18. But be glad and rejoice foreverin that which I create;for I create Jerusalem for rejoicingand her people for joy.
19. I will rejoice in Jerusalemand be glad in My people;and the voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her,nor the voice of crying.
20. There shall no longer bean infant who lives only a few daysnor an old man who has not filled out his days.For the child shall diea hundred years old,but the sinner being a hundred years oldshall be accursed.
21. They shall build houses and inhabit them;and they shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.
22. They shall not build and another inhabit;they shall not plant and another eat;for as the days of a treeare the days of My people,and My chosen ones shall long enjoythe work of their hands.
23. They shall not labor in vainnor bring forth children for trouble;for they are the descendants of the blessed of the Lordand their offspring with them.
24. Before they call, I will answer;and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.