Isaiah 65:17–25

The Glorious New Creation

¹⁷“For behold, I create ^fnew heavens and a new earth;

And the former shall not be remembered or ⁶come to mind.

¹⁸But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create;

For behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing,

And her people a joy.

^19gI will rejoice in Jerusalem,

And joy in My people;

The ^hvoice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her,

Nor the voice of crying.

²⁰“No more shall an infant from there live but a few days,

Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days;

For the child shall die one hundred years old,

ⁱBut the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.

^21jThey shall build houses and inhabit them;

They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

²²They shall not build and another inhabit;

They shall not plant and ^kanother eat;

For ^las the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people,

And ^mMy elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

²³They shall not labor in vain,

ⁿNor bring forth children for trouble;

For ^othey shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord,

And their offspring with them.

²⁴“It shall come to pass

That ^pbefore they call, I will answer;

And while they are still speaking, I will ^qhear.

²⁵The ^rwolf and the lamb shall feed together,

The lion shall eat straw like the ox,

^sAnd dust shall be the serpent’s food.

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,”

Says the Lord.