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<p class="indent2"> whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; <p class="indent1"> whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; <p class="indent2"> whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. <p class="indent1"> Indeed, they have chosen their own ways <p class="indent2"> and delighted in their abominations. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/66-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So I will choose their punishment <p class="indent2"> and I will bring terror upon them, <p class="indent1"> because I called and no one answered, <p class="indent2"> I spoke and no one listened. <p class="indent1"> But they did evil in My sight <p class="indent2"> and chose that in which I did not delight.” <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/66-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You who tremble at His word, <p class="indent2"> hear the word of the LORD: <p class="indent1stline">“Your brothers who hate you <p class="indent2"> and exclude you because of My name <p class="indent1"> have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified <p class="indent2"> that we may see your joy!’ <p class="indent2"> But they will be put to shame.” <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/66-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Hear the uproar from the city; <p class="indent2"> listen to the voice from the temple! <p class="indent1"> It is the voice of the LORD, <p class="indent2"> repaying His enemies what they deserve! <A name="8"></a><p class="hdg">Rejoice with Jerusalem<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/66-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; <p class="indent2"> before she was in pain, she delivered a boy. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/66-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Who has heard of such as this? <p class="indent2"> Who has seen such things? <p class="indent1"> Can a country be born in a day <p class="indent2"> or a nation be delivered in an instant? <p class="indent1"> Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, <p class="indent2"> she gave birth to her children. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/66-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” <p class="indent2"> says the LORD. <p class="indent1">“Or will I who deliver close the womb?” <p class="indent2"> says your God. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/66-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, <p class="indent2"> all who love her. <p class="indent1"> Rejoice greatly with her, <p class="indent2"> all who mourn over her, <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/66-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>so that you may nurse and be satisfied <p class="indent2"> at her comforting breasts; <p class="indent1"> you may drink deeply and delight yourselves <p class="indent2"> in her glorious abundance. <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/66-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For this is what the LORD says: <p class="indent1stline">“I will extend peace to her like a river, <p class="indent2"> and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; <p class="indent1"> you will nurse and be carried on her arm, <p class="indent2"> and bounced upon her knees. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/66-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>As a mother comforts her son, <p class="indent2"> so will I comfort you, <p class="indent2"> and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.” <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/66-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>When you see, you will rejoice, <p class="indent2"> and you will flourish like grass; <p class="indent1"> then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, <p class="indent2"> but His wrath will be shown to His enemies. <A name="16"></a><p class="hdg">Final Judgments against the Wicked<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/66-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For behold, the LORD will come with fire—<p class="indent2"> His chariots are like a whirlwind—<p class="indent1"> to execute His anger with fury <p class="indent2"> and His rebuke with flames of fire. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/66-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For by fire and by His sword, <p class="indent2"> the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, <p class="indent2"> and many will be slain by the LORD. <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/66-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD. <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/66-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory. <A name="20"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/66-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. <p class="reg"> So they will proclaim My glory among the nations. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/66-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.” <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/66-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“And I will select some of them as priests and Levites,” says the LORD. <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/66-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“For just as the new heavens and the new earth,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <p class="indent2"> which I will make, will endure before Me,” <p class="selah"> declares the LORD, <p class="indent2">“so your descendants and your name will endure. <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/66-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>From one New Moon to another <p class="indent2"> and from one Sabbath to another, <p class="indent1"> all mankind will come to worship before Me,” <p class="indent2"> says the LORD. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/66-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“As they go forth, they will see the corpses <p class="indent2"> of the men who have rebelled against Me; <p class="indent1"> for their worm will never die, <p class="indent2"> their fire will never be quenched,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <p class="indent1"> and they will be a horror <p class="indent2"> to all mankind.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Cited in <a href="../acts/7.htm#49">Acts 7:49</a>–50<br><span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Literally <i>And I, their deeds and their thoughts, am coming</i><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>coastlands</i><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> LXX <i>the new heaven and the new earth</i>; see also <a href="../isaiah/65.htm#17">Isaiah 65:17</a> and <a href="../revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21:1</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">24</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Cited in <a href="../mark/9.htm#48">Mark 9:48</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="//majoritybible.com">The Holy Bible, Majority Standard Bible, MSB</a> is produced in cooperation with <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a>, <a href="//discoverybible.com">Discovery Bible</a>, <a href="//openbible.com">OpenBible.com</a>, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. 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