Text: Isaiah 65:17-18
OT Text Referred to: Genesis 1:1
Subject: Creation account and divine ordering
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Typology + Longitudinal Theme
Anchor Text: Gen 1:1 — In the Beginning
Significance: This intertextual connection traces the creation theme through Israel's Scriptures. Isaiah 65's portrayal of creation account and divine ordering finds development in Genesis 1, revealing how Israel's poets and prophets understood creation as pointing forward to God's ultimate creative work. In Christ, the Creator enters creation to restore what was marred by the Fall and inaugurate new creation (2 Cor 5:17; Col 1:15-20).
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Text: Genesis 1:1
OT Text Referred to: Isaiah 65:17-18
Subject: New Heaven and New Earth Endure
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment + Longitudinal Theme
Anchor Text: Gen 1:1 — In the Beginning
Significance: Isaiah 65:17 deliberately echoes Genesis 1:1 by using the verb בָּרָא (bara', "to create") with the identical phrase "heavens and earth" (שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ, shamayim va'arets), declaring "I will create (בּוֹרֵא) new heavens and a new earth." This verbal echo transforms the original cosmogony into eschatological promise: the same God who created in the beginning will create anew. Isaiah intensifies the scope by adding that "the former things will not be remembered," indicating not mere restoration but surpassing renewal. The context further specifies that this new creation includes a transformed Jerusalem (v. 18), where rejoicing replaces weeping (v. 19), linking cosmic renewal to the redemption of God's covenant people.