Verse Lens · Context pointer
Isaiah 65:22 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 22. 22They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
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Role in This Section
The universalizing poetic vision states or reports “They shall not build, and another inhabit” at Isaiah 65:22 as a specific part of “New Heavens and Earth Center Joyful, Nonviolent Life.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 65:17–25
Read Isaiah 65:22 with 65:17–25. By itself, “They shall not build, and another inhabit” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, historical horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: New creation makes Jerusalem joy, removes weeping, imagines long life, secure homes and crops, answered prayer, reconciled animals, and no hurt on the holy mountain.
Why It Needs Context
The universalizing poetic vision states or reports “They shall not build, and another inhabit” at Isaiah 65:22 as a specific part of “New Heavens and Earth Center Joyful, Nonviolent Life.” Its force depends on the complete movement and outcome of Isaiah 65:17–25; the isolated line is connective rather than a complete teaching claim.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Isaiah 65:17–25 — New Heavens and Earth Center Joyful, Nonviolent LifeSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 65:17–25, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 65:17–25 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
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