Isaías 65:23

23 No trabajarán en vano, ni darán a luz para desgracia, porque son la simiente de los benditos del SEÑOR, ellos, y sus vástagos con ellos.

Isaías 65:23 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 65:23

They shall not labour in vain
As they do, who build houses, and enemies come and turn them out of them, and dwell in them themselves; or who plant vineyards, and sow their fields, and strangers come and devour them; or they are smitten with blasting and mildew: nor bring forth for trouble;
for death, as the Targum; or for a curse, as the Septuagint: the tense is, they shall not beget and bring forth children, that shall immediately die by some distemper or another, or be taken off by famine, sword, or pestilence, to the great grief and trouble of their parents; but these shall live, and outlive their parents, so that their death will never be a trouble to them: for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring
with them;
or, "they are a seed, the blessed of the Lord" ^F9; or, "they are the seed blessed of God", or "the Lord", as the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions; or, as the Targum,

``a seed whom the Lord hath blessed;''

a spiritual seed of the church, a seed raised up to serve the Lord, whom he blesses with temporal and spiritual blessings; and their offspring also, being made a spiritual seed by the grace of God, and succeeding them in the church, and treading in their steps.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (hmh hwhy ykwrb erz yk) "quia [sunt] semens, benedicti Domini ipsi"; which tension is most agreeable to the accents.

Isaías 65:23 In-Context

21 Construirán casas y las habitarán, plantarán también viñas y comerán su fruto.

22 No edificarán para que otro habite, ni plantarán para que otro coma; porque como los días de un árbol, así serán los días de mi pueblo, y mis escogidos disfrutarán de la obra de sus manos.

23 No trabajarán en vano, ni darán a luz para desgracia, porque son la simiente de los benditos del SEÑOR, ellos, y sus vástagos con ellos.

24 Y sucederá que antes que ellos clamen, yo responderé; aún estarán hablando, y yo habré oído.

25 El lobo y el cordero pacerán juntos, y el león, como el buey, comerá paja, y para la serpiente el polvo será su alimento. No harán mal ni dañarán en todo mi santo montedice el SEÑOR.