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17 “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth;
    and the former things will not be remembered,
    nor come into mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create;
    for, behold, I create Jerusalem to be a delight,
    and her people a joy.
19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem,
    and delight in my people;
and the voice of weeping and the voice of crying
    will be heard in her no more.

20 “No more will there be an infant who only lives a few days,
    nor an old man who has not filled his days;
for the child will die one hundred years old,
    and the sinner being one hundred years old will be accursed.
21 They will build houses and inhabit them.
    They will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 They will not build and another inhabit.
    They will not plant and another eat:
for the days of my people will be like the days of a tree,
    and my chosen will long enjoy the work of their hands.
23 They will not labor in vain
    nor give birth for calamity;
for they are the offspring of Yahweh’s blessed
    and their descendants with them.
24 It will happen that before they call, I will answer;
    and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together.
    The lion will eat straw like the ox.
    Dust will be the serpent’s food.
They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,”
    says Yahweh.

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The New Creation

17 For I create
    new heavens and a new earth;
the former things shall not be remembered
    or come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever
    in that which I create;
for I create Jerusalem for rejoicing
    and her people for joy.
19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem
    and be glad in My people;
and the voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her,
    nor the voice of crying.

20 There shall no longer be
    an infant who lives only a few days
    nor an old man who has not filled out his days.
For the child shall die
    a hundred years old,
but the sinner being a hundred years old
    shall be accursed.
21 They shall build houses and inhabit them;
    and they shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.
22 They shall not build and another inhabit;
    they shall not plant and another eat;
for as the days of a tree
    are the days of My people,
and My chosen ones shall long enjoy
    the work of their hands.
23 They shall not labor in vain
    nor bring forth children for trouble;
for they are the descendants of the blessed of the Lord
    and their offspring with them.
24 Before they call, I will answer;
    and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together,
    and the lion shall eat straw like the bull,
    and dust shall be the serpent’s food.
They shall not hurt nor destroy
    in all My holy mountain,
    says the Lord.

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