16. People in the land who ask for blessingswill ask for them from the faithful God.People in the land who make a promisewill promise in the name of the faithful God.This is because the troubles of the past will be forgotten.I will make those troubles go away.
17. “Look, I will make new heavens and a new earth.And people will not remember the past.They will not think about those things.
18. My people will be happy foreverbecause of the things I will make.I will make a Jerusalem that is full of joy.And I will make her people a delight.
19. Then I will rejoice over Jerusalem.I will be delighted with my people.There will never again becrying and sadness in that city.
20. There will never be a baby from that citywho lives only a few days.And there will never be an older personwho doesn’t have a long life.A person who lives 100 years will be called young.And the person who dies before he is 100 will be thought of as a sinner.