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"For behold, I create ^(ap)new heavens and a new earth; And the ^(aq)former things will not be remembered or come to ^[n]mind.

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

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

"No longer will there be ^[o]in it an infant who lives but a few days, Or an old man who does ^(au)not ^[p]live out his days; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred And the ^[q](av)one who does not reach the age of one hundred Will be thought accursed.

"They will ^(aw)build houses and inhabit them; They will also ^(ax)plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

"They will not build and ^(ay)another inhabit, They will not plant and another eat; For ^(az)as the ^[r]lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, And My chosen ones will ^(ba)wear out the work of their hands.

"They will ^(bb)not labor in vain, Or bear children for calamity; For they are the ^[s](bc)offspring of those blessed by the Lord , And their descendants with them.

It will also come to pass that before they call, I will ^(bd)answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

The ^(be)wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the ^(bf)lion will eat straw like the ox; and ^(bg)dust will be the serpent's food. They will ^(bh)do no evil or harm in all My ^(bi)holy mountain," says the Lord .