Isaiah 66
66
The Worship God Demands
1Thus says the Lord:
Heaven is my throne
and the earth is my footstool;
what is the house that you would build for me,
and what is my resting place?
2All these things my hand has made,
and so all these things are mine,#66.2 Gk Syr: Heb these things came to be
says the Lord.
But this is the one to whom I will look,
to the humble and contrite in spirit,
who trembles at my word.
3Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who kills a human being;
whoever sacrifices a lamb, like one who breaks a dog's neck;
whoever presents a grain offering, like one who offers swine's blood;#66.3 Meaning of Heb uncertain
whoever makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like one who blesses an idol.
These have chosen their own ways,
and in their abominations they take delight;
4I also will choose to mock#66.4 Or to punish them,
and bring upon them what they fear;
because, when I called, no one answered,
when I spoke, they did not listen;
but they did what was evil in my sight,
and chose what did not please me.
The Lord Vindicates Zion
5Hear the word of the Lord,
you who tremble at his word:
Your own people who hate you
and reject you for my name's sake
have said, “Let the Lord be glorified,
so that we may see your joy”;
but it is they who shall be put to shame.
6Listen, an uproar from the city!
A voice from the temple!
The voice of the Lord,
dealing retribution to his enemies!
7Before she was in labor
she gave birth;
before her pain came upon her
she delivered a son.
8Who has heard of such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Shall a land be born in one day?
Shall a nation be delivered in one moment?
Yet as soon as Zion was in labor
she delivered her children.
9Shall I open the womb and not deliver?
says the Lord;
shall I, the one who delivers, shut the womb?
says your God.
10Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her,
all you who love her;
rejoice with her in joy,
all you who mourn over her—
11that you may nurse and be satisfied
from her consoling breast;
that you may drink deeply with delight
from her glorious bosom.
12For thus says the Lord:
I will extend prosperity to her like a river,
and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream;
and you shall nurse and be carried on her arm,
and dandled on her knees.
13As a mother comforts her child,
so I will comfort you;
you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
The Reign and Indignation of God
14You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice;
your bodies#66.14 Heb bones shall flourish like the grass;
and it shall be known that the hand of the Lord is with his servants,
and his indignation is against his enemies.
15For the Lord will come in fire,
and his chariots like the whirlwind,
to pay back his anger in fury,
and his rebuke in flames of fire.
16For by fire will the Lord execute judgment,
and by his sword, on all flesh;
and those slain by the Lord shall be many.
17Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following the one in the center, eating the flesh of pigs, vermin, and rodents, shall come to an end together, says the Lord.
18For I know#66.18 Gk Syr: Heb lacks know their works and their thoughts, and I am#66.18 Gk Syr Vg Tg: Heb it is coming to gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and shall see my glory, 19and I will set a sign among them. From them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Put,#66.19 Gk: Heb Pul and Lud—which draw the bow—to Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands far away that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations. 20They shall bring all your kindred from all the nations as an offering to the Lord, on horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and on mules, and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring a grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord. 21And I will also take some of them as priests and as Levites, says the Lord.
22For 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.
23From new moon to new moon,
and from sabbath to sabbath,
all flesh shall come to worship before me,
says the Lord.
24And they shall go out and look at the dead bodies of the people who have rebelled against me; for their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.
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Isaiah 66
66
Proper Worship
1Thus says Yahweh:
“Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is the footstool for my feet.
Where is this house that you would build for me?
And where is this resting place for me?
2And my hand has made all these things,
and all these came to be,”#Literally “were”
declares#Literally “declaration of” Yahweh, “but#Or “and” I look to this one:
to the humble and the contrite of spirit
and the one frightened at my word.
3The one who slaughters a bull strikes a man;
the one who slaughters a lamb for sacrifice breaks the neck of a dog.
The one who offers an offering, the blood of swine;
the one who offers frankincense blesses an idol.
