16 The Lord says, “People now ask blessings from the earth. But in the future they will ask blessings from the faithful God. People now trust in the power of the earth when they make a promise. But in the future they will trust in the God who is faithful. That’s because the troubles in the past will all be forgotten. They will be hidden from my sight.”
17 “I am creating a new heaven and a new earth. The troubles of the past will be forgotten. No one will remember them.
18 My people will be happy and rejoice forever and ever because of what I will make. I will make a Jerusalem that is full of joy, and I will make her people happy.
19 “Then I will rejoice with Jerusalem. I will be happy with my people. There will never again be crying and sadness in that city.
20 In that city there will never be a baby who lives only a few days, and every older person will live for a long, long time. A person who lives 100 years will be called young. And whoever doesn’t live that long will be considered cursed.
21 “In that city whoever builds a house will live there; whoever plants a vineyard will eat the grapes from that garden.
22 Never again will one person build a house and another person live there. Never again will one person plant a garden and another eat the fruit from it. My people will live as long as the trees. My chosen people will get full use of whatever they make.