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Isaiah 65:21-23

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65:21 They will build houses and live in them;

they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

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 

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

2 tn Heb “they will not plant, and another eat.”

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

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

5 tn Heb “and they will not give birth to horror.”

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



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