They will build houses and inhabit them. They will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
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They will build houses and inhabit them. They will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
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And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
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And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
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Passages linked to Isaiah 65:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Amos 9:14 I will bring my people Israel back from captivity, and they will rebuild the ruined cities, and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards, and drink wine from them. They shall also make gardens, and eat their fruit.
- Isaiah 62:8-9 Yahweh has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, “Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners will not drink your new wine, for which you have labored, but those who have harvested it will eat it, and praise Yahweh. Those who have gathered it will drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.”
- Jeremiah 31:4-5 I will build you again, and you will be built, O virgin of Israel. You will again be adorned with your tambourines, and will go out in the dances of those who make merry. Again you will plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria. The planters will plant, and will enjoy its fruit.
- Isaiah 32:18 My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places,
- Isaiah 37:30 “ ‘This shall be the sign to you. You will eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs from it; and in the third year sow and reap and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
- Judges 6:1-6 The children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, so Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made themselves the dens which are in the mountains, the caves, and the strongholds. So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the children of the east came up against them. They encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, until you come to Gaza. They left no sustenance in Israel, and no sheep, ox, or donkey. For they came up with their livestock and their tents. They came in as locusts for multitude. Both they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land to destroy it. Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 26:16 I also will do this to you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away. You will sow your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He proposeth to the faithful the blessings which are…
He proposeth to the faithful the blessings which are contained in the Law, and so under temporal things comprehendeth the spiritual promises.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 65:21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit…
Isa 65:21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
Ver. 21. And they shall build houses and inhabit them.] The contrary whereunto is threatened against the wicked. {Deu 28:30-68} God’s people are freed from the curse of the law, from the hurt, if not from the smart of afflictions.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The quite contrary to what is said of the…
The quite contrary to what is said of the slothful man, Pro 12:27; see Job 27:13-17.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they shall build houses, and inhabit them,.... In…
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them,.... In Jerusalem, and other parts of Judea: though this need not be limited to the Jews, but be considered as reaching to all the Lord's people, the Gentiles also; who will be in no fear of enemies, or ever be disturbed by them, but shall dwell in their own houses peaceably and quietly; this is the reverse of what is threatened to the wicked, Deu 28:30,
and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them; they shall both live to dwell in their houses when built, and till their vineyards bring forth fruit, and then eat of them; and they shall be preserved from enemies breaking in upon them, and wasting their plantations.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Isa 65:21-23. They shall build houses and inhabit them…
Isa 65:21-23. They shall build houses and inhabit them — The prophet here describes another privilege of the church in these happy days. They shall enjoy blessings the very reverse of the curses denounced on the disobedient, Deu 28:30. They shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them. See note on Isa 62:8. They shall not plant and another eat — Which might happen, either through their enemies seizing the fruits of the trees they planted, or through their own premature death before those fruits were brought to perfection. For as the days of a tree are the days of my people — Not like the fading of a leaf, to which our present frail state is often compared, but their age shall equal the duration of the trees planted by them; yea, of the oaks, the most long-lived of trees, supposed to last about a thousand years, being five hundred years growing to full perfection, and as many decaying; “which,” says Bishop Lowth, “seems to be a moderate and probable computation.” The LXX. translate this clause, γαρ τας ημερας του ξυλου της ζωης εσυνται αι ημεραι του λαου μου; As the days of the tree of life shall be the days of my people. They shall not labour in vain — As those do who do not enjoy the fruit of their labour; nor bring forth — Beget and bring forth children; for trouble — Those that shall give them trouble by their bad conduct, or by the poverty and misery in which they shall be involved; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, &c. — There is a blessing entailed upon them by descent from their ancestors, which their offspring with them shall partake of; who shall be a comfort to them, and whom they shall have the happiness to see walking in the truth.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And they shall build houses - (See the notes…
And they shall build houses - (See the notes at Isa 62:8-9).
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain (See on Isa 62:8; Amo 9:14).
(See on Isa 62:8; Amo 9:14).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 21, 22. Not build, and another inhabit — As…
21, 22. Not build, and another inhabit — As against Deu_28:15-68, and Lev_26:14-46, (which see,) here is a promise of permanent blessedness in the new order of things. Like Lebanon’s cedars, symbols of everlastingness, so shall the lives of the righteous go on to indefinite years. The final grand Messianic period shall yield unceasing enjoyment.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21, 22. In consequence of this extension of the…
21, 22. In consequence of this extension of the term of life, each man shall enjoy the fruit of his own labour (cf. Deu_28:30). The idea is therefore somewhat different from that of ch. Isa_62:8-9.
as the days of a tree] Cf. Psa_92:12-13.
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mine elect (= my chosen, Isa_65:15) shall long enjoy &c.] lit. “shall wear out,” “use up” (Job_21:13).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (21) They shall build houses . . .—The proverbial…
(21) They shall build houses . . .—The proverbial type of national security and peace, as the opposite was of national misfortune (Lev_26:16; Deu_28:30).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain They shall build houses, and inhabit them. The curse…
They shall build houses, and inhabit them. The curse pronounced on apostasy in Deu_28:30 shall no more rest on God"s people. They shall have the fruition of their labours. No enemy shall be able to deprive them of their crops and houses.
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