17. “For behold, I create new heavensand a new earth,and the former things shall not be rememberedor come into mind.
18. But be glad and rejoice foreverin that which I create;for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy,and her people to be a gladness.
19. I will rejoice in Jerusalemand be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weepingand the cry of distress.
20. No more shall there be in itan infant who lives but a few days,or an old man who does not fill out his days,for the young man shall die a hundred years old,and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.
21. They shall build houses and inhabit them;they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22. They shall not build and another inhabit;they shall not plant and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.