For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
New earth, in eternity, (Clarius) or here indeed, (2 Peter iii. 3.; 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) 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, chap. lxvi. 22. (Calmet) (Forerius)
After the resurrection the qualities, and not the substance, of the world, will be changed. (Worthington)