Isaiah 65:21

And they shall build batim (houses), and inhabit them; 1 and they shall plant kramim (vineyards), and eat the fruit of them. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

In Context

20There shall be no more in there 1 an infant of days, nor a zaken (old man) 1 that hath not filled his days; 1 for he that shall die a hundred years old will be regarded a na'ar; 1 but the choteh (sinner), a hundred years old, will be accursed. 1

22They shall not build, 1 and another inhabit; 1 they shall not plant, 1 and another eat; 1 for as the days of HaEtz 1 are the days of Ami, 1 and Mine Bechir shall long enjoy 1 the ma'aseh of their hands. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:16I also will do this unto you: I will even visit upon you terror, wasting disease, and the burning fever, that shall consume the eyes, and drain the nefesh: and ye shall sow your zera in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Judges 6:1And the Bnei Yisroel did evil in the sight of Hashem; Hashem delivered them into the yad Midyan + 6:1 See Gn 25:2 sheva shanim.

Isaiah 37:30And this shall be HaOt unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth from the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant kramim (vineyards), and eat the fruit thereof.

Jeremiah 31:4Thou shalt yet plant keramim upon the hills of Shomron; 1 the planters shall plant, and shall put the fruit to ordinary use. + 31:4 See Lv 19:24-25 1

Amos 9:14And I will bring back the captives of My people Yisroel, 1 and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; 1 and they shall plant kramim (vineyards), and drink the yayin thereof; 1 they shall also make gannot, and eat the p'ri of them. 1

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 →

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