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66 : 1 Thus says theLord:Heaven is my throne,and the earth is my footstool;what is the house that you would build for me,and what is the place of my rest?
66 : 2 All these things my hand has made,and so all these things came to be,declares theLord.But this is the one to whom I will look:he who is humble and contrite in spiritand trembles at my word.
66 : 3 He who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a man;he who sacrifices a lamb, like one who breaks a dog's neck;he who presents a grain offering, like one who offerspig's blood;he who makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like one who blesses an idol.These have chosen their own ways,and their soul delights in their abominations;
66 : 4 I also will choose harsh treatment for themand bringtheir fears upon them,because when I called, no one answered,when I spoke, they did not listen;but they did what was evil in my eyesand chose that in which I did not delight.
66 : 5 Hear the word of theLord,you who tremble at his word:Your brothers who hate youand cast you out for my name's sakehave said,Let theLordbe glorified,that we may see your joy;but it is they who shall be put to shame.
66 : 6 The sound of an uproar from the city!A sound from the temple!The sound of theLord,rendering recompense to his enemies!
66 : 7 Before she was in laborshe gave birth;before her pain came upon hershe delivered a son.
66 : 8 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 in one moment?Foras soon as Zion was in laborshe brought forth her children.
66 : 9 Shall I bring to the point of birth and not cause to bring forth?says theLord;shall I, who cause to bring forth, shut the womb?says your God.
66 : 10 Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her,all you who love her;rejoice with her in joy,all you who mourn over her;
66 : 11 that you may nurse and be satisfiedfrom her consoling breast;that you may drink deeply with delightfrom her glorious abundance.
66 : 12 For thus says theLord:Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;andyou shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip,and bounced upon her knees.
66 : 13 As one whom his mother comforts,soI will comfort you;you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
66 : 14 You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice;your bones shall flourish like the grass;andthe hand of theLordshall be known to his servants,and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.
66 : 15 For behold,theLordwill come in fire,andhis chariots like the whirlwind,to render his anger in fury,and his rebuke with flames of fire.
66 : 16 Forby firewill theLordenter into judgment,and by his sword, with all flesh;and those slain by theLordshall be many.
66 : 17 Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one in the midst,eating pig's flesh and the abomination and mice, shall come to an end together, declares theLord.
66 : 18 For I knowtheir works and their thoughts, and the time is comingto gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory,
66 : 19 and I will set a sign among them. And from themI will send survivors to the nations, toTarshish,Pul, andLud, who draw the bow, toTubal andJavan,to the coastlands far away,that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations.
66 : 20 And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nationsas an offering to theLord, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says theLord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of theLord.
66 : 21 And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says theLord.
66 : 22 For asthe new heavens and the new earththat I makeshall remain before me, says theLord,soshall your offspring and your name remain.
66 : 23 From new moon to new moon,and from Sabbath to Sabbath,all flesh shall come to worship before me,declares theLord.
66 : 24 And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. Fortheir worm shall not die,their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.