Matthew Henry Commentary Isaiah 65:11-16

"But ye that forsake Jehovah, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for Fortune, and that fill up mingled wine unto Destiny; I will destine you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but ye did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not. Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be put to shame; behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit. And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen; and the Lord Jehovah will slay thee; and he will call his servants by another name: so that he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes." — Isaiah 65:11-16 (ASV)

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 multitude 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 will have the bread of life and will lack nothing good for them.

But those who forsake the Lord will be ashamed of vain confidence in their own righteousness and the hopes they built on it. Worldly 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 will honour him as the God of truth. And it was promised that in him all the families of the earth would be blessed. They will think themselves happy in having him for their God, who made them forget their troubles.