Isaiah (KJV) 66
66 Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my
throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto
me? and where is the place of my rest?
2 For all those things hath mine hand made,
and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look,
even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a
man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that
offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense,
as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul
delighteth in their abominations.
4 I also will choose their delusions, and will
bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I
spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in
which I delighted not.
5 Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble
at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's
sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and
they shall be ashamed.
6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from
the temple, a voice of the Lord that rendereth recompence to his enemies.
7 Before she travailed, she brought forth;
before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen
such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a
nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her
children.
9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to
bring forth? saith the Lord: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb?
saith thy God.
10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with
her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the
breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the
abundance of her glory.
12 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will
extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing
stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled
upon her knees.
13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I
comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
14 And when ye see this, your heart shall
rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the Lord
shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
15 For, behold, the Lord will come with fire,
and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his
rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the Lord
plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify
themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh,
and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts:
it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come,
and see my glory.
19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will
send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud,
that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not
heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory
among the Gentiles.
20 And they shall bring all your brethren for
an offering unto the Lord out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and
in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain
Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a
clean vessel into the house of the Lord.
21 And I will also take of them for priests and
for Levites, saith the Lord.
22 For as the new heavens and the new earth,
which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed
and your name remain.
23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new
moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to
worship before me, saith the Lord.
24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the
carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not
die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto
all flesh.
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