Isaiah 66:8 - Prayer Tents

66The LORD says, "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house, then, could you build for me, what kind of place for me to live in?H559H3068H8064H3678H776H7272H1916H1004H1129H4725H4496 2I myself created the whole universe! I am pleased with those who are humble and repentant, who fear me and obey me.H3027H6213H5002H3068H5027H6041H5223H7307H2730H1697 3"The people do as they please. It's all the same to them whether they kill a bull as a sacrifice or sacrifice a human being; whether they sacrifice a lamb or break a dog's neck; whether they present a grain offering or offer pigs' blood; whether they offer incense or pray to an idol. They take pleasure in disgusting ways of worship.H7819H7794H5221H376H2076H7716H6202H3611H6202H5927H4503H2386H1818H2142H3828H1288H205H977H1870H5315H2654H8251 4So I will bring disaster upon them - the very things they are afraid of - because no one answered when I called or listened when I spoke. They chose to disobey me and do evil."H977H8586H935H4035H7121H6030H1696H8085H6213H7451H5869H977H2654 5Listen to what the LORD says, you that fear him and obey him: "Because you are faithful to me, some of your own people hate you and will have nothing to do with you. They mock you and say, 'Let the LORD show his greatness and save you, so that we may see you rejoice.' But they themselves will be disgraced!H8085H1697H3068H2730H1697H251H8130H5077H8034H559H3068H3513H7200H8057H954 6Listen! That loud noise in the city, that sound in the Temple, is the sound of the LORD punishing his enemies!H6963H7588H5892H6963H1964H6963H3068H7999H1576H341 7"My holy city is like a woman who suddenly gives birth to a child without ever going into labor.H2342H3205H2256H935H4422H2145 8Has anyone ever seen or heard of such a thing? Has a nation ever been born in a day? Zion will not have to suffer long, before the nation is born.H8085H7200H776H2342H259H3117H1471H3205H6471H1571H6726H2342H3205H1121 9Do not think that I will bring my people to the point of birth and not let them be born." The LORD has spoken.H7665H3205H559H3068H589H3205H6113H559H430 10Rejoice with Jerusalem; be glad for her, all you that love this city! Rejoice with her now, all you that have mourned for her!H8055H3389H1523H157H7797H4885H56 11You will enjoy her prosperity, like a child at its mother's breast.H3243H7646H7699H8575H4711H6026H2123H3519 12The LORD says, "I will bring you lasting prosperity; the wealth of the nations will flow to you like a river that never goes dry. You will be like a child that is nursed by its mother, carried in her arms, and treated with love.H559H3068H5186H7965H5104H3519H1471H7857H5158H3243H5375H6654H8173H1290 13I will comfort you in Jerusalem, as a mother comforts her child.H376H517H5162H5162H5162H3389 14When you see this happen, you will be glad; it will make you strong and healthy. Then you will know that I, the LORD, help those who obey me, and I show my anger against my enemies."H7200H3820H7797H6106H6524H1877H3027H3068H3045H5650H2194H341 15The LORD will come with fire. He will ride on the wings of a storm to punish those he is angry with.H3068H935H784H4818H5492H7725H639H2534H1606H3851H784 16By fire and sword he will punish all the people of the world whom he finds guilty - and many will be put to death.H784H2719H3068H8199H1320H2491H3068H7231 17The LORD says, "The end is near for those who purify themselves for pagan worship, who go in procession to sacred gardens, and who eat pork and mice and other disgusting foods.H6942H2891H1593H310H259H8432H398H2386H1320H8263H5909H5486H3162H5002H3068 18I know their thoughts and their deeds. I am coming to gather the people of all the nations. When they come together, they will see what my power can doH4639H4284H935H6908H1471H3956H935H7200H3519 19and will know that I am the one who punishes them. "But I will spare some of them and send them to the nations and the distant lands that have not heard of my fame or seen my greatness and power: to Spain, Libya, and Lydia, with its skilled archers, and to Tubal and Greece. Among these nations they will proclaim my greatness.H7760H226H7971H6412H1471H8659H6322H3865H4900H7198H8422H3120H339H7350H8085H8088H7200H3519H5046H3519H1471 20They will bring back all your people from the nations as a gift to me. They will bring them to my sacred hill in Jerusalem on horses, mules, and camels, and in chariots and wagons, just as Israelites bring grain offerings to the Temple in ritually clean containers.H935H251H4503H3068H1471H5483H7393H6632H6505H3753H6944H2022H3389H559H3068H1121H3478H935H4503H2889H3627H1004H3068 21I will make some of them priests and Levites.H3947H3548H3881H559H3068 22"Just as the new earth and the new heavens will endure by my power, so your descendants and your name will endure.H2319H8064H2319H776H6213H5975H6440H5002H3068H2233H8034H5975 23On every New Moon Festival and every Sabbath people of every nation will come to worship me here in Jerusalem," says the LORD.H1767H2320H2320H1767H7676H7676H1320H935H7812H6440H559H3068 24"As they leave, they will see the dead bodies of those who have rebelled against me. The worms that eat them will never die, and the fire that burns them will never be put out. The sight of them will be disgusting to all people."H3318H7200H6297H582H6586H8438H4191H784H3518H1860H1320