21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
21 They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
21 They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
21 They'll build houses and move in. They'll plant fields and eat what they grow.
21 They shall build houses and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
21 In those days people will live in the houses they build and eat the fruit of their own vineyards.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 65:21
Commentary on Isaiah 65:17-25
(Read Isaiah 65:17-25)
In the grace and comfort believers have in and from Christ, we are to look for this new heaven and new earth. The former confusions, sins and miseries of the human race, shall be no more remembered or renewed. The approaching happy state of the church is described under a variety of images. He shall be thought to die in his youth, and for his sins, who only lives to the age of a hundred years. The event alone can determine what is meant; but it is plain that Christianity, if universal, would so do away violence and evil, as greatly to lengthen life. In those happy days, all God's people shall enjoy the fruit of their labours. Nor will children then be the trouble of their parents, or suffer trouble themselves. The evil dispositions of sinners shall be completely moritified; all shall live in harmony. Thus the church on earth shall be full of happiness, like heaven. This prophecy assures the servants of Christ, that the time approaches, wherein they shall be blessed with the undisturbed enjoyment of all that is needful for their happiness. As workers together with God, let us attend his ordinances, and obey his commands.