Heaven Is God’s Throne
Hypocrisy Rebuked
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“But he who kills an ox is like one who slays a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb is like the one who breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering is like one who offers (F)swine’s blood;
He who (b)(G)burns incense is like the one who blesses an idol.
As they have chosen their (H)own ways,
And their soul delights in their (I)abominations,
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He who offers a grain offering is like one who offers (F)swine’s blood;
He who (b)(G)burns incense is like the one who blesses an idol.
As they have chosen their (H)own ways,
And their soul delights in their (I)abominations,
“A voice of uproar from the city, a voice from the temple,
The voice of the Lord who is (R)rendering recompense to His enemies.
The voice of the Lord who is (R)rendering recompense to His enemies.
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“Shall I bring to the point of birth and (V)not give delivery?” says the Lord.
“Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?” says your God.
“Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?” says your God.
Joy in Jerusalem’s Future
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“As one whom his mother comforts, so I will (AE)comfort you;
And you will be comforted in Jerusalem.”
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And you will be comforted in Jerusalem.”
18 “For I (h)know their works and their (AR)thoughts; (i)the time is coming to (AS)gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory.
19 I will set a (AT)sign among them and will send survivors from them to the nations: (AU)Tarshish, (j)Put, (AV)Lud, (k)Meshech, (AW)Tubal and (l)Javan, to the distant (AX)coastlands that have neither heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they will (AY)declare My glory among the nations.
20 Then they shall (AZ)bring all your brethren from all the nations as a grain offering to the Lord, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules and on camels, to My (BA)holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a (BB)clean vessel to the house of the Lord.
21 I will also take some of them for (BC)priests and for Levites,” says the Lord.
Footnotes:
a.
Isaiah 66:1: ['Lit ', is My resting place, '?']
b.
Isaiah 66:3: ['Lit ', offers a memorial of incense]
c.
Isaiah 66:4: ['Lit ', ill treatments]
d.
Isaiah 66:8: ['Lit ', travailed with]
e.
Isaiah 66:12: ['Lit ', nurse]
f.
Isaiah 66:12: ['Lit ', side]
g.
Isaiah 66:17: ['Lit ', After]
h.
Isaiah 66:18: ['So with Gr; Heb omits ', know]
i.
Isaiah 66:18: ['Lit ', it is coming]
j.
Isaiah 66:19: ['So with Gr; Heb ', Pul]
k.
Isaiah 66:19: ['So with Gr; Heb ', those who draw the bow]
l.
Isaiah 66:19: ['I.e. Greece']
m.
Isaiah 66:23: ['Lit ', flesh]
n.
Isaiah 66:24: ['Or ', rebelled]
o.
Isaiah 66:24: ['Lit ', flesh]
Cross references:
AD.
Isaiah 66:12:
Isaiah 60:4
AE.
Isaiah 66:13:
Isaiah 12:1; Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 49:13; Isaiah 51:3; 2 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 1:4
AF.
Isaiah 66:14:
Isaiah 33:20
AW.
Isaiah 66:19:
Genesis 10:2
BB.
Isaiah 66:20:
Isaiah 52:11
BE.
Isaiah 66:22:
Isaiah 61:8; Isaiah 61:9; Isaiah 65:22; Isaiah 65:23; John 10:27-29; 1 Peter 1:4; 1 Peter 1:5
BF.
Isaiah 66:22:
Isaiah 56:5
BM.
Isaiah 66:24:
Daniel 12:2