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11 However, those of you who forsake the Lord
    and forget my holy mountain,
who spread a table for Fortune[a]
    and fill cups of mixed wine for Fate,
12 I will destine you for the sword,
    and all of you will submit to the slaughter,
because, when I called, you did not respond,
    and when I spoke, you refused to listen.
Rather, you did what was evil in my sight
    and chose to do what displeases me.
13 Therefore, this is what I have decreed,
    says the Lord God:
My servants will eat,
    but you will go hungry;
my servants will drink,
    but you will be thirsty;
my servants will rejoice,
    but you will be put to shame;

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:11 Fortune: literally, “Gad,” the Aramean god of fortune. Fate: literally, “Meni,” another divinity.

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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