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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Isaiah 66 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/66.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">True Worship</h3>1<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.66.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> <a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.66.1!x.2" class="notelink x-link"></a> The Lord said:Heaven is my throne;the earth is my footstool.What kind of housecould you build for me?In what place will I rest?2I have made everything;that's how it all came to be.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.66.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> I, the Lord, have spoken.The people I treasure mostare the humble—they depend only on meand tremble when I speak.3You sacrifice oxen to me,and you commit murder;you sacrifice lambs to meand dogs to other gods;you offer grain to meand pigs' blood to idols;you burn incense to meand praise your idols.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.66.3!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> You have made your own choiceto do these disgusting thingsthat you enjoy so much.4You refused to answerwhen I called out;you paid no attentionto my instructions.Instead, you did what I hated,knowing it was wrong.Now I will punish<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.66.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> youin a way you dread the most.<h3 class="s1">The Lord Will Help Jerusalem</h3>5If you tremblewhen the Lord speaks,listen to what he says:“Some of your own people hateand reject you because of me.They make fun and say,‘Let the Lord show his power!Let us see himmake you truly happy.’<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.66.5!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> But those who say these thingswill be terribly ashamed.”6Do you hear that noisein the city and those shoutscoming from the temple?It is the Lord shoutingas he punishes his enemies.7<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.66.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> Have you ever heard of a womanwho gave birth to a childbefore having labor pains?8Who ever heard of such a thingor imagined it could happen?Can a nation be born in a dayor come to life in a second?Jerusalem is like a motherwho gave birth to her childrenas soon as she was in labor.9The Lord is the onewho makes birth possible.And he will see that Zionhas many more children.The Lord has spoken.10If you love Jerusalem,celebrate and shout!If you were in sorrowbecause of the city,you can now be glad.11She will nurse and comfort you,just like your own mother,until you are satisfied.You will fully enjoyher wonderful glory.12The Lord has promised:“I will flood Jerusalemwith the wealth of nationsand make the city prosper.Zion will nurse you at her breast,carry you in her arms,and hold you in her lap.13I will comfort you therelike a mothercomforting her child.”14When you see this happen,you will celebrate;your strength will returnfaster than grass can sprout.Then everyone will knowthat the Lord provides helpfor his servants,but he is angrywith his enemies.15The Lord will come downlike a whirlwindwith his flaming chariots.He will be furiously angryand punish his enemieswith fire.16The Lord's fiery swordwill bring justiceeverywhere on this earthand execute many people.<h3 class="s1">A Threat and a Promise</h3>17Some of you get yourselves ready and go to a garden to worship a foreign goddess.<a href="#Isa.66.17!f.1" id="link_Isa.66.17!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> You eat the meat of pigs, lizards, and mice. But I, the Lord, will destroy you for this.18I know everything you do and think! The time has now come<a href="#Isa.66.18!f.1" id="link_Isa.66.18!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> to bring together the people of every language and nation and to show them my glory 19by proving what I can do.<a href="#Isa.66.19!f.1" id="link_Isa.66.19!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> I will send the survivors to Tarshish, Pul,<a href="#Isa.66.19!f.2" id="link_Isa.66.19!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> Lud, Meshech,<a href="#Isa.66.19!f.3" id="link_Isa.66.19!f.3" class="notelink f-link">+</a> Tubal, Javan,<a href="#Isa.66.19!f.4" id="link_Isa.66.19!f.4" class="notelink f-link">+</a> and to the distant islands. I will send them to announce my wonderful glory to nations that have never heard about me.20They will bring your relatives from the nations as an offering to me, the Lord. They will come to Jerusalem, my holy mountain, on horses, chariots, wagons, mules, and camels.<a href="#Isa.66.20!f.1" id="link_Isa.66.20!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> It will be like the people of Israel bringing the right offering to my temple. 21I promise that some of them will be priests and others will be helpers in my temple. I, the Lord, have spoken.22<a href="#Isa.66.22!x.1" id="link_Isa.66.22!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> I also promise that you will always have descendants and will never be forgotten, just as the new heavens and the new earth that I create will last forever. 23On the first day of each month and on each Sabbath, everyone will worship me. I, the Lord, have spoken.24<a href="#Isa.66.24!x.1" id="link_Isa.66.24!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> My people will go out and look at the dead bodies of those who turned against me. The worms there never die, the fire never stops burning, and the sight of those bodies will be disgusting to everyone.</div> </div> <a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">66.2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">that's … be: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">66.3 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">You sacrifice oxen … idols: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “Sacrificing oxen to me is the same as murder; sacrificing lambs to me is the same as sacrificing dogs to other gods; offering grain to me is the same as offering pigs' blood to idols; and burning incense to me is the same as praising idols.”</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">66.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">punish: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">66.5 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Some … happy: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">66.17 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Some … goddess: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">66.18 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">I … come: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">66.19 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">by … do: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">66.19 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Pul: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew; one ancient translation “Put,” a country in Africa, but neither the location of Pul or Put is known for certain.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">66.19 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Meshech: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One ancient translation; Hebrew “those who use bows and arrows.”</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">66.19 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Tarshish … Javan: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Tarshish may have been a Phoenician city in Spain; Put (see note on Pul) and Lud were African people; Meshech and Tubal were regions south or southeast of the Black Sea; the Javan were people of Asia Minor and the Greek islands.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">66.20 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">camels: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®) © 2006 American Bible Society. 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