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Isaiah 65 · Grade 5

They Will Not Hurt Nor Destroy

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Isaiah 65 answers the lament of 63:7-64:12. God was not silent; he had been calling all along. He kept calling people to see him. God said, "I have spread out my hands all day." In the New Testament, Romans 10:20-21 quotes verses 1-2, applying the first to Gentiles and the second to Israel. Verses 8-16 then separate two groups: "my servants" who will eat, drink, and rejoice, and those who forsake Yahweh. The cluster image of verse 8 shows God preserving a faithful remnant.

Verses 17-25 announce "new heavens and a new earth," a promise Revelation 21:1 picks up in the New Testament. The new creation reverses the curses of a broken world: no infant deaths, long life "like the days of a tree," no labor "in vain," and no losing one's house to invaders (compare Deuteronomy 28:30). Some details, like death at a hundred, use the language of this age to describe something far better.

Verse 24 promises perfect fellowship: "before they call, I will answer." Verse 25 echoes 11:6-9, where "The wolf and the lamb will feed together." The phrase "Dust will be the serpent's food" recalls Genesis 3:14, signaling that the serpent's curse remains while the rest of creation is healed. The chapter ends: "They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain."

Show What You Know

  1. Which New Testament passage quotes 65:1-2?

  2. What does the cluster image in verse 8 show?

  3. Which earlier Isaiah passage does verse 25 echo?

  4. What does Dust will be the serpent's food recall?

Crossword

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Across

  1. My servants will sing for ____ of heart.
  2. I create new heavens and a new ____.

Down

  1. I create ____ to be a delight.
  2. I create new ____ and a new earth.
  3. They will build ____ and inhabit them.

Think About It

  1. God's new creation means no labor in vain. How does this hope change how you view your work now?

  2. God says See me, see me to those who did not seek him. How has God reached out to you?

Memory Verse

The wolf and the lamb will feed together. The lion will eat straw like the ox. Dust will be the serpent’s food. They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,” says Yahweh.

Isaiah 65:25 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for making all things new. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • God promised new heavens and a new earth. Which part of that promise do you look forward to most?
  • How did God first get your attention?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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