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16 Whoever asks for a blessing in the land
    will be blessed by the God of Truth.
    Whoever swears an oath in the land
    will swear by the God of Truth.
        Past troubles are forgotten.
        They are hidden from my eyes.

17 I will create a new heaven and a new earth.
    Past things will not be remembered.
    They will not come to mind.
18 Be glad, and rejoice forever in what I’m going to create,
    because I’m going to create Jerusalem to be a delight
        and its people to be a joy.

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16 Whoever invokes a blessing(A) in the land
    will do so by the one true God;(B)
whoever takes an oath in the land
    will swear(C) by the one true God.
For the past troubles(D) will be forgotten
    and hidden from my eyes.

New Heavens and a New Earth

17 “See, I will create
    new heavens and a new earth.(E)
The former things will not be remembered,(F)
    nor will they come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice(G) forever
    in what I will create,
for I will create Jerusalem(H) to be a delight
    and its people a joy.

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