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17 For see, I am creating new heavens and a new earth—so wonderful that no one will even think about the old ones anymore. 18 Be glad; rejoice forever in my creation. Look! I will re-create Jerusalem as a place of happiness, and her people shall be a joy! 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem and in my people; and the voice of weeping and crying shall not be heard there anymore.

20 No longer will babies die when only a few days old; no longer will men be considered old at 100! Only sinners will die that young!

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New Creation

17 For look! I am about to create new heavens and a new earth,
    and the former things shall not be remembered,
and they shall not come to mind.[a]
18     But rejoice and shout in exultation forever and ever over what I am about to create!
For look! I am about to create Jerusalem as a source of rejoicing,
    and her people as a source of joy.
19 And I will shout in exultation over Jerusalem,
    and I will rejoice over my people,
and the sound of weeping shall no longer be heard in it,
    or[b] the sound of a cry for help.
20 There will no longer be a nursing infant who lives only a few[c] days,
    or[d] an old man who does not fill his days,
for the boy will die a hundred years old,[e]
    and the one who fails to reach[f] a hundred years[g] will be considered[h] accursed.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:17 Literally “go up to heart”
  2. Isaiah 65:19 Or “and”
  3. Isaiah 65:20 Literally “of”
  4. Isaiah 65:20 Or “and”
  5. Isaiah 65:20 Literally “a son of a hundred year”
  6. Isaiah 65:20 Literally “misses”
  7. Isaiah 65:20 Literally “a son of a hundred year”
  8. Isaiah 65:20 Literally “treated”