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2 For all those things My hand has made,
And all those things exist,”
Says the Lord.
a“But on this one will I look:
bOn him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,
And who trembles at My word. 
3 “Hea who kills a bull is as if he slays a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb, as if he bbreaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering, as if he offers swine’s blood;
He who burns incense, as if he blesses an idol.
Just as they have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their abominations, 
4 So will I choose their delusions,
And bring their fears on them;
aBecause, when I called, no one answered,
When I spoke they did not hear;
But they did evil before My eyes,
And chose that in which I do not delight.” 

The Lord Vindicates Zion

5 Hear the word of the Lord,
You who tremble at His word:
“Your brethren who ahated you,
Who cast you out for My name’s sake, said,
b‘Let the Lord be glorified,
That cwe may see your joy.’
But they shall be ashamed.” 
6 The sound of noise from the city!
A voice from the temple!
The voice of the Lord,
Who fully repays His enemies!
7 “Before she was in labor, she gave birth;
Before her pain came,
She delivered a male child.
8 Who has heard such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day?
Or shall a nation be born at once?
For as soon as Zion was in labor,
She gave birth to her children.
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Isaiah 66:4

delusions— (II Thessalonians 2:11), answering to "their own ways" (Isaiah 66:3; so Proverbs 1:31). However, the Hebrew means rather "vexations," "calamities," which also the parallelism to "fears" requires; "choose their calamities" means, "choose the calamities which they thought to escape by their own ways."

their fears—the things they feared, to avert which their idolatrous "abominations" (Isaiah 66:3) were practised.

I called . . . none . . . answer—(See on Isaiah 65:12; Isaiah 65:24; Jeremiah 7:13).

did . . . chose—not only did the evil deed, but did it deliberately as a matter of choice (Romans 1:32). "They chose that in which I delighted not"; therefore, "I will choose" that in which they delight not, the "calamities" and "fears" which they were most anxious to avert.

before mine eyes—(See on Isaiah 65:3).




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