Isaiah 65:17

Isaiah 65:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
• New International Version (NIV)“See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.

Context of Isaiah 65:17

15Your name will be used as a curse by my chosen ones. The Almighty Lord will kill you and call his servants by another name. 16Whoever asks for a blessing in the land will be blessed by the God of Truth. Whoever swears an oath in the land will swear by the God of Truth. Past troubles are forgotten. They are hidden from my eyes. I 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.

Isaiah 65:17 word by word

כִּֽי־הִנְנִ֥י בוֹרֵ֛א שָׁמַ֥יִם חֲדָשִׁ֖ים וָאָ֣רֶץ חֲדָשָׁ֑ה וְלֹ֤א תִזָּכַ֙רְנָה֙ הָרִ֣אשֹׁנ֔וֹת וְלֹ֥א תַעֲלֶ֖ינָה עַל־לֵֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For, behold, I createבָּרָאbârâ' · to createH1254
• newחָדָשׁchâdâsh · newH2319
• heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and the formerרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · first: previousH7223
• shall not be rememberedזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• nor comeעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• into mindלֵבlêb · heartH3820

Cross-references for Isaiah 65:17

• Isaiah 51:16I put my words in your mouth and sheltered you in the palm of my hand. I stretched out the heavens, laid the foundations of the earth, and said to Zion, “You are my people.”
• Isaiah 66:22“The new heaven and earth that I am about to make will continue in my presence,” declares the Lord. “So your descendants and your name will also continue in my presence.
• 2 Peter 3:13But we look forward to what God has promised—a new heaven and a new earth—a place where everything that has God’s approval lives.
• Revelation 21:1I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the first heaven and earth had disappeared, and the sea was gone.
• Jeremiah 3:16In those days you will be fertile, and your population will increase in the land,” declares the Lord. “People will no longer talk about the ark of the Lord’s promise. It will no longer come to mind. They won’t remember it, miss it, or make another one.

Commentaries on Isaiah 65:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17I create new heavens and a new earth - This has been variously understood. Some Jews and some Christians understand it literally. God shall change the state of the atmosphere, and render the earth more fruitful. Some refer it to what they call the Millennium; others, to a glorious state of religion; others, to the re-creation of the earth after it shall have been destroyed by fire. I think it refers to the full conversion of the Jews ultimately; and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17For behold - The idea in this verse is, that there should be a state of glory as great as if a new heaven and a new earth were to be made. I create new heavens - Calamity and punishment in the Bible are often represented by the heavens growing dark, and being rolled up like as a scroll, or passing away (see the notes at Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 34:4). On the contrary, prosperity, happiness, and the divine favor, are represented by the clearing up of a cloudy…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-25Verses 17-25 In the grace and comfort believers have in and from Christ, we are to look for this new heaven and new earth. The former confusions, sins and miseries of the human race, shall be no more remembered or renewed. The approaching happy state of the church is described under a variety of images. He shall be thought to die in his youth, and for his sins, who only lives to the age of a hundred years. The event alone can determine what is meant; but…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17The new heavens and new earth will be a place of righteousness (see also 2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21). Paul described believers in Christ as already being part of the new creation (see 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 6:15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. As Caleb inherited the same land which his feet trod on (De 1:36; Jos 14:9), so Messiah and His saints shall inherit the renovated earth which once they trod while defiled by the enemy (Is 34:4; 51:16; 66:22; Eze 21:27; Psa 2:8; 37:11; 2Pe 3:13; He 12:26-28 Re 21:1). not be remembered--See on Is 65:16, note on "troubles"; the words here answer to "the former ... forgotten," &c. The former sorrows of the earth, under the fall, shall be so far from…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 65:17

• Church
• Earth
• Heaven
• Jesus, the Christ
• Millennium
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• New Earth
• New Heavens
• Cry
• Sought
• Thence
• Go
• Heavens, New (and Earth, New)
• Isaiah
• Oreb; Zeeb
• Salvation

Commentaries on Isaiah 65

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings