Isaiah 66
66
Final Judgment and Joyous Restoration
1This is what the Lord says:
Heaven # Ac 7:49-50 is My throne, # Ps 11:4; Mt 5:34-35; 23:22
and earth is My footstool. # 1Ch 28:2; Ps 99:5
What house could you possibly build for Me?
And what place could be My home? # 2Sm 7:5; 1Kg 8:27; Jer 23:24
2My hand made all these things,
and so they all came into being.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will look favorably on this kind of person:
one who is humble, # Ps 86:1; Pr 16:19; Mt 11:29 submissive # Lit broken in spirit, # Ps 34:18; Mt 5:3; 1Ti 2:11
and trembles at My word.
3One slaughters an ox, one kills a man;
one sacrifices a lamb, one breaks a dog’s neck;
one offers a grain offering, one offers pig’s blood;
one offers incense, one praises an idol —
all these have chosen their ways
and delight in their detestable practices. # Am 5:21-25
4So I will choose their punishment,
and I will bring on them what they dread
because I called and no one answered;
I spoke and they didn’t hear;
they did what was evil in My sight
and chose what I didn’t delight in. # 2Kg 21:2,6; Is 59:7; 65:12; Jr 7:30
5You who tremble at His word, # Ezr 9:4; 10:3
hear the word of the Lord: # Is 28:14
“Your brothers who hate and exclude you
because of Me have said, # Mt 5:10-12; 10:22; Jn 9:34; 15:18-20
‘Let the Lord be glorified
so that we can see your joy! ’
But they will be put to shame.” # Is 26:11; 44:9; 65:13
6A sound of uproar from the city!
A voice from the temple —
the voice of the Lord,
paying back His enemies what they deserve! # Is 59:18; 65:6; Jl 3:7
7Before Zion was in labor, she gave birth;
before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.
8Who has heard of such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Can a land be born in one day
or a nation be delivered in an instant?
Yet as soon as Zion was in labor,
she gave birth to her sons.
9“Will I bring a baby to the point of birth
and not deliver it? ”
says the Lord;
“or will I who deliver, close the womb? ”
says your God.
10Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her,
all who love her. # Ps 122:6; 137:6; Is 65:18
Rejoice greatly with her,
all who mourn over her —
11so that you may nurse and be satisfied
from her comforting breast
and drink deeply and delight yourselves
from her glorious breasts.
12For this is what the Lord says:
I will make peace flow to her like a river, # Ps 72:3,7; Is 48:18
and the wealth # Or glory of nations like a flood; # Is 61:6
you will nurse and be carried on her hip # Is 60:4-5
and bounced on her lap.
13As a mother comforts her son,
so I will comfort you, # Ps 86:17; Is 40:1; 49:13; 51:13; 52:9; 2Co 1:3-4
and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.
14You will see, you will rejoice,
and you # Lit your bones will flourish like grass; # Ps 72:16; Pr 11:28; Is 58:11
then the Lord’s power will be revealed to His servants,
but He will show His wrath against His enemies.
15Look, the Lord will come with fire # Is 33:14; Mal 3:1-2; 2Th 1:7-8; 2Pt 3:7 —
His chariots are like the whirlwind # Ps 68:17; Is 5:28; Hab 3:8 —
to execute His anger with fury
and His rebuke with flames of fire.
16For the Lord will execute judgment
on all flesh # Gn 6:12; Jr 12:12; 25:31; Ezk 20:48; 21:4-5 with His fiery sword,
and many will be slain by the Lord.
17“Those who dedicate and purify themselves to enter the groves # Is 65:3-5 following their leader, # Hb obscure eating meat from pigs, vermin, and rats, will perish together.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.
18“Knowing # LXX, Syr; MT omits Knowing their works and their thoughts, I have come to gather all nations and languages; # Is 45:22-25; Jr 3:17 they will come and see My glory. 19I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from them to the nations — to Tarshish, Put, # LXX; MT reads Pul Lud (who are archers), Tubal, Javan, # Gn 10:2,5; 1Kg 10:22; Jr 46:9; Ezk 27:10,13 and the islands far away — who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. And they will proclaim My glory among the nations. # 1Ch 16:24; Ps 96:3 20They will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the Lord on horses and chariots, in litters, and on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” # Ps 2:6; Is 56:7; Ezk 20:40; Jl 3:17 says the Lord, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord. 21I will also take some of them as priests and Levites,” # Ex 19:6; Is 61:6; 1Pt 2:5,9; Rv 1:6 says the Lord.
