¹⁵ “You have been abandoned and hated; no one has passed through you.
    But now I will make you a source of everlasting pride,
        a joy for all generations.
¹⁶ You will drink milk from other nations
    and nurse at royal breasts.
        Then you will know that I am Yahweh, your Savior,
            the Mighty One of Jacob, your Go’el.
¹⁷ I will bring gold instead of bronze.
    I will bring silver instead of iron,
    bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stone.
    I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.
¹⁸ No longer will you hear about violence in your land
    or desolation and destruction within your borders.
        You will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
¹⁹ The sun will no longer be your light during the day,
    nor will the brightness of the moon give you light,
        But Yahweh will be your everlasting light.
            Your Elohim will be your glory.
²⁰ Your sun will no longer go down,
    nor will your moon disappear.
        Yahweh will be your everlasting light,
            and your days of sadness will be over.

¹⁷ I will create a new heaven and a new earth.
    Past things will not be remembered.
    They will not come to mind.
¹⁸ Be glad, and rejoice forever in what I’m going to create,
    because I’m going to create Jerusalem to be a delight
        and its people to be a joy.
¹⁹ I will rejoice about Jerusalem and be glad about my people.
    Screaming and crying will no longer be heard in the city.
²⁰ There will no longer be an infant who lives for only a few days
    or an old man who doesn’t live a long life.
    Whoever lives to be a hundred years old will be thought of as young.
    Whoever dies before he is a hundred years old will be cursed as a sinner.
²¹ They will build houses and live there.
    They will plant vineyards and eat fruit from them.
²² They will not build homes and have others live there.
    They will not plant and have others eat from it.
        My people will live as long as trees,
            and my chosen ones will enjoy what they’ve done.
²³ They will never again work for nothing.
    They will never again give birth to children who die young,
        because they will be offspring blessed by Yahweh.
            The Lord will bless their descendants as well.
²⁴ Before they call, I will answer.
    While they’re still speaking, I will hear.
²⁵ Wolves and lambs will feed together,
    lions will eat straw like oxen,
        and dust will be food for snakes.
    “They will not hurt or destroy anyone anywhere on my holy mountain,”
    says Yahweh.