Isaiah 65:17

Verse 17. New earth, in eternity, (Clarius) or here indeed, (2 Peter 3:3. and so forth Houbigant) having purified the former by the general conflagration, which many assert will take place at the end of 6,000 years. Saint Jerome Saint Augustine and so forth At the return of the captives, the country flourished again under the Machabees; (verse 18. Grot.) or rather the gospel changes the face of the earth. Calmet. 66:22. Calmet. Forerius.—After the resurrection the qualities, and not the substance, of the world, will be changed. Worthington.