Isa 66 | ABEn | STEP | Thus says the lord , The heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house shall you build to me? and what kind of place for my rest?

Isaiah 66

CHAPTER 66 Judgment and Hope

1 Thus says the lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house shall you build to me? and what kind of place for my rest? 2 For all these things I made by my hand, and [³are ⁴mine ¹all ²these], says the lord. And upon whom shall I look upon, but only upon the humble and unassuming, and the one trembling at my words? 3 But the lawless one, the one sacrificing a calf to me is as the one striking a man; and the one sacrificing of the flock is as the one killing a dog; and the one offering fine flour is as the one offering the blood of a pig; the one offering frankincense for a memorial is as blasphemous. And they chose their ways, and their abominations which their soul wanted. 4 And I will choose their mockeries, and [²their sins ¹I will recompense] against them. For I called them, and they did not hearken to me; I spoke and they heard not; and they acted wickedly before me, and [²that which ³I did not ⁴want ¹chose]. 5 Hear the word of the lord! O ones trembling at his word. Let [²speak ¹your brethren] to the ones detesting you, and abhorring you, that the name of the lord should be glorified, and should be seen in their gladness, but those shall be ashamed. 6 A voice of a cry from out of the city; a voice from out of the temple; the voice of the lord recompensing a recompense to the adversaries. 7 Before her travailing to give birth, before the coming of the misery of the pangs, she fled and gave birth to a male. 8 Who heard such? and who has seen thus? Has [²travailed ¹the earth] in one day? or even [²given birth ¹a nation] at once, that [²travailed ³and ⁴gave birth to ¹Zion] her children? 9 But I gave this expectation, and you did not remember me, said the lord. And behold, I [²the one bearing ³and ⁴the one sterile ¹made], said your God. 10 Be glad, O Jerusalem, and let [⁵assemble for a festival ⁶in ⁷her ¹all ²the ones ³loving ⁴her]! And the ones dwelling her rejoice in joy, all as many as mourn for her! 11 that you should nurse and be filled up from the breast of her comfort; that sucking out you should indulge at the introduction of her glory. 12 For thus says the lord, Behold, I turn aside to them as a river of peace, and as a rushing stream inundating the glory of the nations. Their children [²upon ³shoulders ¹shall be carried], and [²upon ³knees ¹shall be comforted]. 13 As if any mother shall comfort, so also I shall comfort you; and in Jerusalem you shall be comforted. 14 And you shall see, and [²shall rejoice ¹your heart], and your bones [²as ³pasturage ¹shall rise up]; and [⁴shall be known ¹the ²hand ³of the lord] to the ones fearing him, and he shall threaten the ones resisting persuasion. 15 For behold the lord [²as ³a fire ¹shall come], even as a blast by his chariots, to recompense [²in ³rage ¹punishment], and being contemptuously rejected in a flame of fire. 16 For by the fire of the lord [⁴shall be judged ¹all ²the ³earth], and by his broadsword all flesh. Many shall be slain by the lord. 17 The ones purifying themselves and cleansing themselves in the gardens, and [¹⁰in ¹¹the ¹²thresholds ¹the ones eating ²the meat ³of a pig ⁴and ⁵the ⁶abominations ⁷and ⁸the ⁹mouse], together shall be consumed, said the lord. 18 And I [²their works ³and ⁴their device ¹know]. And I come to bring together all the nations, and the tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory. 19 And I will leave upon them a sign. And I will send out from them ones having been delivered unto the nations -- unto Tarshish, and Pul, and Lud, and Meshach, and Tubal, and unto Greece, and unto the islands -- the ones at a distance, the ones who have not heard of my name, nor have seen my glory. And they shall announce my glory among the nations. 20 And they shall lead your brethren from out of all the nations, as a gift to the lord, with horses, and chariots, in royal chariots drawn by mules with awnings, into the holy city Jerusalem. And the lord said, As [⁴may offer ¹the ²sons ³of Israel] their sacrifices to me with psalms in the house of the lord, 21 that from them I will take priests and Levites, said the lord. 22 [²in which ³manner ¹For] the [²heaven ¹new] and the [²earth ¹new] which I make wait before me, says the lord, so I shall establish your seed, and your name. 23 And it will be month by month, and Sabbath by Sabbath, [³shall come ¹all ²flesh] to do obeisance before me in Jerusalem, said the lord. 24 And they shall go forth, and shall see the carcasses of men, the ones violating against me. For their worm shall not come to an end, and their fire shall not be extinguished. And they will be for a sight to all flesh.