God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 65:21
21They will build houses and live there. They will plant vineyards and eat fruit from them.
Isaiah 65:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
- New International Version (NIV)They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They shall build houses and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Context of Isaiah 65:21
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. They 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.
Read all of Isaiah 65Isaiah 65:21 word by word
וּבָנ֥וּ בָתִּ֖ים וְיָשָׁ֑בוּ וְנָטְע֣וּ כְרָמִ֔ים וְאָכְל֖וּ פִּרְיָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 65:21
- Isaiah 62:8The Lord has sworn with his right hand and with his mighty arm, “I will never again let your enemies eat your grain, nor will foreigners drink the new wine which you made.”
- Leviticus 26:16then this is what I will do to you: I will terrorize you with disease and fever. You will suffer from eye problems and depression. You will plant your crops and get nothing because your enemies will eat them.
- Deuteronomy 28:30You will be engaged to a woman, but another man will have sex with her. You will build a house, but you won’t live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you won’t enjoy the grapes.
- Judges 6:1The people of Israel did what the Lord considered evil. So the Lord handed them over to Midian for seven years.
- Jeremiah 31:4Once again I will build you up, and you will be rebuilt, my dear people Israel. Once again you will take your tambourines, and you will go dancing with happy people.
- Amos 9:14I will restore my people Israel. They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink the wine from them. They will plant gardens and eat their fruit.
Commentaries on Isaiah 65:21
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21And they shall build houses - (See the notes at Isaiah 62:8-9).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. 1-25Here, the Lord responds to the prayer in Isaiah 63:7–64:12.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. (See on Is 62:8; Am 9:14).Read the comment
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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
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