Bible Strands
Isaiah 65:21
They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks to His people, contrasting a coming era of extended lifespans and secure habitation with the preceding age of premature death and accursedness.
The words — וּ/בָנ֥וּ (u./va.Nu) translates to "and they will build," and כְרָמִ֔ים (khe.ra.Mim) means "vineyards." These terms ground the promise in concrete, agricultural restoration.
The thread — The same restoration motif runs in Amos 9:14, where God restores Israel to rebuild and plant, and in Jeremiah 31:4, where God declares He will build and rebuild Israel.
Why it lands — It demands the reader acknowledge that divine blessing is measured by the ability to enjoy the direct results of one's own labor, not by speculation or external validation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
Cross-references
- Amos 9:14 I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
- Isaiah 62:8 The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.
- Jeremiah 31:4 Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
- Isaiah 32:18 Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
- Isaiah 37:30 And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
- Judges 6:1 Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
- Leviticus 26:16 then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.
- Deuteronomy 28:30 You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.