Isaiah 65:17-25

New King James Version

The Glorious New Creation

¹⁷“For behold, I create ^(A)new heavens and a new earth;
And the former shall not be remembered or ^[a]come to mind.
¹⁸But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create;
For behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing,
And her people a joy.
¹⁹^(B)I will rejoice in Jerusalem,
And joy in My people;
The ^(C)voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her,
Nor the voice of crying.

²⁰“No more shall an infant from there live but a few days,
Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days;
For the child shall die one hundred years old,
^(D)But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.
²¹^(E)They shall build houses and inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
²²They shall not build and another inhabit;
They shall not plant and ^(F)another eat;
For ^(G)as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people,
And ^(H)My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
²³They shall not labor in vain,
^(I)Nor bring forth children for trouble;
For ^(J)they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord,
And their offspring with them.

²⁴“It shall come to pass
That ^(K)before they call, I will answer;
And while they are still speaking, I will ^(L)hear.
²⁵The ^(M)wolf and the lamb shall feed together,
The lion shall eat straw like the ox,
^(N)And dust shall be the serpent’s food.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,”
Says the Lord.