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Isaiah 66

Heaven Is God's Throne

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Thus says the LORD, " aHeaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. Where then is a  bhouse you could build for Me? And where is a place that  1I may rest?

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"For  aMy hand made all these things, Thus all these things came into being," declares the LORD. "But to this one I will look, To him who is humble and  bcontrite of spirit, and who  ctrembles at My word.

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  aswine's blood; He who  1 bburns incense is like the one who blesses an idol. As they have chosen their  cown ways, And their soul delights in their  dabominations,

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So I will  achoose their  1punishments And will  bbring on them what they dread. Because I called, but  cno one answered; I spoke, but they did not listen. And they did  devil in My sight And chose that in which I did not delight."

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Hear the word of the LORD, you who  atremble at His word: "Your brothers who  bhate you, who  cexclude you for My name's sake, Have said, `Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy.' But  dthey will be put to shame.

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"A voice of uproar from the city, a voice from the temple, The voice of the LORD who is  arendering recompense to His enemies.

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"Before she travailed,  ashe brought forth; Before her pain came,  bshe gave birth to a boy.

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aWho has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Can a land be  1born in one day? Can a nation be brought forth all at once? As soon as Zion travailed, she also brought forth her sons.

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"Shall I bring to the point of birth and  anot give delivery?" says the LORD. "Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?" says your God.

Joy in Jerusalem's Future

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"Be  ajoyful with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you who  blove her; Be exceedingly  cglad with her, all you who mourn over her,

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That you may nurse and  abe satisfied with her comforting breasts, That you may suck and be delighted with her  bbountiful bosom."

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For thus says the LORD, "Behold, I extend  apeace to her like a river, And the  bglory of the nations like an overflowing stream; And you will  1be nursed, you will be  ccarried on the  2hip and fondled on the knees.

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"As one whom his mother comforts, so I will  acomfort you; And you will be comforted in Jerusalem."

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Then you will  asee this, and your  bheart will be glad, And your  cbones will flourish like the new grass; And the  dhand of the LORD will be made known to His servants, But He will be  eindignant toward His enemies.

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For behold, the LORD will come in  afire And His  bchariots like the whirlwind, To render His anger with fury, And His rebuke with flames of fire.

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For the LORD will execute judgment by  afire And by His  bsword on all flesh, And those slain by the LORD will be many.

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"Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go to the  agardens,  1Following one in the center, Who eat  bswine's flesh, detestable things and mice, Will  ccome to an end altogether," declares the LORD.

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"For I  1know their works and their  athoughts;  2the time is coming to  bgather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory.

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"I will set a  asign among them and will send survivors from them to the nations:  bTarshish,  1Put,  cLud,  2Meshech,  dTubal and  3Javan, to the distant  ecoastlands that have neither heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they will  fdeclare My glory among the nations.

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"Then they shall  abring 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  bholy mountain Jerusalem," says the LORD, "just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a  cclean vessel to the house of the LORD.

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"I will also take some of them for  apriests and for Levites," says the LORD.

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"For just as the  anew heavens and the new earth Which I make will endure before Me," declares the LORD, "So your  boffspring and your  cname will endure.

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"And it shall be from  anew moon to new moon And from sabbath to sabbath, All  1mankind will come to  bbow down before Me," says the LORD.

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"Then they will go forth and look On the  acorpses of the men Who have  1 btransgressed against Me. For their  cworm will not die  dAnd their fire will not be quenched; And they will be an  eabhorrence to all  2mankind."



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