21 (A)They shall build houses and inhabit them;
    they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 (B)They shall not build and another inhabit;
    they shall not plant and another eat;
(C)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 (D)They shall not labor in vain
    (E)or bear children for calamity,[b]
for (F)they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord,
    and their descendants with them.
24 (G)Before they call I will answer;
    (H)while they are yet speaking I will hear.

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Footnotes

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

21 They will build houses(A) and dwell in them;
    they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.(B)
22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,(C)
    or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,(D)
    so will be the days(E) of my people;
my chosen(F) ones will long enjoy
    the work of their hands.
23 They will not labor in vain,(G)
    nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;(H)
for they will be a people blessed(I) by the Lord,
    they and their descendants(J) with them.
24 Before they call(K) I will answer;(L)
    while they are still speaking(M) I will hear.

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