Isaiah 66 Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth the footstool of my feet; what kind of house will ye build for me? or of what kind is the place of my rest?

Ottley⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth the footstool of my feet; what kind of house will ye build for me? or of what kind is the place of my rest? ² For all these things hath my hand made; and all these things are mine, saith the Lord; and unto whom shall I look, save to him that is humble, and quiet, and trembleth at my words? ³ But the transgressor, who sacrificeth to me a bullock, is as one that slayeth a dog, and he that offereth fine flour as though it were swine's blood; he that giveth frankincense for a memorial, as a blasphemer; and they chose their own ways, and their abominations, which their soul desired. ⁴ And I will choose their mockeries, and requite unto them their sins: for I called them, and they hearkened not unto me; I spake, and they heard not: and they did that which was wicked before me, and chose out things which I willed not. ⁵ Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; speak, our brethren, to them that hate us and hold (us) in abomination, that the name of the Lord may be glorified, and may be seen in their joy; and they shall be ashamed. ⁶ A voice of crying from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord requiting a requital to them that resist him. ⁷ Before the travailing woman brought forth, before the pain of her pangs came, she escaped, and bare a man-child. ⁸ Who (hath) heard such a thing, and who hath seen it so? did the earth travail in one day, was a nation ever born at once? for Zion travailed, and she brought forth her children. ⁹ But it was I that gave thee this expectation, and thou rememberedst me not, saith the Lord: behold, is it not I that make the fruitful and the barren? saith thy God. ