Footnote

e In a similar use of the word “heavens,” the prophecy of the “new heavens” in Isaiah 65:17, 18 had its first fulfillment in the new governmental system, involving Governor Zerubbabel and High Priest Jeshua, that was established in the Promised Land after the return of the Jews from Babylonian exile.​—2 Chronicles 36:23; Ezra 5:1, 2; Isaiah 44:28.