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ISAIAH ยท Chapter 66
66:1 Thus says the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my
footstool: where is the house that all of you build unto me? and where
is the place of my rest?
66:2 For all those things has mine hand made, and all those things
have been, says the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that
is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word.
66:3 He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices
a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offers an oblation, as if
he offered swine's blood; he that burns incense, as if he blessed an idol.
Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their
abominations.
66:4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears
upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did
not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I
delighted not.
66:5 Hear the word of the LORD, all of you that tremble at his word;
Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said,
Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall
be ashamed.
66:6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice
of the LORD that renders recompence to his enemies.
66:7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came,
she was delivered of a male child.
66:8 Who has heard such a thing? who has seen such things? Shall the
earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once?
for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
66:9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? says
the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? says your God.
66:10 Rejoice all of you with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all
you that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you that mourn for her:
66:11 That all of you may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of
her consolations; that all of you may milk out, and be delighted with the
abundance of her glory.
66:12 For thus says the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like
a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall
all of you suck, all of you shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled
upon her knees.
66:13 As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and all
of you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
66:14 And when all of you see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your
bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known
toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
66:15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots
like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames
of fire.
66:16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh:
and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
66:17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens
behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination,
and the mouse, shall be consumed together, says the LORD.
66:18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that
I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my
glory.
66:19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that
escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the
bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles far off, that have not heard my
fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among
the Gentiles.
66:20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the
LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and
upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says
the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel
into the house of the LORD.
66:21 And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, says
the LORD.
66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make,
shall remain before me, says the LORD, so shall your seed and your name
remain.
66:23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another,
and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before
me, says the LORD.
66:24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the men
that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither
shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
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