Isaiah 65:20

65:20 Never again will one of her infants live just a few days ¹ 

or an old man die before his time. ² 

Indeed, no one will die before the age of a hundred, ³ 

anyone who fails to reach ⁴  the age of a hundred will be considered cursed.

Isaiah 37:36

37:36 The Lord’s messenger ⁵  went out and killed 185,000 troops ⁶  in the Assyrian camp. When they ⁷  got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses! ⁸ 

[65:20]  ¹ tn Heb “and there will not be from there again a nursing infant of days,” i.e., one that lives just a few days.

[65:20]  ² tn Heb “or an old [man] who does not fill out his days.”

[65:20]  ³ tn Heb “for the child as a son of one hundred years will die.” The point seems to be that those who die at the age of a hundred will be considered children, for the average life span will be much longer than that. The category “child” will be redefined in light of the expanded life spans that will characterize this new era.

[65:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “the one who misses.” חָטָא (khata’) is used here in its basic sense of “miss the mark.” See HALOT 305 s.v. חטא. Another option is to translate, “and the sinner who reaches the age of a hundred will be cursed.”

[37:36]  ⁵ tn Traditionally, “the angel of the Lord” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[37:36]  ⁶ tn The word “troops” is supplied in the translation for smoothness and clarity.

[37:36]  ⁷ tn This refers to the Israelites and/or the rest of the Assyrian army.

[37:36]  ⁸ tn Heb “look, all of them were dead bodies”; NLT “they found corpses everywhere.”