17I will create a new heaven and a new earth. Past things will not be remembered. They will not come to mind. 18Be glad, and rejoice forever in what I'm going to create, because I'm going to create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people to be a joy. 19I will rejoice about Jerusalem and be glad about my people. Screaming and crying will no longer be heard in the city. 20There will no longer be an infant who lives for only a few days or an old man who doesn't live a long life. Whoever lives to be a hundred years old will be thought of as young. Whoever dies before he is a hundred years old will be cursed as a sinner. 21They will build houses and live there. They will plant vineyards and eat fruit from them. 22They will not build homes and have others live there. They will not plant and have others eat from it. My people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will enjoy what they've done. 23They will never again work for nothing. They will never again give birth to children who die young, because they will be offspring blessed by the LORD. The LORD will bless their descendants as well. 24Before they call, I will answer. While they're still speaking, I will hear. 25Wolves and lambs will feed together, lions will eat straw like oxen, and dust will be food for snakes. "They will not hurt or destroy anyone anywhere on my holy mountain," says the LORD.
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