Isaiah 65:21
They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
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Leviticus 26:16I also will do this to you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and you will sow your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.
Judges 6:1And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
Isaiah 37:30This shall be the sign to you. You will eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs from the same; and in the third year sow and reap and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
Jeremiah 31:4Again will I build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: again you shall be adorned with your tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who make merry.
Amos 9:14I will bring my people Israel back from captivity,and they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them;and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine from them.They shall also make gardens,and eat the fruit of them.
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 →