Isaiah 65:19–25

^19mI will rejoice in Jerusalem

and be glad in my people;

ⁿno more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping

and the cry of distress.

²⁰No more shall there be in it

an infant who lives but a few days,

or an old man who does not fill out his days,

for ^othe young man shall die a hundred years old,

and ^pthe sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.

^21qThey shall build houses and inhabit them;

they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

^22qThey shall not build and another inhabit;

they shall not plant and another eat;

^rfor like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,

and my chosen shall long enjoy³ the work of their hands.

^23sThey shall not labor in vain

^tor bear children for calamity,⁴

for ^uthey shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord,

and their descendants with them.

^24vBefore they call I will answer;

^wwhile they are yet speaking I will hear.

^25xThe wolf and the lamb shall graze together;

the lion shall eat straw like the ox,

and ^ydust shall be the serpent’s food.

^zThey shall not hurt or destroy

in all my holy mountain,”

says the Lord.