Isaiah 65:16

Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth ¹  will do so in the name of the faithful God; ²  whoever makes an oath in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God. ³  For past problems will be forgotten; I will no longer think about them. ⁴ 

De 6:13; De 10:20; De 32:4; Ps 31:5; Ps 63:11; Ps 72:17; Ps 86:15; Isa 11:16; Isa 12:1; Isa 19:18; Isa 35:10; Isa 45:23-25; Isa 48:1; Isa 54:4; Isa 65:19; Jer 4:2; Jer 10:10; Jer 12:16; Jer 31:12; Eze 36:25-27; Da 12:1,11; Zep 1:5; Zep 3:14-20; Joh 1:14,17; Joh 14:6; Ro 14:11; Php 2:11; Heb 6:17,18; Re 20:4

¹ tn Or “in the land” (NIV, NCV, NRSV). The same phrase occurs again later in this verse, with the same options.

² tn Heb “will pronounce a blessing by the God of truth.”

³ tn Heb “will take an oath by the God of truth.”

⁴ tn Heb “for the former distresses will be forgotten, and they will be hidden from my eyes.”