Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 65:21
21They will build houses and inhabit them. They will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
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
19Then I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and be glad in My people. No longer will the voice of weeping or the voice of crying be heard in her. 20No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not fill out his days. For the youth will die at a hundred years, But one who misses the mark of a hundred must be accursed. They will build houses and inhabit them. They will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22They will not build and another inhabit, nor plant and another eat. For like the days of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands. 23They will not labor in vain nor bear children for calamity. For they are the offspring of those blessed by Adonai, as well as descendants with them.
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 62:8Adonai has sworn by His right hand and by His strong arm: “Surely 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 26:16then I will do the following to you in return. I will appoint terror over you, wasting disease and fever that will dim the eyes and cause the soul to pine away. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.
- Deuteronomy 28:30“You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will sleep with her. You will build a house, but you will not dwell in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not put it to use.
- Judges 6:1Then Bnei-Yisrael did what was evil in Adonai’s eyes, so Adonai gave them into the hand of Midian for seven years.
- Jeremiah 31:4Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria— planters will plant and use them.
- Amos 9:14Yes, I will restore the captivity of My people Israel. They will rebuild desolated cities and dwell in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine. They will also 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
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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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