17 For look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth;+
And the former things will not be called to mind,
Nor will they come up into the heart.+
18 So exult and be joyful forever in what I am creating.
For look! I am creating Jerusalem a cause for joy
And her people a cause for exultation.+
19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem and exult in my people;+
No more will there be heard in her the sound of weeping or a cry of distress.”+
20 “No more will there be an infant from that place who lives but a few days,
Nor an old man who fails to live out his days.
For anyone who dies at a hundred will be considered a mere boy,
And the sinner will be cursed, even though he is a hundred years of age.
21 They will build houses and live in them,+
And they will plant vineyards and eat their fruitage.+
22 They will not build for someone else to inhabit,
Nor will they plant for others to eat.
For the days of my people will be like the days of a tree,+
And the work of their hands my chosen ones will enjoy to the full.
23 They will not toil for nothing,+
Nor will they bear children for distress,
Because they are the offspring made up of those blessed by Jehovah,+
And their descendants with them.+
24 Even before they call out, I will answer;
While they are yet speaking, I will hear.
25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together,
The lion will eat straw just like the bull,+
And the serpent’s food will be dust.
They will do no harm nor cause any ruin in all my holy mountain,”+ says Jehovah.