Isaiah 66
66Thus says the LORD: "Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest?H559H3068H8064H3678H776H7272H1916H1004H1129H4725H44962For all those things My hand has made, And all those things exist," Says the LORD. "But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word.H3027H6213H5002H3068H5027H6041H5223H7307H2730H16973"He who kills a bull is as if he slays a man; He who sacrifices a lamb, as if he breaks a dog's neck; He who offers a grain offering, as if he offers swine's blood; He who burns incense, as if he blesses an idol. Just as they have chosen their own ways, And their soul delights in their abominations,H7819H7794H5221H376H2076H7716H6202H3611H6202H5927H4503H2386H1818H2142H3828H1288H205H977H1870H5315H2654H82514So will I choose their delusions, And bring their fears on them; Because, when I called, no one answered, When I spoke they did not hear; But they did evil before My eyes, And chose that in which I do not delight."H977H8586H935H4035H7121H6030H1696H8085H6213H7451H5869H977H26545Hear the word of the LORD, You who tremble at His word: "Your brethren who hated you, Who cast you out for My name's sake, said, 'Let the LORD be glorified, That we may see your joy.' But they shall be ashamed."H8085H1697H3068H2730H1697H251H8130H5077H8034H559H3068H3513H7200H8057H9546The sound of noise from the city! A voice from the temple! The voice of the LORD, Who fully repays His enemies!H6963H7588H5892H6963H1964H6963H3068H7999H1576H3417"Before she was in labor, she gave birth; Before her pain came, She delivered a male child.H2342H3205H2256H935H4422H21458Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, She gave birth to her children.H8085H7200H776H2342H259H3117H1471H3205H6471H1571H6726H2342H3205H11219Shall I bring to the time of birth, and not cause delivery?" says the LORD. "Shall I who cause delivery shut up the womb?" says your God.H7665H3205H559H3068H589H3205H6113H559H43010"Rejoice with Jerusalem, And be glad with her, all you who love her; Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn for her;H8055H3389H1523H157H7797H4885H5611That you may feed and be satisfied With the consolation of her bosom, That you may drink deeply and be delighted With the abundance of her glory."H3243H7646H7699H8575H4711H6026H2123H351912For 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 you shall feed; On her sides shall you be carried, And be dandled on her knees.H559H3068H5186H7965H5104H3519H1471H7857H5158H3243H5375H6654H8173H129013As one whom his mother comforts, So I will comfort you; And you shall be comforted in Jerusalem."H376H517H5162H5162H5162H338914When you see this, your heart shall rejoice, And your bones shall flourish like grass; The hand of the LORD shall be known to His servants, And His indignation to His enemies.H7200H3820H7797H6106H6524H1877H3027H3068H3045H5650H2194H34115For 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.H3068H935H784H4818H5492H7725H639H2534H1606H3851H78416For by fire and by His sword The LORD will judge all flesh; And the slain of the LORD shall be many.H784H2719H3068H8199H1320H2491H3068H723117"Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves, To go to the gardens After an idol in the midst, Eating swine's flesh and the abomination and the mouse, Shall be consumed together," says the LORD.H6942H2891H1593H310H259H8432H398H2386H1320H8263H5909H5486H3162H5002H306818"For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory.H4639H4284H935H6908H1471H3956H935H7200H351919"I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles.H7760H226H7971H6412H1471H8659H6322H3865H4900H7198H8422H3120H339H7350H8085H8088H7200H3519H5046H3519H147120"Then they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the LORD out of all nations, on horses and in chariots and in litters, on mules and on camels, 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.H935H251H4503H3068H1471H5483H7393H6632H6505H3753H6944H2022H3389H559H3068H1121H3478H935H4503H2889H3627H1004H306821"And I will also take some of them for priests and Levites," says the LORD.H3947H3548H3881H559H306822"For as the new heavens and the new earth Which I will make shall remain before Me," says the LORD, "So shall your descendants and your name remain.H2319H8064H2319H776H6213H5975H6440H5002H3068H2233H8034H597523And it shall come to pass That from one New Moon to another, And from one Sabbath to another, All flesh shall come to worship before Me," says the LORD.H1767H2320H2320H1767H7676H7676H1320H935H7812H6440H559H306824"And they shall go forth and look Upon the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. For their worm does not die, And their fire is not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."H3318H7200H6297H582H6586H8438H4191H784H3518H1860H1320
Columbus, OH
