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Isaiah 65:17-25
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• Reading the Text:
  • NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
  • Hebrew Interlinear Bible, WLCv, WLC5, CHES, AV.
  • The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
  • The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
  • The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
• Historical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
  • Vision I.3, Shepherd of Hermas. (c.145)
  • Chapter LXXXI, Dialogue With Trypho, Justin Martyr. (c 160)
  • V.XV.1, V.XXXIV.4, V.XXXV.1, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
  • III.15, V.14, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
  • V.2, V.19, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 212)
  • Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
  • From the Geneva Notes.
    • "He proposes to the faithful the blessings which are contained in the law, and so under temporal things comprehends the spiritual promises."
  • From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
    • "In the grace and comfort believers have in and from Christ, we are to look for this new heaven and new earth. The former confusions, sins and miseries of the human race, shall be no more remembered or renewed."
  • From Wesley's Notes.
    • "I am about wholly to change the state not only of my people, but to bring a new face upon the world, which shall abide until a new heavens and earth appear, in which shall dwell nothing but righteousness."
  • From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
    • "The former sorrows of the earth, under the fall, shall be so far from recurring, that their very remembrance shall be obliterated by the many mercies I will bestow on the new earth."
• Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
  • Commentary, Isaiah 65:17-25, Walter C. Bouzard, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2016.
  • Commentary, Isaiah 65:17-25 | Dr. Carla Sunberg | President, Nazarene Theological Seminary | A Plain Account, 2016
    • "The joy of new life is anticipated by all of creation. Whether awaiting the blossoms of spring or the birth of a new child, hope fills hearts with the expectancy of new life. Instilled in us by the Creator, we cling to the future hope which is promised in God's word."
  • Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2016.
  • Commentary, Isaiah 65:17-25, Jeff Lane, A Plain Account, 2016
  • Commentary, Isaiah 65:17-25, Corrine Carvalho, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2013.
    • "Isaiah 65:17-25 invites people today to consider how our experience of God's holiness changes the world for us."
  • "Beware! Romance Afoot!" John C. Holbert, Opening the Old Testament, 2013.
    • "Not to sound like Scrooge, but I hope you can remind your congregation that what we want for Christmas is a transformed cosmos, rather than another transformer toy."
  • "God Is Here to Help," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer, 2013.
    • "In stark contradiction to the fear mongers who seem to delight in painted God as a sadistic mass-murderer, the Bible insists that what God will do at the end of all things will be consistent with what God has always done: Create a world full of beauty; assure a wayward people of the love that will never change; set people free from everything that binds them."
  • "A Whole New World," Alan Brehm The Waking Dreamer.
    • "Easter faith is about the hope that the power to raise to life one who was imprisoned in death is a power that can transform everything and everyone. It inspires us with the vision of the peace and joy and hope of God's whole new world, right here and right now."
  • Radical Gratitude, lectionary-based stewardship, Northwest United Methodist Foundation. (.pdf)
  • Commentary, Isaiah 65:17, 21-24, Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas, The African American Lectionary, 2010.
    • "In this respect, stealing refers to the food I throw away and the shoes I stack and store while others go hungry and naked."
  • Commentary, Isaiah 65:17-25, Carolyn J. Sharp, Pentecost +25, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
    • "Isaiah invites us into a theological vision of what life can be for God's faithful people."
  • Thy Kingdom Come: Reflections on Isaiah 65:17-25, John C. Holbert, Patheos, 2010.
    • "The tradition often chided people for their refusal to call out to God, but in this new earth God will answer even before they call, and God will continually listen to a people now made loquacious in the presence of a God who is all ears."
  • Isaiah 65:17-25, Easter C, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
    • "The theme of a new creation, of a new Jerusalem, of joy replacing weeping, of life overcoming death abounds in this reading from near the end of Isaiah."
  • Isaiah 65:17-25, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series C, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
  • Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion, Isaiah 65:17-25, Wesley White. "A place of conversation regarding Progressive Christianity."
