Isaiah 65:21
in Isaiah 65They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
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ASV
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
KJV
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
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This verse in Isaiah 65
Commentary
8 notes on this verse(Ver. 21. 22.) And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat. LXX likewise. Concerning these houses, the prophetic psalm in the sixty-eighth chapter promises, saying: Because God will save Zion: and the cities of Judah shall be built, and they shall dwell there, and inherit it, and the seed of his servants shall possess it: and those who love his name shall dwell in it.
This site's exposition
No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days
on Isaiah 65:20-23
Long life becomes the rule: “No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days”. The verse still counts death and the accursed, set beside Revelation 21:4, where death is no more. The curse of Deuteronomy 28:30 is reversed: “They will build houses and dwell in them”.
This site's exposition
They will build houses and dwell in them
Barnes reads the verse with 62:8-9, where foreigners no longer drink the new wine Israel labored for. Aquinas sets it beside Amos 9:14 and Ezekiel 28:26, two more promises of houses built and vineyards planted in safety. Jerome adds the psalm promise that Judah's cities will be rebuilt.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Third, as to prosperity of goods, both as to security of their possessions: and they shall build: and they shall build houses (Ezek 28:26); they shall plant vineyards (Amos 9:14).
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
13 ); and, if we live to enjoy it long, it is the gift of God's providence, for that is here promised: As the days of a tree are the days of my people; as the days of an oak ( ch. vi. 13 ), whose substance is in it, though it cast its leaves; though it be stripped every winter, it recovers itself again, and lasts many ages; as the days of the tree of life; so the LXX.
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And they shall build houses, and inhabit them,....
But these things are here prophesied of under the type and figure of the difference God would make between some and others of the Jews after their return out of captivity, between those that feared God and those that did not, with reproofs of the sins then found among them and promises of the blessings then in reserve for them.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And they shall build houses - (See the notes at Isa 62:8-9).
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבָנ֥וּ | uvanu | and they will build | H1129 → | 376 times |
| בָתִּ֖ים | vatim | houses | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וְיָשָׁ֑בוּ | veyashavu | and they will dwell [in them] | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| וְנָטְע֣וּ | venateu | and they will plant | H5193 → | 58 times |
| כְרָמִ֔ים | kheramim | vineyards | H3754 → | 92 times |
| וְאָכְל֖וּ | veakhelu | and they will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| פִּרְיָֽם׃ | piryam | fruit their | H6529 → | 119 times |
וּבָנ֥וּand they will build
uvanuH1129 →376 times
בָתִּ֖יםhouses
vatimH1004 →2046 times
וְיָשָׁ֑בוּand they will dwell [in them]
veyashavuH3427 →1079 times
וְנָטְע֣וּand they will plant
venateuH5193 →58 times
כְרָמִ֔יםvineyards
kheramimH3754 →92 times
וְאָכְל֖וּand they will eat
veakheluH398 →810 times
פִּרְיָֽם׃fruit their
piryamH6529 →119 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 32:18Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
it leads to
- Zechariah 2:5
For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
- Hosea 2:18–23
On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish…
- Jeremiah 33:16
In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
- Ezekiel 34:25–26
I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
- Zechariah 2:5
Through
Amos 9:14I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
it leads to
- Isaiah 61:4
They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
- Jeremiah 30:3
For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to…
- Jeremiah 30:18
This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will…
- Isaiah 61:4
Through
Isaiah 37:30And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 19:29
And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third…
- 2 Kings 19:29
Where this verse is studied
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About Isaiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Calvin, Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.