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Isaiah 66 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Heaven Is God’s Throne

66 This is what the Lord says:

“^(A)Heaven is My throne and the earth is the footstool for 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,
So all these things came into being,” declares the Lord.
“But I will look to this one,
At one who is humble and ^(D)contrite in spirit, and who ^(E)trembles at My word.

Hypocrisy Rebuked

³“But the one who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a person;
The one who sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
One who offers a grain offering is like one who offers ^(F)pig’s blood;
One who ^[b]^(G)burns incense is like one who blesses an idol.
As they have chosen their ^(H)own ways,
And their souls delight in their ^(I)abominations,
⁴So I will ^(J)choose their ^[c]punishments
And ^(K)bring on them what they dread.
Because I called, but ^(L)no one answered;
I spoke, but they did not listen.
Instead, they did ^(M)evil in My sight
And chose that in which I did not delight.”
⁵Hear the word of the Lord, you who ^(N)tremble at His word:
“Your brothers who ^(O)hate you, who ^(P)exclude you on account of My name,
Have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified, so that we may see your joy.’
But ^(Q)they will be put to shame.
⁶A sound of uproar from the city, a voice from the temple,
The voice of the Lord who is ^(R)dealing retribution to His enemies.

⁷“Before she was in labor, ^(S)she delivered;
Before her pain came, ^(T)she gave birth to a boy.
⁸^(U)Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things?
Can a land be ^[d]born in one day?
Can a nation be given birth all at once?
As soon as Zion was in labor, she also delivered her sons.
⁹Shall I bring to the point of birth but ^(V)not give delivery?” says the Lord.
“Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?” says your God.

Joy in Jerusalem’s Future

¹⁰“Be ^(W)joyful with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you who ^(X)love her;
Be exceedingly ^(Y)glad with her, all you who mourn over her,
¹¹So that you may nurse and ^(Z)be satisfied with her comforting breasts,
So that you may drink fully and be delighted with her ^(AA)bountiful breasts.”
¹²For this is what the Lord says: “Behold, I extend ^(AB)peace to her like a river,
And the ^(AC)glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
And you will ^[e]be nursed, you will be ^(AD)carried on the ^[f]hip and rocked back and forth 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 glad,
And your ^(AH)bones will flourish like the new grass;
And the ^(AI)hand of the Lord will be made known to His servants,
But He will be ^(AJ)indignant toward His enemies.
¹⁵For behold, the Lord will come in ^(AK)fire,
And His ^(AL)chariots like the whirlwind,
To render His anger with fury,
And His rebuke with flames of fire.
¹⁶For the Lord will execute judgment by ^(AM)fire
And by His ^(AN)sword on ^[g]humanity,
And those put to death by the Lord will be many.
¹⁷“Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go to the ^(AO)gardens,
^[h]Following one in the center,
Who eat ^(AP)pig’s flesh, detestable things, and mice,
Will ^(AQ)come to an end altogether,” declares the Lord.

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

²²“For just as the ^(BD)new heavens and the new earth,
Which I make, will endure before Me,” declares the Lord,
“So will your ^(BE)descendants and your ^(BF)name endure.
²³And it shall be from ^(BG)new moon to new moon
And from Sabbath to Sabbath,
All ^[n]mankind will come to ^(BH)bow down before Me,” says the Lord.
²⁴“Then they will go out and look
At the ^(BI)corpses of the people
Who have ^(BJ)rebelled against Me.
For their ^(BK)worm will not die
^(BL)And their fire will not be extinguished;
And they will be an ^(BM)abhorrence to all ^[o]mankind.”

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