Isaiah 65:22

"They will build houses and inhabit them. They will plant vineyards and eat their fruit."

Key Reflection

The people of Israel, as prophesied in Isaiah 65:22, were assured that they would experience a future of peace and prosperity. In this passage, building houses and planting vineyards symbolized stable homes and abundant agriculture, reflecting the ideal life free from the turmoil and displacement experienced during the Babylonian exile. The original audience would have understood these activities as signs of God’s blessing and his commitment to restore them to a secure and fruitful land.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

They shall not build, and another inhabit -Every man shall enjoy the avails of his labor. For as the days I of a tree are the days of my people -That is, in that future time, such shall be the length of the lives of the people (seeIsaiah 65:21). The Septuagint renders this, ‘The days of the tree of life.’ The Syriac, ‘As the days of trees.’ The Chaldee as the Septuagint. The idea is, that the lives of his people would be greatly prolonged (see the notes atIsaiah 65:20). A tree is among the most long-lived of material objects. The oak, the terebinth, the cypress, the cedar, the banyan, attain to a great age. Many trees also live to a much longer period than a thousand years.

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