Isaiah 65:23

Hebrew Bible

21 They will build houses and live in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22 No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it, or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit, for my people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced. 23 They will not work in vain or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the Lord will bless their children and their descendants. 24 Before they even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I will hear. 25 A wolf and a lamb will graze together; a lion, like an ox, will eat straw, and a snake’s food will be dirt. They will no longer injure or destroy on my entire royal mountain,” says the Lord.

1 Enoch 10:17

Pseudepigrapha

15 And destroy all the spirits of the corrupt and the children of the Watchers, because they have wronged mankind. Remove all evil from the face of the earth and let every wicked deed end: and let the plants of righteousness and truth emerge; and let them be a blessing. The deeds of righteousness and truth will be planted in truth and joy forevermore. 17 And then all the righteous will escape, And shall live until they beget thousands of children, And all the days of their youth and their old age Shall be completed in peace. 18 And then the whole earth will be cultivated in righteousness, and will be entirely planted with trees and filled with blessings. 19 And all desirable trees will be planted on it, and they will plant vines on it: the vine they plant will produce abundant wine, and for every measure of seeds sown on it, a thousand will be harvested, and every measure of olives will produce ten presses of oil.

 Notes and References

"... The idea of the restoration of creation is found particularly in 1 Enoch 10:16–11:2, a passage reminiscent of Isaiah 65:17–25 in its portrayal of a world free of trouble and full of life and bounty. The passage is part of the address to Michael that began in 10:11. As such, it is technically set in the Urzeit. However, it is clear that the primeval imagery is intended as typological for eschatology ..."

Macaskill, Grant Revealed Wisdom and Inaugurated Eschatology in Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity (p. 33) Brill, 2007

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