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Isaiah 66

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This is what the LORD says : “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool . What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be ?
Thus said Jehovah : The heavens `are' My throne, And the earth My footstool , Where `is' this -- the house that ye build for Me? And where `is' this -- the place -- My rest ?
Has not My hand made all these things ? And so they came into being , ” declares the LORD. “ This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
And all these My hand hath made , And all these things are , An affirmation of Jehovah! And unto this one I look attentively, Unto the humble and bruised in spirit, And who is trembling at My word.
Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man ; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol . Indeed , they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
Whoso slaughtereth the ox smiteth a man , Whoso sacrificeth the lamb beheadeth a dog, Whoso is bringing up a present -- The blood of a sow, Whoso is making mention of frankincense , Is blessing iniquity . Yea , they have fixed on their own ways , And in their abominations their soul hath delighted .
So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered , I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight . ”
I also -- I fix on their vexations, And their fears I bring in to them, Because I have called , and there is none answering , I spake, and they have not hearkened, And they do the evil things in Mine eyes, And on that which I desired not -- fixed .
You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “ Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said , ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy !’ But they will be put to shame . ”
Hear a word of Jehovah, Ye who are trembling unto His word, Said have your brethren who are hating you , Who are driving you out, for My name's sake: `Honoured is Jehovah , and we look on your joy ,' But they are ashamed .
Hear the uproar from the city ; listen to the voice from the temple ! It is the voice of the LORD , repaying His enemies what they deserve!
A voice of noise `is' from the city , a voice from the temple , The voice of Jehovah , giving recompence to His enemies .
“ Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain , she delivered a boy .
Before she is pained she hath brought forth, Before a pang cometh to her , She hath delivered a male .
Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things ? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant ? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children .
Who hath heard anything like this? Who hath seen anything like these ? Is earth caused to bring forth in one day ? Born is a nation at once ? For she hath been pained, Zion also hath borne her sons .
Shall 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.
`Do I bring to the birth , And not cause to bring forth ? ' saith Jehovah, `Am not I He who is causing to beget ? I have also restrained,' said thy God.
Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her . Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,
Rejoice ye with Jerusalem , And be glad in her, all ye loving her , Rejoice ye with her for joy , All ye are mourning for her,
so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.
So that ye suck, and have been satisfied , From the breast of her consolations, So that ye wring out, and have delighted yourselves From the abundance of her honour .
For this is what the LORD says : “ I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm , and bounced upon her knees.
For thus said Jehovah : `Lo, I am stretching out to her peace as a river, And as an overflowing stream the honour of nations , And ye have sucked, on the side ye are carried , And on the knees ye are dandled .
As a mother comforts her son , so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem. ”
As one whom his mother comforteth , so do I comfort you, Yea, in Jerusalem ye are comforted .
When you see , you will rejoice , and you will flourish like grass ; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.
And ye have seen , and rejoiced hath your heart , And your bones as tender grass do flourish, And the hand of Jehovah hath been known unto His servants, And He hath been indignant with His enemies.
For behold , the LORD will come with fire — His chariots are like a whirlwind— to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
For, lo, Jehovah in fire cometh, And as a hurricane His chariots , To refresh in fury His anger , And His rebuke in flames of fire.
For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh , and many will be slain by the LORD .
For by fire and by His sword, Doth Jehovah do judgment with all flesh . And many have been Jehovah's pierced ones . '
“ Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together, ” declares the LORD .
Those sanctifying and cleansing themselves at the gardens, After Ahad in the midst, Eating flesh of the sow, And of the abomination, and of the mouse, Together are consumed , An affirmation of Jehovah .
“ And I , knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory .
And I -- their works and their thoughts, I come to gather all the nations and tongues, And they have come and seen My honour .
I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations —to Tarshish, Put , and the archers of Lud ; to Tubal , Javan , and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
And I have set among them a sign , And have sent out of them those escaping unto the nations , ( Tarshish, Pul , and Lud, drawing bow , Tubal and Javan, the isles that are far off,) Who have not heard My fame , nor seen Mine honour, And they have declared Mine honour among nations.
And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons , on mules and camels , to My holy mountain Jerusalem, ” says the LORD , “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD . ”
And they have brought all your brethren out of all the nations , A present to Jehovah, On horses , and on chariot, and on litters , And on mules , and on dromedaries , Unto My holy mountain Jerusalem, said Jehovah , As the sons of Israel bring the present in a clean vessel , Into the house of Jehovah .
“ And I will select some of them as priests and Levites, ” says the LORD .
And also of them I take for priests , For Levites, said Jehovah .
“ For just as the new heavens and the new earth , which I will make , will endure before Me, ” declares the LORD, “ so your descendants and your name will endure .
For , as the new heavens and the new earth that I am making , Are standing before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah! So remain doth your seed and your name.
From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another , all mankind will come to worship before Me, ” says the LORD .
And it hath been from month to month, And from sabbath to sabbath , Come do all flesh to bow themselves before Me, Said Jehovah .
“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me ; for their worm will never die , their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”
And they have gone forth, And looked on the carcases of the men Who are transgressing against me , For their worm dieth not , And their fire is not quenched, And they have been an abhorrence to all flesh!

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