15. My chosen people will use your name as a curse. I, the Sovereign Lord, will put you to death. But I will give a new name to those who obey me.
16. Anyone in the land who asks for a blessing will ask to be blessed by the Faithful God. Whoever takes an oath will swear by the name of the Faithful God. The troubles of the past will be gone and forgotten.”
17. The Lord says, “I am making a new earth and new heavens. The events of the past will be completely forgotten.
18. Be glad and rejoice for ever in what I create. The new Jerusalem I make will be full of joy, and her people will be happy.
19. I myself will be filled with joy because of Jerusalem and her people. There will be no weeping there, no calling for help.
20. Babies will no longer die in infancy, and all people will live out their life span. Those who live to be a hundred will be considered young. To die before that would be a sign that I had punished them.
21-22. People will build houses and live in them themselves — they will not be used by someone else. They will plant vineyards and enjoy the wine — it will not be drunk by others. Like trees, my people will live long lives. They will fully enjoy the things that they have worked for.
23. The work they do will be successful, and their children will not meet with disaster. I will bless them and their descendants for all time to come.
24. Even before they finish praying to me, I will answer their prayers.
25. Wolves and lambs will eat together; lions will eat straw, as cattle do, and snakes will no longer be dangerous. On Zion, my sacred hill, there will be nothing harmful or evil.”