Isaiah 65:17-25

International Children’s Bible

¹⁷ “Look, I will make new heavens and a new earth.
    And people will not remember the past.
    They will not think about those things.
¹⁸ My people will be happy forever
    because of the things I will make.
I will make a Jerusalem that is full of joy.
    And I will make her people a delight.
¹⁹ Then I will rejoice over Jerusalem.
    I will be delighted with my people.
There will never again be
    crying and sadness in that city.
²⁰ There will never be a baby from that city
    who lives only a few days.
And there will never be an older person
    who doesn’t have a long life.
A person who lives 100 years will be called young.
    And the person who dies before he is 100 will be thought of as a sinner.
²¹ In that city the person who builds a house will live there.
    The person who plants vineyards will get to eat grapes.
²² No more will one person build a house and someone else live there.
    One person will not plant a garden and someone else eat its fruit.
My people will live a long time
    as trees live long.
My chosen people will live there
    and enjoy the things they make.
²³ People will never again work for nothing.
    They will never again give birth to children who die young.
All my people will be blessed by the Lord.
    My people and their children will be blessed.
²⁴ I will provide for their needs before they ask.
    I will help them while they are still asking for help.
²⁵ Wolves and lambs will eat together in peace.
    Lions will eat hay like oxen.
A snake on the ground will not hurt anyone.
They will not hurt or destroy each other
    on all my holy mountain,”
says the Lord.