Isaiah 65:17

Look! I'm going to create new heavens and a new earth. The former things won't be remembered—they won't cross anyone's mind!

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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 asks a blessing or takes an oath in the land will do so by the one true God, for I have forgotten the troubles of the past—I don't look on them anymore.

18Be glad, and be happy forever and ever in what I'm going to create, for I will make Jerusalem a delightful place, and its people a real joy.

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Cross References

Isaiah 43:18But don't dwell on the past; don't concentrate on what happened back then.

Isaiah 66:22As the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will last forever, so your descendants and your reputation will also last forever, says the Lord.

2 Peter 3:13But as for us, we are looking for new heavens and a new earth that God has promised where everything is good and right.

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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