20 No 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 (A)the young man shall die a hundred years old,
    and (B)the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.
21 (C)They shall build houses and inhabit them;
    they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 (D)They shall not build and another inhabit;
    they shall not plant and another eat;
(E)for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
    and my chosen shall long enjoy[a] the work of their hands.
23 (F)They shall not labor in vain
    (G)or bear children for calamity,[b]
for (H)they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord,
    and their descendants with them.

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  1. Isaiah 65:22 Hebrew shall wear out
  2. Isaiah 65:23 Or for sudden terror

20 “Never again will there be in it
    an infant(A) who lives but a few days,
    or an old man who does not live out his years;(B)
the one who dies at a hundred
    will be thought a mere child;
the one who fails to reach[a] a hundred
    will be considered accursed.
21 They will build houses(C) and dwell in them;
    they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.(D)
22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,(E)
    or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,(F)
    so will be the days(G) of my people;
my chosen(H) ones will long enjoy
    the work of their hands.
23 They will not labor in vain,(I)
    nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;(J)
for they will be a people blessed(K) by the Lord,
    they and their descendants(L) with them.

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  1. Isaiah 65:20 Or the sinner who reaches