    • "The need for Isaiah's imagery is as real as it is seemingly so far off. No amount of betrayal will interrupt the promise. No amount of expectation will prepare us for a breakthrough of vision into reality - it still comes as a surprise, a vision resurrected is transformative."
  • Reflection on Isaiah 65:17-25 by Helen Hanten. Environmental & earth-centered reflections from the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota Environmental Stewardship Commission.
    • "Our pilgrimages may be to shrines already built, locations where some event occurred of wide impact such as a plane crash or a ship sinking, or a pilgrimage can be to a place in our personal history -- the birthplace or home or grave of an ancestor or relative or someone we loved."
  • Lectionary Commentary, Isaiah 65:17-25, 24th Sunday After Pentecost, (Year C), Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
    • "We can "maintain justice, and do what is right" precisely because "my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed." Hope, and faith, that God will not leave the world the way it is frees us to be his people, frees us to light candles in the present darkness of sin, knowing that finally the darkness will be vanquished!"
  • Isaiah 65:17-25, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
    • "We are coming to the end of the Christian year and our attention is directed to the fulfilment of God?s purpose for all creation. It is as if we are taken back to the beginning of things again, as if there is in the end a return to the start. That is true in more ways than one in our reading for this week."
  • Isaiah 65:17-25, Proper 33C, Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
  • "Isaiah 65,20: Centenarians or Millenarians?" A. Gardner, Biblica, 2005.
    • "In order to resolve the difficulties presented by Isa 65,20 it is necessary to consider the context."
• Recommended articles from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are linked below. ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
  • Bratcher, Margaret Dee, "Salvation Achieved," Review & Expositor, 1991.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Carroll, Sister Janet, M.M., "The Mission of the Churches in Realizing a New World Order: Morality - Justice - Peace," Missiology, 1985.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Castens, Kyle D., "Homiletical Helps on LW Series C.," Concordia Journal, 2007. (Section on this text begins on p. 75.)
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • deGruchy, John W., "A New Heaven and a New Earth," Journal of Theology for Southern Africa, 1999.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Grab, Ginger, "Books and Articles on the Theme of Joy," The Living Pulpit, 1996. (see Joy issue focus of The Living Pulpit 5.4, 1996.)
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • "Homiletical Helps," Concordia Journal, 2010. (Section on this text begins on page 55)
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • "Homiletical Helps," Concordia Journal, 2010. (Section on this text begins on page 172)
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Longman, Tremper, III, "Isaiah 65:17-25," Interpretation, 2010.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Mauser, Ulrich, "Expository Article: Isaiah 65:17-25," Interpretation, 1982.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Smoak, Jeremy D., "Building Houses and Planting Vineyards: The Early Inner-Biblical Discourse on an Ancient Israelite Wartime Curse," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2008.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • van Butselaar, Jan, "Mission and Unity," Ecumenical Review, 2000.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Webster, Edwin C., "The Rhetoric of Isaiah 63-65," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1990.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Williams, Delores, "The Sent and the Sender," The Christian Century, 1990.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
  • Webster, Edwin C., "The Rhetoric of Isaiah 63-65," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1990.
      EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
      EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
• Sermons:
  • A Holy Disruption: No Lamb Chops Tonight, Julia Rusling, Day 1, 2016.
  • "Your Future Is Too Small,," Richard Lischer, Duke Divinity School's Faith & Leadership, 2010.
• Reviews:
  • Review: Leszek Ruszkowski, Volk und Gemeinde im Wandel: Eine Untersuchung zu Jesaja 56-66. (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2000) Review by Roy D. Wells in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. (Review is in English.)
• With Children:
  • "New Heavens and a New Earth," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
• Drama:
• Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
  • Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
  • God's Dream (Isaiah 65:15-25) - David Coleman, 2013 (video).
• Hymns and Music:
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