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18 But be glad and rejoice forever
    in what I am creating.
For behold, I am creating Jerusalem for rejoicing,
    and her people for joy.
19 Then I will rejoice in Jerusalem,
    and be glad in My people.
No longer will the voice of weeping
    or the voice of crying be heard in her.
20 No longer will there be in it an infant
    who lives but a few days,
or an old man who does not fill out his days.
For the youth will die at a hundred years,
But one who misses the mark of a hundred
must be accursed.

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18 But be glad and rejoice(A) forever
    in what I will create,
for I will create Jerusalem(B) to be a delight
    and its people a joy.
19 I will rejoice(C) over Jerusalem
    and take delight(D) in my people;
the sound of weeping and of crying(E)
    will be heard in it no more.

20 “Never again will there be in it
    an infant(F) who lives but a few days,
    or an old man who does not live out his years;(G)
the one who dies at a hundred
    will be thought a mere child;
the one who fails to reach[a] a hundred
    will be considered accursed.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:20 Or the sinner who reaches