Isaiah 65:17 (WEB)
“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things will not be remembered, nor come into mind.
As quoted in the map (KJV)
Isaiah 65:17–18 (KJV)
17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. 18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
Key words
- שָׁמַיִם חֲדָשִׁים וָאָרֶץ חֲדָשָׁהshamayim chadashim va'arets chadashah · Hebrew
- 'new heavens and a new earth' — the oracle of the new creation that immediately precedes the painless birth of 66:7.
Why it matters
God promises a new heavens and a new earth in which the former things are not remembered. Pitre's first observation on Isaiah 66:7 is that it comes right after this new-creation oracle (pp 120–121): the birth without labour is an act of the new creation, undoing the curse of Genesis 3:16. That is why the Fathers read Mary's painless birth of Jesus as a sign that the new creation had begun.
Fathers and councils · 9
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Isaiah also declares the very same: “For there shall be a new heaven and a new earth; and there shall be no remembrance of the former, neither shall the heart think about them, but they shall find in it joy and exultation.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxv. 17, 18.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X I.13Conference I
“But ye shall be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create.”” — editor's note: Is. lxv. 17, 18.
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Justin Martyr
“They shall not hurt or maltreat each other on the holy mountain, saith the Lord.’” — editor's note: Isa. lxv. 17 to end.
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John Chrysostom
“For even the heaven also is thus called ‘new,’ when it is no longer ‘of brass,’ but gives rain; and the earth likewise is new when it is not un fruitful, not when it has been changed; and the house is likewise new, when portions of it have been taken away, and portions remain.” — editor's note: See Isa. lxv. 17; Deut. xxviii. 23
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Jerome
“…to thrones and dominations”; and of these perhaps another human race will be formed, when in the words of Isaiah there shall be “new heavens and a new earth.’” — editor's note: Isa. lxv. 17.
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Augustine of Hippo
“And I will exult in Jerusalem, and joy in my people; and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her;” and other promises, which some endeavor to refer to carnal enjoyment during the thousand years.” — editor's note: Isa. lxv. 17–19.
Read the whole comment“And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people, and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxv. 17–19.
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Tertullian
“Now, if the Creator indeed promised that “the ancient things should pass away,” to be superseded by a new course of things which should arise, whilst Christ marks the period of the separation when He says, “The law and the prophets were…” — editor's note: Comp. Isa. xliii. 18, 19, and lxv. 17, with 2 Cor. v. 17.
Read the whole comment“…occurred in another epistle, emanated from the Creator, who, while predicting that “old things were to pass away,” and that He would “make all things new,” commanded men “to break up fresh ground for themselves,” and thereby taught them even then to put off the old man and put on the new.” — editor's note: Isa. xliii. 18, 19, and lxv. 17; 2 Cor. v. 17.
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Cross-references · 11
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
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Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 81.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 81.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 81.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 81.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 81.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.