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Isaiah 65:17

“For look, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things will not be remembered, nor rise in the heart.”

Isaiah 65:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Allusion · 2 Peter 3:13

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Both texts speak of new heavens and a new earth.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

  • חֲדָשִׁיםjadashimH2319καινοὺςkainousG2537“new”
  • שָׁמַיִםshamayimH8064οὐρανοὺςouranousG3772“heavens”
  • אָרֶץaretsH776γῆνgēnG1093“earth, land”

Allusion · Revelation 21:1

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Both texts speak of a new heaven and a new earth, and of the first things passing away.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

  • שָׁמַיִםshamayimH8064οὐρανὸνouranonG3772“heavens”
  • חֲדָשִׁיםjadashimH2319καινὸνkainonG2537“new”
  • אָרֶץaretsH776γῆνgēnG1093“earth, land”
  • רִאשֹׁנוֹתrishonotH7223πρῶτοςprōtosG4413“first”

Isaiah 65:17, word by word

createבוֹרֵאvore

create

To bring something new into being; only God does this.

Where else “vore” appears
newחֲדָשִׁיםchadashim

new

New.

Where else “chadashim” appears
heavensשָׁמַיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

Where else “shamayim” appears
earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears
the former thingsרִאשֹׁנוֹתrishonot

former

What already happened or existed before, in past times.

Where else “rishonot” appears
be rememberedתִזָּכַרְנָהtizacharna

mention

To speak of something, bring it to others' minds.

Where else “tizacharna” appears
riseתַעֲלֶינָהtaalena

rise

To rise: the sun, the smoke.

Where else “taalena” appears
in the heartלֵבlev

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

Where else “lev” appears

Translation note

2 Peter 3:13 and Revelation 21:1 take up the promise of “new heavens and a new earth.”

The context

16So that whoever blesses himself in the land will bless himself by the Elohim of Amen, and whoever swears in the land will swear by the Elohim of Amen; for the former distresses have been forgotten, and because they have been hidden from my eyes.

17 · This verse (above)

18But rather rejoice and exult forever in what I create; for look, I create Jerusalem as exultation, and her people as rejoicing.

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