Isaiah 65:18 - Exposition

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 65:19 ).