Isa 66
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Thus says YHWH, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of
house will you build to me? and what place shall be my rest?
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For all these things has my hand made, and [so] all these things came to be, says
YHWH: but to this man will I look, even to him whom is poor and of a contrite spirit,
and that trembles at my word.
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He who kills an ox is as he who slays a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks
a dog`s neck; he who offers an oblation, [as he who offers] swine`s blood; he who
burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways,
and their soul delights in their abominations:
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I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because
when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did that
which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not.
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Hear the word of YHWH, you that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hate you,
that cast you out for my name`s sake, have said, Let YHWH be glorified, that we may
see your joy; but it is they that shall be put to shame.
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A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of YHWH that renders
recompense to his enemies.
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Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of
a man-child.
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Who has heard such a thing? who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one
day? shall a nation be brought forth at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought
forth her children.
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Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? says YHWH: shall I that
cause to bring forth shut [the womb]? says your God.
10
Rejoice you with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you that love her: rejoice for
joy with her, all you that mourn over her;
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that you may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that you
may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
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For thus says YHWH, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory
of the nations like an overflowing stream: and you shall suck [thereof]; you shall
be borne upon the side, and shall be dandled upon the knees.
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As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you shall be comforted
in Jerusalem.
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And you shall see [it], and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish
like the tender grass: and the hand of YHWH shall be known toward his servants; and
he will have indignation against his enemies.
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For, behold, YHWH will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind;
to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
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For by fire will YHWH execute judgment, and by his sword, upon all flesh; and the
slain of YHWH shall be many.
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They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves [to go] to the gardens, behind
one in the midst, eating swine`s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall
come to an end together, says YHWH.
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For I [know] their works and their thoughts: [the time] comes, that I will gather
all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and shall see my glory.
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And I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape of them to 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 nations.
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And they shall bring all your brethren out of all the nations for an oblation to YHWH,
upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon dromedaries,
to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says YHWH, as the children of Israel bring their oblation
in a clean vessel into the house of YHWH.
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And of them also will I take for priests [and] for Levites, says YHWH.
22
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me,
says YHWH, so shall your seed and your name remain.
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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, says YHWH.
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And they shall go forth, and look upon the dead bodies 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 to all flesh.