Isaiah 65:17-25
Holman Christian Standard Bible
A New Creation
17 “For I will create a new heaven and a new earth;(A)
the past events will not be remembered or come to mind.
18 Then be glad and rejoice forever
in what I am creating;
for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy
and its people to be a delight.
19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem
and be glad in My people.
The sound of weeping and crying
will no longer be heard in her.(B)
20 In her, a nursing infant will no longer live
only a few days,[a]
or an old man not live out his days.
Indeed, the youth will die at a hundred years,
and the one who misses a hundred years will be cursed.(C)
21 People will build houses and live in them;
they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.(D)
22 They will not build and others live in them;
they will not plant and others eat.
For My people’s lives will be
like the lifetime of a tree.(E)
My chosen ones will fully enjoy
the work of their hands.
23 They will not labor without success(F)
or bear children destined for disaster,
for they will be a people blessed by the Lord
along with their descendants.(G)
24 Even before they call, I will answer;(H)
while they are still speaking, I will hear.
25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together,[b]
and the lion will eat straw like the ox,(I)
but the serpent’s food will be dust!(J)
They will not do what is evil or destroy
on My entire holy mountain,”(K)
says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 65:20 Lit her, no longer infant of days
- Isaiah 65:25 Lit as one
Isaiah 65:17-25
International Standard Version
A New Universe
17 Take notice! I’m about to create new heavens
and a new earth;
the former things won’t be remembered,
nor will they come to mind.
18 But be glad[a] and rejoice[b] forever
in what I am creating,
for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy,
and its people as a delight.
19 I’ll rejoice over Jerusalem,
and take delight in my people;
no longer will the sound of weeping be heard in it,
nor the cry of distress.
20 “And[c] there will no longer be in it
a young boy[d] who lives only a few days,
or an old person who does not live out his days;
for one who dies at a hundred years will be thought a mere youth,
and one who falls short of a hundred years will be considered accursed.
21 People[e] will build houses and live in them;
They’ll plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 They won’t build for others to inhabit;
they won’t plant for others to eat—
for like the lifetime[f] of a tree,[g] so will the lifetime[h] of my people be,
and my chosen ones will long enjoy[i] the work of their hands.
23 They won’t toil in vain
nor bear children doomed to misfortune,
for they will be offspring blessed[j] by the Lord,
they and their descendants with them.
24 Before they call, I will answer,
while they are still speaking, I’ll hear.
25 “The wolf and the lamb will feed together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox;
but as for the serpent—
its food will be dust!
They won’t harm or destroy
on my entire holy mountain,”
says the Lord.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Isaiah 65:18 Sing. 1QIsaa; pl. MT
- Isaiah 65:18 Sing. 1QIsaa; pl. 1QIsab MT
- Isaiah 65:20 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT lack And
- Isaiah 65:20 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read an infant; cf. 49:15
- Isaiah 65:21 Lit. They
- Isaiah 65:22 Lit. days
- Isaiah 65:22 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read the tree
- Isaiah 65:22 Lit. days
- Isaiah 65:22 Lit. consume or wear out
- Isaiah 65:23 Sing. 1QIsaa LXX; pl. 1QIsab MT
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