountain,(B)
who spread a table for Fortune
    and fill bowls of mixed wine(C) for Destiny,
12 I will destine you for the sword,(D)
    and all of you will fall in the slaughter;(E)
for I called but you did not answer,(F)
    I spoke but you did not listen.(G)
You did evil in my sight
    and chose what displeases me.”(H)

13 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“My servants will eat,(I)
    but you will go hungry;(J)
my servants will drink,(K)
    but you will go thirsty;(L)
my servants will rejoice,(M)
    but you will be put to shame.(N)

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