Isaiah 65:17

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

In Context

16so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth, and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth. Because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes.

18But be ye glad and rejoice forever in that which I create. For, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

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Cross References

Isaiah 43:18Do not remember ye the former things, nor consider the things of old.

Isaiah 66:22For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, says LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.

2 Peter 3:13But we anticipate a new heavens and a new earth according to his promise, in which righteousness dwells.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 65:12-17

Predictions of Punishment. ( b. c. 706.) 11 But ye are they that forsake the Lord , that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. 12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not. 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God , Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye… Read the whole commentary →

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