Isaiah 65:23
They won't work for nothing, and they won't have children destined for disaster. For they are people living under the blessing of the Lord, and their children will be too.
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24I will reply even before they ask me. While they are still speaking, I will answer them!
Cross References
Genesis 17:7I promise to continue my agreement with you, and with your descendants who come after you, for generations to come. This is an eternal agreement. I will always be your God, and the God of your descendants.
Leviticus 26:20Your strength will be completely wasted because your land won't produce crops, and your trees won't produce fruit.
Leviticus 26:29You will eat the bodies of your own sons and daughters.
Deuteronomy 28:38You will sow a lot of seed in the field, but harvest very little because the locusts will destroy it.
Job 21:8Their children are with them; they watch their grandchildren grow up.
Isaiah 49:4But I replied, “I've worked for nothing! I've exhausted myself, and for what? Even so, I leave it with the Lord to do what's right, and my reward is with my God.”
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 65:18-25
Predictions of Happiness. ( b. c. 706.) 17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. 18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. 20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his… Read the whole commentary →