Isaiah 65:17-21

Isaiah 65:17-21^

(The Glorious New Creation)

For I am about to create new heavens 
    and a new earth; 
the former things shall not be remembered 
    or come to mind. 
But be glad and rejoice forever 
    in what I am creating; 
for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, 
    and its people as a delight. 
 I will rejoice in Jerusalem, 
    and delight in my people; 
no more shall the sound of weeping be heard in it, 
    or the cry of distress. 
No more shall there be in it 
    an infant that lives but a few days, 
    or an old person who does not live out a lifetime; 
for one who dies at a hundred years will be considered a youth, 
    and one who falls short of a hundred will be considered accursed. 
They shall build houses and inhabit them; 
    they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.  