For,
behold, I create new heavens and a new earth;
and
the former things will not be remembered,
nor
come into mind.
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.
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.
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.
They
will build houses and inhabit them.
They
will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
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.
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.
It
will happen that before they call, I will answer;
and
while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
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.
Isaiah 65:17-15
Photo by the author somewhere over Texas
