Isaiah 65:22-24

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

65:23 They will not work in vain,

or give birth to children that will experience disaster.⁵

For the Lord will bless their children

and their descendants.⁶

65:24 Before they even call out,⁷ I will respond;

while they are still speaking, I will hear.

[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.”

[65:23] ⁵tn Heb “and they will not give birth to horror.”

[65:23] ⁶tn Heb “for offspring blessed by the Lord they [will be], and their descendants along with them.”

[65:24] ⁷tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.