Isaiah 65:23

"They will not build and another inhabit. They will not plant and another eat; for the days of my people will be like the days of a tree, and my chosen will long enjoy the work of their hands."

Key Reflection

This passage suggests that the people of God will experience lasting prosperity and fulfillment in their work, with their descendants benefiting from it as well. The comparison to a tree symbolizes enduring and fruitful life under God’s covenant, highlighting the eternal nature of their blessings.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

They shall not labor in vain -That is, either because their land shall be unfruitful, or because others shall plunder them. Nor bring forth for trouble -Lowth renders this, ‘Neither shall they generate a short-lived race.’ Noyes, ‘Nor bring forth children for an early death.’ The Septuagint renders it,Οὐδὲ τεκνοποιήσουσιν εἰς κατάρανOudeteknopoiēsousineiskataran- ‘Nor shall they bring forth children for a curse.’ The Chaldee, ‘Nor shall they nourish them for death.’ There can be no doubt that this refers to their posterity, and that the sense is, that they should not be the parents of children who would be subject to an early death or to a curse.

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