Isaiah 65:17-25

17 Listen! I will create

new heavens and a new earth.

People will not remember what things were like before.

Those thoughts will not be in their minds at all.

18 But be happy about what I will create!

Be happy for ever!

I will create Jerusalem as a happy place.

The people who live there will be full of joy.

19 And Jerusalem will cause me to be happy.

My people will give me joy.

There will be no noise of people who are weeping.

People will not be sad in Jerusalem again.

20 Never again will there be a baby

who only lives for a few days.

Old men will continue to live a long life.

People will live until they are 100 years old

and they will still seem young.

If anyone dies before he is 100 years old,

people will think that God has cursed him.

21 My people will build houses

and they will live in them.

They will plant vineyards

and they will eat the fruit from them.

22 They will no longer build houses

and then other people live in them.

They will not plant trees

and then other people to eat the fruit.

My people will have long lives,

as long as trees live.

My own people will live to enjoy the things

that they have worked hard to get.

23 Their work will not be useless.

They will not give birth to children

who will live in fear.

Instead, the Lord will bless their children.

He will bless them

and their descendants with them.

24 Before they call to me for help,

I will answer them.

While they are still praying,

I will hear them.

25 At that time,

wolves and lambs will eat together.

Lions will eat straw like cows.

A snake's food will be dirt.

Nothing will hurt or destroy anything else

anywhere on my holy mountain.’

That is what the Lord says.