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19 I will take delight in Jerusalem
    and rejoice in my people.
No more will be heard there
    the sound of weeping or the cries of distress.
20 Never again will an infant be there
    who dies after a few days of life
    or an old man who fails to live his allotted days.
For one who dies at the age of one hundred
    will be regarded as a youth,
while one who fails to achieve a hundred years
    will be considered accursed.[a]
21 They will live in the houses they have built;
    they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:20 Since the prospect of resurrection is still unknown, longevity is seen as a special sign of divine protection.