Verse 20, already covered in the previous article, is repeated here to establish context. There is in the following four verses a sevenfold repetition of blessing that “they” will enjoy, referring to those in the New Covenant. There is a final “they” after these, referring to the inability of the beasts to “hurt or destroy” anyone on God’s “Holy Mountain”. What a contrast this passage is to the last chapter of Isaiah!
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Isaiah 65:20 – 25: Contrast of Covenants, Old and New. Part Three
“No more shall an infant from there live but a few days,Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days;For the child shall die one hundred years old,But the sinner being one hundred years old shall …
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