Isaías 65:18

18 Alégrense; regocíjense para siempre en mi creación.
¡Y miren! Yo crearé una Jerusalén que será un lugar de felicidad
y su pueblo será fuente de alegría.

Isaías 65:18 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 65:18

But be you glad, and rejoice for ever in that which I create,
&c.] This may refer either to persons converted, both at the beginning of the Gospel, and in the latter day, whether Jews or Gentiles; who are the Lord's creation, or new creatures, being made new men; having new hearts and spirits given them, or created within them; new principles of life, light, grace, and holiness, wrought in them, which are the produce of almighty and creating power; and all such instances are matter of joy, as to the angels in heaven, so to the saints on earth, and especially to the ministers of the Gospel; because of the grace bestowed on men, the glory brought to God, and their own ministry blessed and succeeded, and so their hands and hearts strengthened: or else this refers to the state of things under the Gospel dispensation, in every age of it, and especially in some periods of it, particularly the first and last; and the whole indeed is a new world or state of God's creating, and is matter of joy to all the people of God. The Targum renders it,

``rejoice in the world of worlds, which I create:''

agreeably to which is the version of Bishop Chandler ^F7,

``rejoice for the age to come, that I create;''

the world to come, ( Hebrews 2:5 ) , which Christ is said to be the father of, in the Septuagint version of ( Isaiah 9:6 ) , the Gospel dispensation, the Messiah's future world, as opposed to the legal dispensation. For, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy;
that is, do that for them, through the mighty power of his grace, as will justly occasion joy to them, and to all others well affected to them; the conversion of the Jews will be matter of joy to the Gentiles; and that, and the bringing in of the fulness of the Gentiles, as well as the destruction of antichrist, which will occasion a new face of things in the world, will be matter of joy to the whole church; see ( Revelation 18:20 ) ( 19:1-8 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Defence of Christianity, c. 2. sect. 2.

Isaías 65:18 In-Context

16 Todos los que invoquen una bendición o hagan un juramento
lo harán por el Dios de la verdad.
Dejaré a un lado mi enojo
y olvidaré la maldad de los tiempos pasados.

17 »¡Miren! Estoy creando cielos nuevos y una tierra nueva,
y nadie volverá siquiera a pensar en los anteriores.

18 Alégrense; regocíjense para siempre en mi creación.
¡Y miren! Yo crearé una Jerusalén que será un lugar de felicidad
y su pueblo será fuente de alegría.

19 Me gozaré por Jerusalén
y me deleitaré en mi pueblo.
Y el sonido de los llantos y los lamentos
jamás se oirá en ella.

20 »Los bebés ya no morirán a los pocos días de haber nacido,
ni los adultos morirán antes de haber tenido una vida plena.
Nunca más se considerará anciano a alguien que tenga cien años;
solamente los malditos morirán tan jóvenes.