Isaiah 65:20

There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
infant	ע֤וּל 'ul	H5764	a babe · noun, common masculine singular construct
days	יָמִים֙ ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
man	וְזָקֵ֔ן ve.za.Ken	H2205	old · conjunction + adjective, masculine singular absolute
filled	יְמַלֵּ֖א ye.ma.Le'	H4390	to fill or (intransitively) be full of · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
days	יָמָ֑יו ya.Mav	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
child	הַנַּ֗עַר ha.Na.'ar	H5288	(concretely) a boy (as active) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
die	יָמ֔וּת ya.Mut	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
hundred	מֵאָ֤ה me.'Ah	H3967	a hundred · cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
years	שָׁנָה֙ sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
old	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
sinner	וְהַ֣חוֹטֶ֔א ve.Ha.cho.Te'	H2398	properly · conjunction + definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
hundred	מֵאָ֥ה me.'Ah	H3967	a hundred · cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
years	שָׁנָ֖ה sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
old	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
accursed	יְקֻלָּֽל ye.ku.Lal	H7043	to be (causatively · verb, pual imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Job 5:26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Ecclesiastes 8:12-13 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which…
Deuteronomy 4:40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy chi…
Psalms 34:12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
Isaiah 3:11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Romans 2:5-9 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgme…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 65:17–end

If these promises were in part fulfilled when the Jews, after their return out of captivity, were settled in peace in their own land and brought as it were into a new world, yet they were to have their full accomplishment in the gospel church, militant first and at length triumphant. The Jerusalem that is from above is free and is the mother of us all. In the graces and comforts which believers have in and from Christ we are to look for this new heaven and new earth. It is in the gospel that old things have passed away and all things have become new, and by it that those who are in Christ are new creatures, Co2 5:17. It was a mighty and happy change that was described Isa 65:16, that the for…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 65:20

The longevity of men in the first age of the world shall be enjoyed again. thence--from that time forward. infant of days--that is, an infant who shall only complete a few days; short-lived. filled . . . days--None shall die without attaining a full old age. child . . . die . . . hundred years--that is "he that dieth an hundred years old shall die a mere child" [LOWTH]. sinner . . . hundred . . . be accursed--"The sinner that dieth at an hundred years shall be deemed accursed," that is, his death at so early an age, which in those days the hundredth year will be regarded, just as if it were mere childhood, shall be deemed the effect of God's special visitation in wrath [ROSENMULLER…

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Adam Clarke on Isaiah 65:20

Thence "There" - For משם mishsham, thence, the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read שם sham, there.

John Gill on Isaiah 65:20

There shall be no more thence an infant of days,.... That is, there shall no more be carried out from thence, from Jerusalem, or any other place where the church of God is, to the grave, in order to be interred, an infant that has lived but a few days, a very common thing now; but, in the latter day, such instances will be rare, or rather there will be none at all; every child born will live to the age of man, and not be cut off by any premature death, either by any natural disease, or by famine, or sword, or any other calamity, which will now have no place: nor an old man that hath not filled his days; who, though he may in some sense, or in comparison of others, be said to be old, yet has…

The Church Fathers

"The young" means the people from among the Gentiles … and all will be mature, having grown into the measure of the fullness of Christ.
— Procopius of Gaza, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 65:13-25

Long age will be given generously to them with nobody who died an untimely death … for he who has reached one hundred years will be just as the one who has died prematurely as a youth. But the sinner will be prone to judgment for his whole life and crosses into the lot of the cursed.
— Theodore of Heraclea, FRAGMENTS ON ISAIAH

"For the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed." Some authors understand these words as referring to the time after the return from exile. For a hundred years their prosperity lasted, and then the Macedonian kings rose against them. This is clearly explained in the book of the Maccabees.
— Ishodad of Merv, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 65:20

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Dictionary and topics

Age — Used to denote the period of a man’s life (Gen. 47:28), the maturity of life (John 9:21), the latter end of life (Job 11:17), a generation of the human race (Job 8:8), and an indefinite period (Eph.…
Cattle — Abounded in the Holy Land. To the rearing and management of them the inhabitants chiefly devoted themselves (Deut. 8:13; 12:21; 1 Sam. 11:5; 12:3; Ps. 144:14; Jer. 3:24). They may be classified as,…
Millennium · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

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Isaiah 65:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 65:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 65:20

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 65:20

John Gill on Isaiah 65:20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 65:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 65:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 65:20

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 65:20

John Gill on Isaiah 65:20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 65:20

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 65:20

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 65:18-19

Rashi on Isaiah 65:20