Isaiah 66
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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
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1 #
Mt 5.34; Acts 7.49-50. Thus says the Lord:
“Heaven is my throne
and the earth is my footstool;
what is the house which you would build for me,
and what is the place of my rest?
2All these things my hand has made,
and so all these things are mine,#66.2 Gk Syr: Heb came to be
says the Lord.
But this is the man to whom I will look,
he that is humble and contrite in spirit,
and trembles at my word.
3“He who slaughters an ox is like him who kills a man;
he who sacrifices a lamb, like him who breaks a dog's neck;
he who presents a cereal offering, like him who offers swine's blood;
he who makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like him who blesses an idol.
These have chosen their own ways,
and their soul delights in their abominations;
4I also will choose affliction for them,
and bring their fears upon them;
because, when I called, no one answered,
when I spoke they did not listen;
but they did what was evil in my eyes,
and chose that in which I did not delight.”
5Hear the word of the Lord,
you who tremble at his word:
“Your brethren who hate you
and cast you out for my name's sake
have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified,
that we may see your joy’;
but it is they who shall be put to shame.
6 #
Rev 16.1,17. “Hark, an uproar from the city!
A voice from the temple!
The voice of the Lord,
rendering recompense to his enemies!
7 #
Rev 12.5. “Before she was in labor
she gave birth;
before her pain came upon her
she was delivered of a son.
8Who has heard such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Shall a land be born in one day?
Shall a nation be brought forth in one moment?
For as soon as Zion was in labor
she brought forth her sons.
9Shall I bring to the birth and not cause to bring forth?
says the Lord;
shall I, who cause to bring forth, shut the womb?
says your God.
10“Rejoice 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 suck and be satisfied
with her consoling breasts;
that you may drink deeply with delight
from the abundance of her glory.”
12For thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will extend prosperity to her like a river,
and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream;
and you shall suck, you shall be carried upon her hip,
and dandled upon her knees.
13As one whom his mother comforts,
so I will comfort you;
you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
14You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice;
your 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.
15“For behold, the Lord will come in fire,
and his chariots like the stormwind,
to render his anger in fury,
and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16For by fire will the Lord execute judgment,
and by his sword, upon all flesh;
and those slain by the Lord shall be many.
17“Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one in the midst, eating swine's flesh and the abomination and mice, shall come to an end together, says the Lord.
18“For 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. And from them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Put,#66.19 Gk: Heb Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations. 20And they shall bring all your brethren from all the nations as an offering to the Lord, upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their cereal offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord. 21And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the Lord.
22 #
Is 65.17; 2 Pet 3.13; Rev 21.1. “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.
23From new moon to new moon,
and from sabbath to sabbath,
all flesh shall come to worship before me,
says the Lord.
24 #
Mk 9.48. “And they shall go forth and look on the dead bodies of the men that 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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