Isaiah 65:22

They 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

In Context

21And they shall build batim (houses), and inhabit them; 1 and they shall plant kramim (vineyards), and eat the fruit of them. 1

23They shall not labor in vain, 1 nor bring forth for misfortune; 1 for they are the Zera Beruchei Hashem (Seed of the Blessed ones of Hashem ), 1 and their offspring with them. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 5:27And all the days of Metushelach were nine hundred sixty and nine shanah; and he died.

Psalms 21:4For Thou meeteth him with the birkhot tov; 1 Thou settest an ateret of pure gold on his head. 1

Psalms 92:12Mine eye also shall look on mine foes, 1 and mine ears shall hear of the resha'im 1 that rise up against me. 1

Isaiah 65:9And I will bring forth a zera out of Ya'akov, 1 and out of Yehudah a yoresh (inheritor) of My mountains; 1 and Mine Bechir (Chosen ones) shall inherit it, 1 and My Servants shall dwell there. 1

Revelation 20:3And threw him into the Tehom (Abyss), and shut and sealed it over him that he could not deceive any more the Goyim until the elef shanim (thousand years) were completed. After these things it is necessary for him to be released a short time. + 20:3 Dan 6:17

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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