Isaiah 65:17

For there shall be a new heaven and a new earth: and they shall not at all remember the former, neither shall they at all come into their mind.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

16which shall be blessed on the earth; for they shall bless the true God: and they that swear upon the earth shall swear by the true God; for they shall forget the former affliction, and it shall not come into their mind.

18But they shall find in her joy and exultation; for, behold, I make Jerusalem a rejoicing, and my people a joy.

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Cross References

Isaiah 43:18Remember ye not the former things, and consider not the ancient things.

Isaiah 66:22For as the new heaven and the new earth, which I make, remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name continue.

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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