🕊️WEB · Isaiah 65:21
What does Isaiah 65:21 mean?
"They will build houses, and inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, and eat their fruit."
— Isaiah 65:21 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
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, and the sinner being one hundred years old will be accursed.
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.
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