A NEW CREATION

17 “For I will create new heavens and a new earth;t

the past events will not be remembered or come to mind.

18 Then be glad and rejoice forever

in what I am creating;

for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy

and its people to be a delight.

19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem

and be glad in my people.

The sound of weeping and crying

will no longer be heard in her.a

20 In her, a nursing infant will no longer live

only a few days,A

or an old man not live out his days.

Indeed, the one who dies at a hundred years old will be mourned as a young man,B

and the one who misses a hundred years will be considered cursed.b