Isaiah 65:17
“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.”
And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
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Cross-References
“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.”
“Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”
“Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.”
“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”