Isaiah 65:17–25

A New Creation

¹⁷“For I will create a new heaven and a new earth; ^a

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. ^b

²⁰In her, a nursing infant will no longer live

only a few days, ^c

or an old man not live out his days.

Indeed, the youth will die at a hundred years,

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

²¹People will build houses and live in them;

they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. ^e

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. ^f

My chosen ones will fully enjoy

the work of their hands.

²³They will not labor without success ^g

or bear children destined for disaster,

for they will be a people blessed by the Lord

along with their descendants. ^h

²⁴Even before they call, I will answer; ⁱ

while they are still speaking, I will hear.

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

and the lion will eat straw like the ox, ^k

but the serpent’s food will be dust! ^l

They will not do what is evil or destroy

on My entire holy mountain,” ^m

says the Lord.