Therefore, let’s make a covenant before our God(A) to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God.(B) Let it be done according to the law.

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Now let us make a covenant(A) before our God to send away(B) all these women and their children, in accordance with the counsel of my lord and of those who fear the commands of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.

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My 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,(A) submissive[a] in spirit,(B)
and trembles at my word.

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Footnotes

  1. 66:2 Lit broken

Has not my hand made all these things,(A)
    and so they came into being?”
declares the Lord.

“These are the ones I look on with favor:
    those who are humble and contrite in spirit,(B)
    and who tremble at my word.(C)

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You who tremble at his word,(A)
hear the word of the Lord:(B)
“Your brothers who hate and exclude you
for my name’s sake have said,(C)
‘Let the Lord be glorified
so that we can see your joy!’
But they will be put to shame.”(D)

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Hear the word of the Lord,
    you who tremble at his word:(A)
“Your own people who hate(B) you,
    and exclude you because of my name, have said,
‘Let the Lord be glorified,
    that we may see your joy!’
    Yet they will be put to shame.(C)

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