²² No longer will they build houses and others live in them,^(A)
    or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,^(B)
    so will be the days^(C) of my people;
my chosen^(D) ones will long enjoy
    the work of their hands.

²³ They will not labor in vain,^(A)
    nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;^(B)
for they will be a people blessed^(C) by the Lord,
    they and their descendants^(D) with them.