Study Desk

-"Because the one who ^(F1)is blessed on the earth Will ^(F1)be blessed by the ^(C1)God of truth; And the one who swears an oath on the earth Will ^(C2)swear by the God of truth; Because the former troubles are forgotten, And because they are hidden from My sight!

"For behold, I create ^(C1)new heavens and a new earth; And the ^(C2)former things will not be remembered or come to ^(F1)mind.

-"But be ^(C1)glad and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing And her people for gladness.

-"I will also ^(C1)rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people; And there will no longer be heard in her The voice of ^(C2)weeping and the sound of crying.

-"No longer will there be ^(F1)in it an infant who lives only a few days, Or an old person who does ^(C1)not ^(F2)live out his days; For the youth will die at the age of a hundred, And the ^(F3)(C2)one who does not reach the age of a hundred Will be thought accursed.

-"They will ^(C1)build houses and inhabit them; They will also ^(C2)plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

-"They will not build and ^(C1)another inhabit, They will not plant and another eat; For ^(C2)as the ^(F1)lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, And My chosen ones will ^(C3)fully enjoy the work of their hands.

-"They will ^(C1)not labor in vain, Or give birth to children for disaster; For they are the ^(F1)(C2)descendants of those blessed by the LORD, And their descendants with them.

"It will also come to pass that before they call, I will ^(C1)answer; while they are still speaking, I will listen.

"The ^(C1)wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the ^(C2)lion will eat straw like the ox; and ^(C3)dust will be the serpent's food. They will ^(C4)do no evil or harm on all My ^(C5)holy mountain," says the LORD.