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Therefore[a] I, too, will choose harsh treatment for them,
    and will bring upon them what they dread.
For when I called, no[b] one answered;
    when I spoke, they didn’t listen;
but they did what I consider to be evil,
    and chose what doesn’t please me.”

The Lord Vindicates Zion

“Hear this message from the Lord,
    you who tremble at his words:[c]

“Your own brothers who hate you
    and exclude you because of my name
have said: ‘Let the Lord be glorified;
    he will see[d] your joy,’
        yet it is they who will be put to shame.

“Listen to that uproar in[e] the city!
    Listen to that noise from the Temple!
It is the sound of the Lord
    paying back retribution to his enemies!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 66:4 Or So
  2. Isaiah 66:4 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and no
  3. Isaiah 66:5 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read his word
  4. Isaiah 66:5 So 1QIsaa; MT reads so that we may see; LXX reads so that the name of the Lord may be glorified
  5. Isaiah 66:6 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read from

so I also will choose harsh treatment for them
    and will bring on them what they dread.(A)
For when I called, no one answered,(B)
    when I spoke, no one listened.
They did evil(C) in my sight
    and chose what displeases me.”(D)

Hear the word of the Lord,
    you who tremble at his word:(E)
“Your own people who hate(F) 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.(G)
Hear that uproar from the city,
    hear that noise from the temple!
It is the sound(H) of the Lord
    repaying(I) his enemies all they deserve.

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