Isaiah 65:17–23

¹⁷I will create a new heaven and a new earth. 

Past things will not be remembered. 

They will not come to mind. 

¹⁸Be glad, and rejoice forever in what I’m going to create, 

because I’m going to create Jerusalem to be a delight 

and its people to be a joy. 

¹⁹I will rejoice about Jerusalem and be glad about my people. 

Screaming and crying will no longer be heard in the city. 

²⁰There will no longer be an infant who lives for only a few days 

or an old man who doesn’t live a long life. 

Whoever lives to be a hundred years old will be thought of as young. 

Whoever dies before he is a hundred years old will be cursed as a sinner. 

²¹They will build houses and live there. 

They will plant vineyards and eat fruit from them. 

²²They will not build homes and have others live there. 

They will not plant and have others eat from it. 

My people will live as long as trees, 

and my chosen ones will enjoy what they’ve done. 

²³They will never again work for nothing. 

They will never again give birth to children who die young, 

because they will be offspring blessed by the Lord. 

The Lord will bless their descendants as well.