For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
For, behold, I create new heavens, and a new earth. As Caleb inherited the same land which his feet trod on (Deuteronomy 1:36; Joshua 14:9), so Messiah and His saints shall inherit the renovated earth which once they trod, while defiled by the enemy (Isaiah 34:4; Isaiah 51:16; Isaiah 66:22 ; Ezekiel 21:27 ; Psalms 2:8 ; Psalms 37:11 ).
And the former shall not be remembered - (note on "troubles," Isaiah 65:16.) The words here answer to "the former troubles are forgotten," etc. 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 (Revelation 21:4-27). This prophecy uses language which, while fulfilled on the millennial earth in a degree, shall receive its full accomplishment only in the regenerated earth, which shall succeed the post-millennial conflagration (2 Peter 3:10-13; Revelation 21:1; Hebrews 12:26-28).