66:1  Thus says the LORD, " Heaven serves as My throne and the earth serves as My footstool Where then would you build a house for Me? And where could you find a place that I may rest?

66:2  "For My 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 humbles himself and show contrition of spirit, and who trembles at My word.

66:3  "But he who kills an ox resembles one who slays a man; He who sacrifices a lamb resembles the one who breaks a dog's neck; He who offers a grain offering resembles one who offers swine's blood; He who burns incense resembles one who blesses an idol As they have chosen their own ways, And their soul delights in their abominations,

66:4  So I will choose their punishments And will bring on them what they dread Because I called, but no one answered; I spoke, but they did not listen And they did evil in My sight And chose that in which I did not delight."

66:5  Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at His word: "Your brothers who hate you, who exclude you for My name's sake, Have said, 'Let the LORD receive glorification, that we may see your joy ' But they will fall into shame.

66:6  "A voice of uproar from the city, a voice from the temple, The voice of the LORD who renders recompense to His enemies.

66:7  "Before she travailed, she brought forth; Before her pain came, she gave birth to a boy.

66:8  " Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Can a land receive its nativity in one day? Can a nation come into existence all at once? As soon as Zion travailed, she also brought forth her sons.

66:9  "Shall I bring to the point of birth and not give delivery?" says the LORD. "Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?" says your God.

66:10  " Have joy with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you who love her; Have exceeding gladness with her, all you who mourn over her,

66:11  That you may nurse and feel satisfied with her comforting breasts, That you may suck and feel delight with her bountiful bosom."

66:12  For thus says the LORD, "Behold, I extend peace to her like a river, And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; And you will become nursed, they will carry them on the hip and fondle them on the knees.

66:13  "As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; And you will receive comfort in Jerusalem."

66:14  Then you will see this, and your heart will have gladness, And your bones will flourish like the new grass; And the hand of the LORD His servants will know, But He will show indignity toward His enemies.

66:15  For behold, the LORD will come in fire And His chariots like the whirlwind, To render His anger with fury, And His rebuke with flames of fire.

66:16  For the LORD will execute judgment by fire And by His sword on all flesh, And the LORD will slay many.

66:17  "Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go to the gardens, Following one in the center, Who eat swine's flesh, detestable things and mice, Will come to an end altogether," declares the LORD.

66:18  "For I know their works and their thoughts; the time comes to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory.

66:19  "I will set a sign among them and will send survivors from them to the nations: Tarshish, Put, Lud, Meshech, Tubal and Javan, to the distant coastlands that have neither heard My fame nor seen My glory And they will declare My glory among the nations.

66:20  "Then they shall 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 holy mountain Jerusalem," says the LORD, "just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.

66:21  "I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites," says the LORD.

66:22  "For just as the new heavens and the new earth Which I make will endure before Me," declares the LORD, "So your offspring and your name will endure.

66:23  "And we shall mark it from new moon to new moon And from Sabbath to Sabbath, All mankind will come to bow down before Me," says the LORD.

66:24  "Then they will go forth and look On the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me For their worm will not die And no one will quench their fire; And they will become an abhorrence to all mankind."