Isaiah 65:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־הִנְנִ֥י בוֹרֵ֛א שָׁמַ֥יִם חֲדָשִׁ֖ים וָאָ֣רֶץ חֲדָשָׁ֑ה וְלֹ֤א תִזָּכַ֙רְנָה֙ הָרִ֣אשֹׁנ֔וֹת וְלֹ֥א תַעֲלֶ֖ינָה עַל־לֵֽב׃

Transliteration

for-hineni boreʾ shamayim hadashim and-ʾarets hadashah and-not tizzakharnah the-rishonut and-not taʿaleynah on-lev

Grammar Details

*hineni*: interjection with 1st person singular suffix - behold me
*boreʾ*: Qal participle, masculine singular - creating
*shamayim*: masculine plural noun - heavens
*hadashim*: masculine plural adjective - new
*ʾarets*: feminine singular noun - earth/land
*hadashah*: feminine singular adjective - new
*tizzakharnah*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural - they will be remembered
*rishonut*: feminine plural adjective - former things
*taʿaleynah*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural - they will come up
*lev*: masculine singular noun - heart

Word Meanings

*hineni*: behold me/here I am/I am
*boreʾ*: creating/making/forming
*shamayim*: heavens/skies
*hadashim*: new/fresh/renewed
*ʾarets*: earth/land/ground
*hadashah*: new/fresh/renewed
*tizzakharnah*: they will be remembered/they will come to mind/they will be recalled
*rishonut*: former things/previous things/earlier things
*taʿaleynah*: they will come up/they will arise/they will ascend
*lev*: heart/mind/inner being

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Referenced Verses

2 Pet 3:13 : 13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein {G3739} dwelleth righteousness.
Isa 66:22 : 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith Jehovah, so shall your seed and your name remain.
Jer 3:16 : 16 And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith Jehovah, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Jehovah; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more.
Rev 21:1-5 : 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more. 2 And I {G2491} saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, [ and be] their God: 4 and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, {G2071} nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away. 5 And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, {G3427} Write: for these words are faithful and true.
Isa 43:18 : 18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Isa 51:16 : 16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

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