Isaiah 65:21

They will build houses and inhabit them, and they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 1

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

In Context

20Never again will an infant live there only a few days; 1 nor will an old man die before his time. 1 One who dies at one hundred years old will be considered a young person. 1 Anyone who fails to reach the age of one hundred years old will be considered cursed. 1

22No longer will they build a house and another live in it; they will not plant, and another eat; 1 for as the days of trees will be the days of my people. My chosen will fully outlive the work of their hands. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:16—if you do these things, then I will do this to you: I will inflict terror on you, diseases and fever that will destroy the eyes and will drain away your life. You will plant your seeds for nothing, because your enemies will eat their produce.

Judges 6:1The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he gave them into the hand of Midian for seven years.

Isaiah 37:30This will be the sign for you: 1 This year you will eat what grows wild, and in the second year what grows from that. 1 But in the third year you must plant and harvest, plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 1

Jeremiah 31:4I will build you up again so you will be built, virgin Israel. 1 You will again pick up your tambourines and go out with happy dances. 1

Amos 9:14I will bring back from captivity my people Israel. 1 They will build the ruined cities and inhabit them, 1 they will plant vineyards and drink their wine, 1 and they will make gardens and eat their fruit. 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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