Isaiah 65:17

For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

Berean Standard Bible

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

16Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.

18But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.

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Cross References

Isaiah 43:18“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.

Isaiah 66:22“For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.

2 Peter 3:13But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where 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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