Isaiah 65:17–25

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.

¹⁸Then 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.

¹⁹I will rejoice in Jerusalem

and be glad in my people.

The sound of weeping and crying

will no longer be heard in her.^a

²⁰In her, a nursing infant will no longer live

only a few days,^B

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,^C

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

²¹People will build houses and live in them;

they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.^c

²²They will not build and others live in them;

they will not plant and others eat.

For my people’s lives will be

like the lifetime of a tree.^d

My chosen ones will fully enjoy

the work of their hands.

²³They will not labor without success^e

or bear children destined for disaster,

for they will be a people blessed by the Lord

along with their descendants.^f

²⁴Even before they call, I will answer;^g

while they are still speaking, I will hear.

²⁵The wolf and the lamb will feed together,^A

and the lion will eat straw like cattle,^h

but the serpent’s food will be dust!ⁱ

They will not do what is evil or destroy

on my entire holy mountain,”^j

says the Lord.