48. 20. For the nation and kingdom that will not serve Thee shall perish, and the nations shall be utterly wasted (Isaiah 60:12). Of the Lord.

Then shall they build the wastes of eternity, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall renew the waste cities, the desolations of a generation (Isaiah 61:4). There throughout the whole chapter the coming of the Lord is treated of.

The whole of Isaiah, chapter 62, treats of the New Church, which is called Jerusalem.

Thou shalt no more be termed forsaken; and thy lands shall not be termed a waste (Isaiah 62:4). The New Jerusalem is treated of throughout the chapter.

(The cities of thy holiness are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, and Jerusalem a waste, and all our desirable things are become a waste (Isaiah 64:9-10).)

Behold I create new heavens and a new earth so that the former things shall not be remembered nor come upon the heart. But be ye glad and exult forever in that which I create: behold I will create Jerusalem an exultation and her people a gladness, so that I will exult over Jerusalem and be glad over My people. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, but dust shall be the serpent's bread. They shall not do evil, nor destroy in all the mountain of My holiness (Isaiah 65:17-25). Concerning the New Church.

Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and exult in her all ye that love her; be glad with gladness for her, that ye may suck and be satisfied from the breast of her consolations, that ye may press out and be delighted from the splendor of her glory. For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make, shall stand before Me, so shall stand your name and your seed (Isaiah 66:10-11 seq., 22).