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    Isaiah 66

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    Zion gives birth before labour begins, while Jerusalem nurses the people who rejoice over her; then, rather briskly, worshippers go out to inspect the corpses of rebels whose worm never dies.

    A house too small for heavenvv. 1–6

    The LORD opens with a house-building question, having already made the heavens and the earth. The offering-list then takes a sharp and alarming turn: an ox is put beside a slain man, a lamb beside a broken dog’s neck, and frankincense beside an idol. The issue is not lack of ceremony but chosen ways, deaf ears, and delight in what the LORD does not delight in. Meanwhile, those who tremble at His word are hated and excluded by their brothers, who offer them the rather unhelpful spectacle of promised joy. From the city and the temple comes the uproar of repayment.

    The astonishing maternity of Zionvv. 7–14

    Zion produces a boy before labour and delivers before pain, which is a wonderfully unruly order of events. The chapter pauses to ask who has ever seen such a thing, then answers with children born as soon as Zion is in labour. Jerusalem becomes a nursing mother: the mourners over her are fed, carried, and bounced upon her knees, while the LORD comforts them as a mother comforts her son. Peace arrives like a river, and the hand of the LORD is revealed to servants even as wrath is shown to enemies.

    Fire, nations, and the final viewvv. 15–24

    The LORD comes with fire and chariots like a whirlwind, and judgment is carried out by fire and sword. Those who purify themselves for the groves, amid the eaters of swine, vermin, and rats, perish together. Then the scene widens to all nations and tongues: survivors are sent to distant peoples, and all the brothers are brought as a gift to the holy mountain Jerusalem. Some are selected as priests and Levites; new heavens, a new earth, descendants, and a name are all said to endure. From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind comes to worship—after which the worshippers go forth and see the corpses of the rebels, still attended by their undying worm and unquenched fire. It is a notably severe exit from the service.

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    1. Isa 66:1This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?

    2. Isa 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.

    3. Isa 66:3Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.

    4. Isa 66:4So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

    5. Isa 66:5You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”

    6. Isa 66:6Hear the uproar from the city; listen to the voice from the temple! It is the voice of the LORD, repaying His enemies what they deserve!

    7. Isa 66:7“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.

    8. Isa 66:8Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.

    9. Isa 66:9Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God.

    10. Isa 66:10Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,

    11. Isa 66:11so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.

    12. Isa 66:12For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.

    13. Isa 66:13As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”

    14. Isa 66:14When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.

    15. Isa 66:15For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.

    16. Isa 66:16For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.

    17. Isa 66:17“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.

    18. Isa 66:18“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.

    19. Isa 66:19I 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 far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.

    20. Isa 66:20And 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.”

    21. Isa 66:21“And I will select some of them as priests and Levites,” says the LORD.

    22. Isa 66:22“For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.

    23. Isa 66:23From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.

    24. Isa 66:24“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”

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    • 2Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
    • 2Psalms 34:18The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
    • 2Psalms 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
    • 2Matthew 5:3–4“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
    • 1Acts 7:48–50However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
    • 1Acts 17:24The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
    • 1Matthew 5:34–35But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
    • 22 Chronicles 34:27–28because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
    • 11 Kings 8:27But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
    • 2Proverbs 28:14Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
    • 2Philippians 2:12Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
    • 1Psalms 132:7Let us go to His dwelling place; let us worship at His footstool.
    • 2Luke 18:13–14But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
    • 132 Corinthians 1:4who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
    • 1John 4:20–21Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
    • 12 Samuel 7:5–7“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?

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