Indeed, they themselves have chosen their ways,
and their soul delights in their abhorrence.
4Indeed, I myself I will choose their ill treatment,
and I will bring them objects of their dread,
because I called, and no one answered;#Literally “there was no one who answers”
I spoke and they did not listen,
but#Or “and” they did the evil in my eyes,
and they chose that in which I do not delight.”
5Hear the word of Yahweh, you who are frightened at his word:
Your brothers who hate you,
who exclude you for my name’s sake have said,
“Let Yahweh be honored so that#Or “and” we may see your joy!”
But#Or “And” they themselves shall be ashamed.
6A voice, an uproar from the city!
A voice from the temple!
The voice of Yahweh paying back#Literally “rewarding retribution to” his enemies!
Zion’s Delivery
7Before she was in labor she gave birth;
before labor pains#Hebrew “pain” came to her, she gave birth to a son.
8Who has heard anything like this?
Who has seen anything like these things?
Can a land be born in one day?
Or can a nation be born in a moment?
Yet when she was in labor, Zion indeed gave birth to her children.
9Shall I myself I break open and not deliver?”#Literally “cause to bring forth” says Yahweh,
“or I who delivers#Literally “causes to bring forth” lock up the womb?” says your God.
10“Rejoice with Jerusalem
and shout in exultation with her, all those who love her!
Rejoice with her in joy, all those who mourn over her,
11so that you may suck and be satisfied from her consoling breast,#Literally “breast of consolation”
so that you may drink deeply and refresh yourselves from her heavy breast.”#Literally “breast of heaviness “
12For thus says Yahweh:
“Look! I am about to spread prosperity out to her like a river,
and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream,
and you shall suck and be carried on the hip;
and you shall you shall be played with on the knees.
13As a man whose mother comforts him, so I myself will comfort you,
and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
Yahweh’s Final Judgment
14And you shall see and your heart shall rejoice,
and your bones shall flourish#Literally “sprout” like the grass,
and the hand of Yahweh shall make itself known to#Literally “with” his servants,
and he shall curse his enemies.
15For look! Yahweh will come in fire,
and his chariots like the storm wind,
to give back#Literally “cause to turn around” his anger in wrath,
and his rebuke in flames of fire.
16For Yahweh enters into judgment on all flesh with fire and his sword,
and those slain by#Literally “the slain of” Yahweh shall be many.
17Those who sanctify themselves
and those who cleanse themselves to go into#Literally “toward” the gardens after the one in the middle,
eating the flesh of swine
and detestable things#Hebrew “thing” and rodents#Hebrew “rodent” together
shall come to an end!” declares#Literally “declaration of” Yahweh.
18“And I—their works and thoughts!—am about to come to gather all nations and tongues,
and they shall come and see my glory.
19And I will set a sign among them,
and I will send survivors from them to the nations:
Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow;
Tubal and Javan, the faraway coastlands
that have not heard of my fame,
and have not seen my glory.
And they shall declare my glory among the nations, 20and bring all your countrymen#Or “brothers” from all the nations as an offering to Yahweh on horses and chariots#Hebrew “chariot” and in litters and on mules and camels, to#Or “on” my holy mountain,#Literally “the mountain of holiness me” Jerusalem,” says Yahweh, “just as the sons of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of Yahweh. 21And indeed, I will take some of them as priests and the Levites,” says Yahweh. 22“For just as the new heavens and earth that I am about to make shall stand before me,” declares#Literally “declaration of” Yahweh, “so shall your descendants#Hebrew “descendant” and your name stand.
23And this shall happen: From new moon to new moon#Literally “enough of new moon in his new moon” and from Sabbath to Sabbath#Literally “enough of Sabbath in his Sabbath” all flesh shall come to bow in worship before me,” says Yahweh. 24“And they shall go out and look at the corpses of the people#Or “men” who have rebelled#Literally “rebelling” against me,
for their worm shall not die,
and their fire shall not be quenched,
and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”
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