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b"Peace in the valley was\\xa0 was written by the renown black gospel composer, Thomas A. Dorsey in 1937 for Mahalia Jackson. The song would go on to be a major hit on country/western charts with Elvis,\\xa0 Tennessee Ernie Ford and heard here Johnny Cash with permission and request.\\xa0 It was inspired by Isaiah 65:17-25

Isaiah 65:17-25
King James Version (KJV)


17\\xa0For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
18\\xa0But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
19\\xa0And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
20\\xa0There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
21\\xa0And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
22\\xa0They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23\\xa0They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of theLord, and their offspring with them.
24\\xa0And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
25\\xa0The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the\\xa0Lord."