17. “I am creating a new heaven and a new earth. The troubles of the past will be forgotten. No one will remember them.
18. My people will be happy and rejoice forever and ever because of what I will make. I will make a Jerusalem that is full of joy, and I will make her people happy.
19. “Then I will rejoice with Jerusalem. I will be happy with my people. There will never again be crying and sadness in that city.
20. In that city there will never be a baby who lives only a few days, and every older person will live for a long, long time. A person who lives 100 years will be called young. And whoever doesn’t live that long will be considered cursed.
21. “In that city whoever builds a house will live there; whoever plants a vineyard will eat the grapes from that garden.
22. Never again will one person build a house and another person live there. Never again will one person plant a garden and another eat the fruit from it. My people will live as long as the trees. My chosen people will get full use of whatever they make.
23. Never again will a woman suffer childbirth and have her baby die. Women will not fear childbirth. I, the Lord, will bless all my people and their children.
24. I will answer them before they call for help. I will help them before they finish asking.
25. Wolves and little lambs will eat together. Lions will eat hay like cattle, and snakes will eat only dust. They will not hurt or destroy each other on my holy mountain.” This is what the Lord said.