22“For just as the new heavens and the new earth, # Is 65:17; Heb 12:26-27; 2Pt 3:13; Rv 21:1
which I will make,
will endure before Me” —
this is the Lord’s declaration —
“so your offspring and your name will endure.
23All mankind will come to worship Me
from one New Moon to another
and from one Sabbath to another,”
says the Lord.
24“As they leave, they will see the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against Me; # Is 1:2; 5:25; 34:3 for their worm # Jb 7:5; Is 14:11 will never die, their fire will never go out, # Mk 9:44-48 and they will be a horror to all mankind.” # Dn 12:2
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Isaiah 66
66
LXVI
1Thus saith Jehovah:
The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my foot-stool;
Where is the house that ye could build unto me?
And where is the place of my rest?
2For all these things hath mine hand made;
And all these things have been, saith Jehovah:
But to this man will I look,
To him that is humble and of a contrite spirit,
And that trembleth at my word.
3He that slayeth an ox, killeth a man;
He that sacrificeth a lamb, beheadeth a dog;
He that offereth an oblation, offereth swine’s blood;
He that burneth incense, blesseth an idol.
Yea, they have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delighteth in their abominations.
4I will also choose their calamities,
And what they dread will I bring upon them;
Because, when I called, none did answer;
When I spake, they did not hearken;
But they did that which was evil in my sight,
And chose that in which I delighted not.
5Hear ye the word of Jehovah,
Ye that tremble at his word;
Your brethren who hate you,
Who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said,
Let Jehovah be glorified that we may see your joy!
But they shall be ashamed.
6A voice of tumult from the city!
A voice from the temple!
The voice of Jehovah! rendering recompense to his enemies.
7Before she was in travail, she brought forth;
Before her pangs came, she was delivered of a man child.
8Who hath heard such a thing?
Who hath seen the like of these things?
Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day?
Or shall a nation be born at once?
For no sooner was Zion in travail, than she brought forth her children.
9Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith Jehovah:
Shall I, who beget, restrain the birth? saith your God.
10Rejoice ye with Jerusalem,
And exult on her account, all ye that love her;
Joy with her exceedingly,
All ye that mourn over her;
11That ye may suck, and be satisfied, from the breast of her consolations;
That ye may press out, and be delighted with the abundant splendour of her glory.
12For thus saith Jehovah:
Behold! I will extend peace to her like a river,
And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
And ye shall suck:
Ye shall be carried at the side;
And on the knees shall ye be dandled.
13As one whom his mother comforteth,
So will I comfort you;
And in Jerusalem shall ye be comforted.
14And ye shall see it, and your heart shall rejoice;
And your bones shall flourish, like the green herb:
And the hand of Jehovah shall be known to be with his servants;
And He will be moved with indignation against his enemies.
15For, behold! Jehovah shall come with fire,
And his chariots shall be like the whirlwind,
To render his anger with a burning heat,
And his rebuke with flames of fire.
16For with fire shall Jehovah contend,
And with his sword, with all flesh;
And the slain of Jehovah shall be many.
17They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves
In the gardens, one after another openly,
Eating swine’s flesh, and what is abomination, and the mouse,
Shall perish together, saith Jehovah.
18For 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.
19And I will set a sign among them,
And I will send those that escape of them, unto the nations;
To Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow,
To Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off,
That have not heard my fame,
Neither have seen my glory;
And they shall declare my glory among the nations.
20And they shall bring all your brethren,
From all the nations, for an oblation to Jehovah,
Upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters,
Upon mules, and upon dromedaries,
To my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith Jehovah,
As the children of Israel bring the oblation
In a clean vessel to the house of Jehovah.
21And I will also take of them
For priests, and for Levites, saith Jehovah.
22For as the new heavens,
And the new earth which I will make,
Shall remain before me, saith Jehovah;
So shall your seed, and your name remain.
23And it shall be, that from new moon to new moon,
And from sabbath to sabbath,
Shall all flesh come to worship before me,
Saith Jehovah.
24And they shall go forth, and shall see
The carcases of those men, who have rebelled against me:
For their worm shall not die,
Neither shall their fire be quenched;
And they shall be an abhorrence unto all flesh.
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Translated by Rev John Jones (Ioan Tegid).Published at Oxford in 1830, second edition 1842.