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.
25 (I)The wolf and the lamb shall graze together;
    the lion shall eat straw like the ox,
    and (J)dust shall be the serpent's food.
(K)They shall not hurt or destroy
    in all my holy mountain,”
says the Lord.

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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.
25 The wolf and the lamb(N) will feed together,
    and the lion will eat straw like the ox,(O)
    and dust will be the serpent’s(P) food.
They will neither harm nor destroy
    on all my holy mountain,”(Q)
says the Lord.

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