11 "But you who forsake the Lord , Who forget My holy mountain , Who set a table for Fortune , And who fill cups with mixed wine for Destiny , 12 I will destine you for the sword , And all of you will bow down to the slaughter . Because I called , but you did not answer ; I spoke , but you did not hear . And you did evil in My sight And chose that in which I did not delight ." 13 Therefore , thus says the Lord GOD , "Behold , My servants will eat , but you will be hungry . Behold , My servants will drink , but you will be thirsty . Behold , My servants will rejoice , but you will be put to shame . 14 "Behold , My servants will shout joyfully with a glad heart , But you will cry out with a heavy heart , And you will wail with a broken spirit . 15 "You will leave your name for a curse to My chosen ones , And the Lord GOD will slay you. But My servants will be called by another name . 16 "Because he who is blessed in the earth Will be blessed by the God of truth ; And he who swears in the earth Will swear by the God of truth ; Because the former troubles are forgotten , And because they are hidden from My sight !
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 65:11-16
Commentary on Isaiah 65:11-16
(Read Isaiah 65:11-16)
Here the different states of the godly and wicked, of the Jews who believed, and of those who persisted in unbelief, are set against one another. They prepared a table for that troop of deities which the heathen worship, and poured out drink-offerings to that countless number. Their worshippers spared no cost to honour them, which should shame the worshippers of the true God. See the malignity of sin; it is doing by choice what we know will displease God. In every age and nation, the Lord leaves those who persist in doing evil, and despise the call of the gospel. God's servants shall have the bread of life, and shall want nothing good for them. But those who forsake the Lord, shall be ashamed of vain confidence in their own righteousness, and the hopes they built thereon. Wordly people bless themselves in the abundance of this world's goods; but God's servants bless themselves in him. He is their strength and portion. They shall honour him as the God of truth. And it was promised that in him should all the families of the earth be blessed. They shall think themselves happy in having him for their God, who made them forget their troubles.