18. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create;For behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing,And her people a joy.
19. I will rejoice in Jerusalem,And joy in My people;The voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her,Nor the voice of crying.
20. “No more shall an infant from there live but a few days,Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days;For the child shall die one hundred years old,But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.
21. They shall build houses and inhabit them;They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22. They shall not build and another inhabit;They shall not plant and another eat;For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people,And My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23. They shall not labor in vain,Nor bring forth children for trouble;For they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord,And their offspring with them.
24. “It shall come to passThat before they call, I will answer;And while they are still speaking, I will hear.