Isaiah 65:21

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 also rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people; And there will no longer be heard in her The voice of weeping and the sound of crying. 20No longer will there be in it an infant who lives only a few days, Or an old person who does not live out his days; For the youth will die at the age of a hundred, And the one who does not reach the age of a hundred Will be thought accursed. They will build houses and inhabit them; They will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22They will not build and another inhabit, They will not plant and another eat; For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, And My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands. 23They will not labor in vain, Or give birth to children for disaster; For they are the descendants of those blessed by the Lord, And their descendants with them.

Isaiah 65:21 word by word

וּבָנ֥וּ בָתִּ֖ים וְיָשָׁ֑בוּ וְנָטְע֣וּ כְרָמִ֔ים וְאָכְל֖וּ פִּרְיָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• and inhabitיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• plantנָטַעnâţa‛ · to plantH5193
• vineyardsכֶּרֶםkerem · vineyardH3754
• and eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• their fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529

Cross-references for Isaiah 65:21

• Isaiah 62:8The Lord has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies, Nor will foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.”
• Leviticus 26:16I, in turn, will do this to you: I will summon a sudden terror against you, consumption and fever that will make the eyes fail and the soul languish; also, you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it.
• Deuteronomy 28:30You will betroth a woman, but another man will violate her; you will build a house, but you will not live in it; you will plant a vineyard, but you will not make use of its fruit.
• Judges 6:1Then the sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord handed them over to Midian for seven years.
• Jeremiah 31:4I will build you again and you will be rebuilt, Virgin of Israel! You will take up your tambourines again, And go out to the dances of the revelers.
• Amos 9:14I will also restore the fortunes of My people Israel, And they will rebuild the desolated cities and live in them; They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine, And make 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

Topics related to Isaiah 65:21

• Church
• Jesus, the Christ
• Millennium
• Righteous

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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