Isaiah 65:17-25

New Century Version

¹⁷ “Look, I will make new heavens and a new earth,
    and people will not remember the past
    or 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
    and be delighted with my people.
There will never again be heard in that city
    the sounds of crying and sadness.
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 a hundred years will be called young,
    and a person who dies before he is a hundred will be thought of as a sinner.
²¹ In that city those who build houses will live there.
    Those who plant vineyards will get to eat their 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 They 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;
    they and their children will be blessed.
²⁴ I will provide for their needs before they ask,
    and 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,
    and 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.