Isaiah 65:22

Context

65:22 No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it,¹

or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit,²

for my people will live as long as trees,³

and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced.⁴

[65:22] ¹tn Heb “they will not build, and another live [in it].”

[65:22] ²tn Heb “they will not plant, and another eat.”

[65:22] ³tn Heb “for like the days of the tree [will be] the days of my people.”

[65:22] ⁴tn Heb “the work of their hands” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “their hard-won gains.”