¹⁸ Rather, rejoice and be filled with delight forever
    at what I am creating;
for I am about to create Jerusalem as a delight
    and her people as a cause of joy.
¹⁹ I will take delight in Jerusalem
    and rejoice in my people.
No more will be heard there
    the sound of weeping or the cries of distress.
²⁰ Never again will an infant be there
    who dies after a few days of life
    or an old man who fails to live his allotted days.
For one who dies at the age of one hundred
    will be regarded as a youth,
while one who fails to achieve a hundred years
    will be considered accursed.^[a]