A New Heaven and a New Earth

(Revelation 21:1–8)

17 For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth.[fn] The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.

19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.

20 No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years and he who fails [to reach] a hundred will be considered accursed.

21 They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

22 No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For [as is] the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.

23 They will not labor in vain [or] bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD—[they] and their descendants with them.

24 Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent[fn] will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.