new heavens and a new earth

Behold, I will create
new heavens and a new earth.
The former things will not be remembered,
nor will they come to mind.
But be glad and rejoice forever
in what I will create,
for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight
and its people a joy.

I will rejoice over Jerusalem
and take delight in my people;
the sound of weeping and of crying
will be heard in it no more.

This is what YHWH says:
Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.
Where is the house you will build for me?
Where will my resting place be?

Has not my hand made all these things,
and so they came into being?"
declares YHWH.
"This is the one I esteem:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit,
and trembles at my word.


Isaiah 65:17-19, 66:1,2 NIV

[Yahweh, how beautiful is your creation.]