Isaiah 66 Legacy Standard Bible

Heaven Is Yahweh’s Throne

66 Thus says Yahweh,

“^(A)Heaven is My throne, and the earth is the footstool of My feet.
Where then is a ^(B)house you could build for Me?
And where is a place that ^[a]I may rest?
²For ^(C)My hand made all these things,
Thus all these things came into being,” declares Yahweh.
“But to this one I will look,
To him who is humble and ^(D)contrite of spirit, and who ^(E)trembles at My word.

³“But he who slaughters an ox is the one who strikes down a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb is the one who breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering is the one who offers ^(F)swine’s blood;
He who ^(G)offers a memorial offering of frankincense is the one who blesses wickedness.
As they have chosen their ^(H)own ways,
And their soul takes pleasure in their ^(I)detestable things,
⁴So I will ^(J)choose their ^[b]punishments
And will ^(K)bring on them what they dread,
Because I called, but ^(L)no one answered;
I spoke, but they did not listen.
And they did what was ^(M)evil in My eyes
And chose that in which I did not take pleasure.”
⁵Hear the word of Yahweh, you who ^(N)tremble at His word:
“Your brothers who ^(O)hate you, who ^(P)exclude you for My name’s sake,
Have said, ‘Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your gladness.’
But ^(Q)they will be put to shame.
⁶A voice of rumbling from the city, a voice from the temple,
The voice of Yahweh who is ^(R)paying recompense to His enemies.

⁷“Before she was in labor pains, ^(S)she gave birth;
Before her pangs came, ^(T)she delivered a male child.
⁸^(U)Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things?
Can a land be ^[c]brought forth through labor pains in one day?
Can a nation be born all at once?
As soon as Zion was in labor pains, she also gave birth to her sons.
⁹Shall I bring to the point of breaking forth and ^(V)not cause birth?” says Yahweh.
“Or shall I who causes birth shut the womb?” says your God.

Joy in Jerusalem’s Future

¹⁰“Be ^(W)glad with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you who ^(X)love her;
Be exceedingly ^(Y)joyful with her, all you who mourn over her,
¹¹That you may nurse and ^(Z)be satisfied with her comforting breasts,
That you may suck and be delighted with her ^(AA)bountiful bosom.”
¹²For thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I stretch out ^(AB)peace to her like a river,
And the ^(AC)glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
And you will ^[d]be nursed; you will be ^(AD)carried on the ^[e]hip and played with on the knees.
¹³As one whom his mother comforts, so I will ^(AE)comfort you;
And you will be comforted in Jerusalem.”
¹⁴Then you will ^(AF)see this, and your ^(AG)heart will be joyful,
And your ^(AH)bones will flourish like the new grass;
And the ^(AI)hand of Yahweh will be made known to His slaves,
But He will be ^(AJ)indignant toward His enemies.
¹⁵For behold, Yahweh will come in ^(AK)fire
And His ^(AL)chariots like the whirlwind,
To return His anger with wrath,
And His rebuke with flames of fire.
¹⁶For Yahweh will execute judgment by ^(AM)fire
And by His ^(AN)sword on all flesh,
And those slain by Yahweh will be many.
¹⁷“Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go to the ^(AO)gardens,
^[f]Following one in the center,
Who eat ^(AP)swine’s flesh, detestable things, and mice,
Will ^(AQ)come to an end altogether,” declares Yahweh.

¹⁸“And I ^[g]know their works and their ^(AR)thoughts; ^[h]the time is coming to ^(AS)gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory. ¹⁹I will set a ^(AT)sign among them and will send those who have escaped from them to the nations: ^(AU)Tarshish, ^[i]Put, ^(AV)Lud, ^[j]Meshech, ^(AW)Tubal, and ^[k]Javan, to the distant ^(AX)coastlands that have neither heard My report nor seen My glory. And they will ^(AY)declare My glory among the nations. ²⁰Then they shall ^(AZ)bring all your brothers from all the nations as a grain offering to Yahweh, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules, and on camels, to My ^(BA)holy mountain Jerusalem,” says Yahweh, “just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a ^(BB)clean vessel to the house of Yahweh. ²¹I will also take some of them for ^(BC)priests and for Levites,” says Yahweh.

²²“For just as the ^(BD)new heavens and the new earth
Which I make will endure before Me,” declares Yahweh,
“So your ^(BE)seed and your ^(BF)name will endure.
²³And it shall be from ^(BG)new moon to new moon
And from sabbath to sabbath,
All ^[l]mankind will come to ^(BH)worship before Me,” says Yahweh.
²⁴“Then they will go forth and look
On the ^(BI)corpses of the men
Who have ^[m]^(BJ)transgressed against Me.
For their ^(BK)worm will not die
^(BL)And their fire will not be quenched;
And they will be an object of ^(BM)contempt to all ^[n]mankind.”

Footnotes

Isaiah 66:1 Lit is My resting place?
Isaiah 66:4 Lit ill treatments
Isaiah 66:8 Lit travailed with
Isaiah 66:12 Lit nurse
Isaiah 66:12 Lit side
Isaiah 66:17 Lit After
Isaiah 66:18 As in Gr; Heb omits know
Isaiah 66:18 Lit it is coming
Isaiah 66:19 As in Gr; Heb Pul
Isaiah 66:19 As in Gr; Heb those who draw the bow
Isaiah 66:19 Greece
Isaiah 66:23 Lit flesh
Isaiah 66:24 Or rebelled
Isaiah 66:24 Lit flesh

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