Isaiah 65:17

For, hinei, I create Shomayim Chadashim 1 and eretz Chadashah; 1 and the rishonot shall not be remembered, 1 nor come into mind. 1

Orthodox Jewish 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

16That he who blesseth himself in ha'aretz 1 shall bless himself by Elohei Omein (the G-d of [the] Amen, the G-d of Truth); 1 and he that taketh an oath in ha'aretz 1 shall take the oath by Elohei Omein; 1 because the former tzoros are forgotten, 1 and because they are hid from Mine eyes. 1

18But be ye glad and rejoice forever 1 in that which I create; 1 for, hinei, I create Yerushalayim a rejoicing, 1 and her people a joy. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 43:18Remember ye not the rishonot (former things) 1 neither consider kadmoniyyot (the things of old). 1

Isaiah 66:22For as the Shomayim HaChadashim 1 and HaAretz HaChadashah, which I will make, 1 shall continue before Me, saith Hashem, 1 so shall your zera and your shem remain. 1

2 Peter 3:13But SHOMAYIM CHADASHIM VA'ARETZ CHADASHA + 3:13 Isa 65:17 cf. Isa 66:22 according to the havtachah (promise) of Hashem we await, in which Tzidkanut (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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