Isaiah 66
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1This is what the Lord says: Heaven is my throne, and the earth is where I place my feet. So where will this house be that you're going to build for me? Where will I lie down to rest? 2I made everything; that's how it all came into existence, says the Lord. Those I look favorably on are humble and repentant, and they tremble when I speak.
3When someone sacrifices a bull it's like human sacrifice, and when someone sacrifices a lamb, it's like breaking the neck of a dog.#66:3. A dog was considered both unclean and a low form of animal life. When they present a grain offering it's like presenting pig's blood, and when they burn incense it's like worshiping an idol. Since they have chosen to act like this and to love such disgusting things, 4I will also choose to punish them severely and to terrify them, because I called out to them but no one answered; I spoke to them, but no one listened. Instead they did what's evil in my sight, choosing to do what I hate.
5Listen to what the Lord has to say, those of you who tremble when he speaks.#66:5. Referring back to verse 2. This is what some of your people who hate you and throw you out have said: “Let the Lord be glorified, so we can see how happy you are!”#66:5. Clearly said with sarcasm. but it's them who are going to be humiliated. 6Hear all the shouting from the city! Hear all the noise from the Temple! It's the sound of the Lord giving his enemies back what they deserve.
7She#66:7. Referring to Jerusalem as a woman. gave birth before she went into labor, she delivered a boy before the pains came. 8Who has ever heard of anything like this? Who has seen this kind of thing before? Can a country be delivered in a day, can a nation be born in a moment? Yet as soon as Zion went into labor, she gave birth to her children. 9Would I bring a baby to the point of birth and then not deliver it? the Lord asks. Would I who deliver the baby stop it from being born? the Lord asks again.
10Celebrate with Jerusalem and be happy for her, everyone who loves her; celebrate with her and sing for joy, everyone who mourns over her. 11Like a baby you can nurse at her breasts that bring comfort, drinking deeply and being satisfied by all she has to give.
12This is what the Lord says: Watch! I'm going to give her peace and prosperity like a flowing river, the wealth of nations like an overflowing stream. You will nurse and be carried on her hip and played with on her knees. 13Like a mother comforting her child, I will comfort you. You will be comforted in Jerusalem.
14When you see this happening, you'll be happy deep inside, and you'll prosper like growing grass. The Lord's power will be recognized as blessing his servants and cursing his enemies. 15Look! The Lord is coming surrounded by fire, his chariots whirling like the wind, to express his anger with fury, to give his reprimand in flames of fire. 16The Lord will execute judgment on everyone by fire and by his sword. There will be many killed by the Lord.
17Those who dedicate themselves and make themselves pure in order#66:17. “Dedicate themselves and make themselves pure”: this is referring to pagan practice, not to the worship of the true God. to enter the sacred gardens, to worship the idol placed in the center, and to eat pork and vermin and rats and other disgusting things—they will all die together, says the Lord. 18I know#66:18. “Know”: Septuagint reading. what they're doing and what they're thinking. I will soon come to gather all nations and peoples of different languages. They will come and see my glory. 19I will give them a sign, and I will send some who survive to the nations. They will go to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians#66:19. “Libyans and Lydians”: literally “Pul and Lud.” (who are famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to the distant lands that haven't heard about me or seen my glory. They will announce my glory among the nations. 20They will bring back all your people from every nation to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the Lord. They will come on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels, says the Lord. They will bring them in the same way the Israelites bring their grain offerings to the Lord's Temple using vessels that are ceremonially clean. 21I will choose some of them as priests and Levites, says the Lord.
22As the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will last forever, so your descendants and your reputation will also last forever, says the Lord. 23Everyone will come and worship me, from one New Moon to the next, and from one Sabbath to the next, says the Lord. 24They will go out and see the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me. The worms that eat them won't die, the fire that burns them won't go out, and everyone who sees them will be horrified.
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Isaiah 66
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True Worship
1#1Ki 8:27; Mt 5:34–35Thus says the Lord:
Heaven is My throne,
and the earth is My footstool.
Where then is the house that you could build for Me?
And where is the place of My rest?
2#Isa 57:15; Ps 34:18 For My hand made all those things,
thus all those things have come to be,
says the Lord.
But to this man I will look,
even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,
and trembles at My word.
3#Lev 2:2 He who kills a bull
is as if he kills 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.
They have chosen their own ways,
and their soul delights in their abominations;
4#Isa 65:12; 2Ki 21:2; 21:6 I also will choose their punishments
and will bring their fears on them,
because when I called, no one answered;
when I spoke, they did not listen;
but they did evil before My eyes
and chose that in which I did not delight.
The Vindication of Zion
5#Ps 38:20; Isa 5:19 Hear the word of the Lord,
you who tremble at His word:
Your brothers who hate you,
who cast you out for My name’s sake, said,
“Let the Lord be glorified
that we may see your joy.”
Yet they shall be ashamed.
6#Isa 59:18 A voice of noise from the city,
a voice from the temple,
the voice of the Lord
who renders recompense to His enemies.
7#Isa 54:1 Before she was in labor,
she gave birth;
before her pain came,
she delivered a son.
8#Isa 64:4 Who has heard such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day?
Shall a nation be born at once?
For as soon as Zion was in labor,
she brought forth her sons.
9#Isa 37:3 Shall I bring to the point of birth
and not cause delivery? says the Lord.
Shall I who cause delivery
shut the womb? says your God.
10#Dt 32:43; Ps 26:8 Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her,
all you who love her;
rejoice exceedingly with her,
all you who mourn for her,
11#Isa 60:16; Joel 3:18 that you may feed and be satisfied
with her consoling breasts,
that you may feed
and be delighted with the abundance of her bosom.
12#Isa 48:18; 60:16For thus says the Lord:
I will extend peace to her like a river
and the glory of the nations like a flowing stream.
Then you shall nurse, you shall be carried on her sides,
and dandled on her knees.
13#Isa 51:3 As one whom his mother comforts,
so I will comfort you;
and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
God’s Reign and Final Judgment
14#Ezr 8:31; 7:9 Then you shall see this, and 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.
15#Ps 68:17; Isa 30:33 For the Lord shall come with fire
and with His chariots like a whirlwind,
to render His anger with fury
and His rebuke with flames of fire.
16#Isa 27:1; Eze 38:21–22 For by fire and by His sword on all flesh,
the Lord shall execute judgment;
and the slain of the Lord shall be many.
17#Isa 65:3–4Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and abominable things, and mice shall be consumed together, says the Lord.
18#Isa 2:2For I know their works and their thoughts. The time shall come to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory.
19#Eze 27:10; Ge 10:2I will set a sign among them, and send from them survivors to the nations: to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud—who draw the bow—to 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 nations. 20#Isa 11:9; 43:6They shall bring all your brothers out of all nations as an offering to the Lord on horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and on mules, and on swift beasts to My holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, as the sons of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord. 21#Ex 19:6; Isa 61:6I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites, says the Lord.
22#Isa 65:17; Rev 21:1For 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. 23#Eze 46:1; Ps 86:9From one New Moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh shall come to worship before Me, says the Lord. 24#Isa 14:11; Da 12:2And they shall go forth and look on the corpses of the men who have transgressed against Me. For their worm shall not die, nor shall their fire be quenched. And they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.
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