Isaiah 65:17-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:17-25

The new creation. It is difficult to harmonize the various passages of Scripture which touch on "the new creation." In one place ( Acts 3:21 ) it is called an ἀποκατάτασις , in another ( Matthew 19:23 ) a παιγγενεσία . Sometimes its scene appears to be the present world purified ( Isaiah 2:2-4 ); sometimes an entirely new world created for the habitation of God's people ( Isaiah 65:17 , Isaiah 65:18 ). Perhaps the best explanation is that of Delitzsch, that there are to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:17-25

The new creation. It seems that the leading thought of the prophet is the transformation of nature in harmony with the changed nature of man. Its grandeur needs not to be pointed out. Ordinarily, indeed, we think of man's dependence on nature. If the thought be pushed to its limits, it ends in materialism. Spiritual religion, on the contrary, sees in the changes of nature a human pathos; its waste and desolation the effect of human sin, of violated Divine laws; its flourishing aspect and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:18

I create Jerusalem (comp. Revelation 21:2 , "I, John, saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven , prepared as a bride adorned for her husband"). The description which follows in Isaiah 65:11 , Isaiah 65:12 is quite unlike that of the old Jerusalem. A rejoicing. The "new Jerusalem" was to be from the first all joy and rejoicing—a scene of perpetual gladness. Her people also was to be "a joy" or "a delight," since God would delight in them ( Isaiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 65:19

The voice of weeping shall be no more heard (comp. Revelation 21:4 ). The reasons there given are satisfactory: "There shall be no more death, neither sorrow … neither shall there be any more pain." But these reasons scarcely apply here. For Isaiah's "new Jerusalem" is not without death (verse 20), nor without sorrow, since it is not without sin (verse 20), nor, as there is death there, is it without pain. Isaiah's picture, according to Delitzsch, represents the millennial state, not the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:17

For behold - The idea in this verse is, that there should be a state of glory as great as if a new heaven and a new earth were to be made.I create new heavens - Calamity and punishment in the Bible are often represented by the heavens growing dark, and being rolled up like as a scroll, or passing away (see the notes at Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 34:4). On the contrary, prosperity, happiness, and the divine favor, are represented by the clearing up of a cloudy sky; by the restoration of the serene and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:18

But be ye glad and rejoice - (See the notes at Isaiah 51:11).Forever - It is not to be momentary happiness - like a bright morning that is soon overcast with clouds. The joy of God’s people is to endure for ever, and they shall have ceaseless cause of praise and thanksgiving.I create Jerusalem a rejoicing - A source of rejoicing; or a place of rejoicing.And her people a joy - That is, in themselves joyful, and a source of joy to all others. The idea is, that the church would be a place of the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 65:19

And I will rejoice in Jerusalem - (See the notes at Isaiah 62:5).And the voice of weeping shall no more be heard - (See the notes at Isaiah 25:7-8). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 65:17-19

Isaiah 65:17-19. For behold, I create new heavens, &c. I will tell you yet a more admirable thing: I am about wholly to change the state, not only of my people, freeing them from the afflictions and troubles by which they have been oppressed, but also of the world, bringing a new face upon it; sending my Son to institute a new economy and worship, and raise up a new church; and pouring out my Spirit in a more plentiful manner; which new state shall continue until a new heaven and a new... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 65:17-25

A new creation (65:17-25)Israel’s condition in the time of the prophet is then contrasted with conditions in the new Jerusalem, the kingdom of the Messiah. That kingdom is not an improved version of the old Israelite kingdom, but is something entirely new. It is a new creation, where the quality of life will be different from that of the present world. Sorrow will be replaced by rejoicing. Life will not be cut short except where God acts in judgment (17-20).In the new creation people will have... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 65:17

new heavens, &c. : i.e. new, in respect to the old. Not the "new" of 2 Peter 3:13 , or Revelation 21:1 . Note the contrast of this with the only two references to the history of Revelation 21:0 : Isaiah 65:0 . Name , Jerusalem (Hephzi'bah, Isaiah 65:18 ) Position , on mountain (Isaiah 65:25 ). Privileges , Isaiah 65:18-20 . Character , sinners there (Isaiah 65:20 ). Character , prayer (Isaiah 65:24 ). Employment , labour, planting, building (Isaiah 65:21 ). Revelation 21:0 . New... read more

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