Isaiah 65:17-25 - Exposition

A PROMISE OF NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH . The final answer of God to the complaint and prayer of his people ( Isaiah 64:1-12 .) is now given. The entire existing state of things is to pass away. God will create a new heaven and a new earth, and place his people therein; and the old conditions will be all changed, and the old grounds of complaint disappear. In the "new Jerusalem" there will be no sorrow, neither "weeping" nor "crying" ( Isaiah 65:19 ); life will be greatly prolonged ( Isaiah 65:20 ); men will always enjoy the fruit of their labours ( Isaiah 65:21 , Isaiah 65:22 ), and see their children grow up ( Isaiah 65:23 ). Prayer will be answered almost before it is uttered ( Isaiah 65:24 ). Finally, there will be peace in the animal world, and between the animal world and man. No living thing will kill or hurt another in all God's "holy mountain" ( Isaiah 65:25 ).