ASV_Strong : Isaiah 66
1. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Heaven[H8064] is my throne[H3678], and the earth[H776] is my footstool[H7272]: what manner of house[H1004] will ye build[H1129] unto me[H4725]? and what place shall be my rest[H4496]?
2. For all these things hath my hand[H3027] made[H6213], and so all these things came to be[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068]: but to this man will I look[H5027], even to him that is poor[H6041] and of a contrite[H5223] spirit[H7307], and that trembleth[H2730] at my word[H1697].
3. He that killeth[H7819] an ox[H7794] is as he that slayeth[H5221] a man[H376]; he that sacrificeth[H2076] a lamb[H7716], as he that breaketh[H6202] a dog[H3611]'s neck[H6202]; he that offereth[H5927] an oblation[H4503], as he that offereth swine[H2386]'s blood[H1818]; he that burneth[H2142] frankincense[H3828], as he that blesseth[H1288] an idol[H205]. Yea[H977], they have chosen their own ways[H1870], and their soul[H5315] delighteth[H2654] in their abominations[H8251]:
4. I also will choose[H977] their delusions[H8586], and will bring[H935] their fears[H4035] upon them[H7121]; because when I called, none did answer[H6030]; when I spake[H1696], they did not hear[H8085]: but they did[H6213] that which was evil[H7451] in mine eyes[H5869], and chose[H977] that wherein I delighted not[H2654].
5. Hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], ye that tremble[H2730] at his word[H1697]: Your brethren[H251] that hate[H8130] you[H5077], that cast you out for my name[H8034]'s sake[H559], have said, Let Jehovah[H3068] be glorified[H3513], that we may see[H7200] your joy[H8057]; but it is they that shall be put to shame[H954].
6. A voice[H6963] of tumult[H7588] from the city[H5892], a voice[H6963] from the temple[H1964], a voice[H6963] of Jehovah[H3068] that rendereth[H7999] recompense[H1576] to his enemies[H341].
7. Before she travailed[H2342], she brought forth[H3205]; before her pain[H2256] came[H935], she was delivered[H4422] of a man-child[H2145].
8. Who hath heard[H8085] such a thing[H7200]? who hath seen such things[H776]? Shall a land be born in one[H259] day[H3117]? shall a nation[H1471] be brought forth[H2342] at once[H6471]? for as[H1571] soon as[H1571] Zion[H6726] travailed[H2342], she brought forth[H3205] her children[H1121].
9. Shall I bring to the birth[H7665], and not cause to bring forth[H3205]? saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068]: shall I[H589] that cause to bring forth[H3205] shut[H6113] the womb[H559]? saith thy God[H430].
10. Rejoice[H8055] ye with Jerusalem[H3389], and be glad[H1523] for her[H157], all ye that love her[H7797]: rejoice for joy[H4885] with her[H56], all ye that mourn over her;
11. that ye may suck[H3243] and be satisfied[H7646] with the breasts[H7699] of her consolations[H8575]; that ye may milk out[H4711], and be delighted[H6026] with the abundance[H2123] of her glory[H3519].
12. For thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Behold[H5186], I will extend peace[H7965] to her like a river[H5104], and the glory[H3519] of the nations[H1471] like an overflowing[H7857] stream[H5158]: and ye shall suck[H3243] thereof[H5375]; ye shall be borne upon the side[H6654], and shall be dandled[H8173] upon the knees[H1290].
13. As one[H376] whom his mother[H517] comforteth[H5162], so will I comfort[H5162] you[H5162]; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem[H3389].
14. And ye shall see[H7200] it[H3820], and your heart shall rejoice[H7797], and your bones[H6106] shall flourish[H6524] like the tender grass[H1877]: and the hand[H3027] of Jehovah[H3068] shall be known[H3045] toward his servants[H5650]; and he will have indignation[H2194] against his enemies[H341].
15. For[H3068], behold, Jehovah will come[H935] with fire[H784], and his chariots[H4818] shall be like the whirlwind[H5492]; to render[H7725] his anger[H639] with fierceness[H2534], and his rebuke[H1606] with flames[H3851] of fire[H784].
16. For by fire[H784] will Jehovah[H3068] execute judgment[H8199], and by his sword[H2719], upon all flesh[H1320]; and the slain[H2491] of Jehovah[H3068] shall be many[H7231].
17. They that sanctify[H6942] themselves and purify[H2891] themselves to go unto the gardens[H1593], behind[H310] one[H259] in the midst[H8432], eating[H398] swine[H2386]'s flesh[H1320], and the abomination[H8263], and the mouse[H5909], they shall come to an end[H5486] together[H3162], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068].
18. For I know their works[H4639] and their thoughts[H4284]: the time cometh[H935], that I will gather[H6908] all nations[H1471] and tongues[H3956]; and they shall come[H935], and shall see[H7200] my glory[H3519].
19. And I will set[H7760] a sign[H226] among them[H7971], and I will send such as escape[H6412] of them unto the nations[H1471], to Tarshish[H8659], Pul[H6322], and Lud[H3865], that draw[H4900] the bow[H7198], to Tubal[H8422] and Javan[H3120], to the isles[H339] afar off[H7350], that have not heard[H8085] my fame[H8088], neither have seen[H7200] my glory[H3519]; and they shall declare[H5046] my glory[H3519] among the nations[H1471].
20. And they shall bring[H935] all your brethren[H251] out of all the nations[H1471] for an oblation[H4503] unto Jehovah[H3068], upon horses[H5483], and in chariots[H7393], and in litters[H6632], and upon mules[H6505], and upon dromedaries[H3753], to my holy[H6944] mountain[H2022] Jerusalem[H3389], saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], as the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] bring[H935] their oblation[H4503] in a clean[H2889] vessel[H3627] into the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068].
21. And of them also will I take[H3947] for priests[H3548] and for Levites[H3881], saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068].
22. For as the new[H2319] heavens[H8064] and the new[H2319] earth[H776], which I will make[H6213], shall remain[H5975] before[H6440] me[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068], so shall your seed[H2233] and your name[H8034] remain[H5975].
23. And it shall come to pass[H1767], that from one new moon[H2320] to another[H2320], and from[H1767] one sabbath[H7676] to another[H7676], shall all flesh[H1320] come[H935] to worship[H7812] before[H6440] me[H559], saith Jehovah[H3068].
24. And they shall go forth[H3318], and look[H7200] upon the dead bodies[H6297] of the men[H582] that have transgressed[H6586] against me[H8438]: for their worm shall not die[H4191], neither shall their fire[H784] be quenched[H3518]; and they shall be an abhorring[H1860] unto all flesh[H1320].
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