1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Isaiah 65:17 | *For behold I create new heavens, and a new earth: and the former things shall not be in remembrance, and they shall not come upon the heart. Isaias 66:22.; Apocalypse 21:1. | New earth, in eternity, (Clarius) or here indeed, (2 Peter 3:3., etc.; Houbigant) having purified the former by the general conflagration, which many assert will take place at the end of 6,000 years. (St. Jerome; St. Augustine, etc.) At the return of the captives, the country flourished again under the Machabees; (ver. 18.; Grotius) or rather the gospel changes the face of the earth, Isaias 66:22. (Calmet) (Forerius) --- After the resurrection the qualities, and not the substance, of the world, will be changed. (Worthington) |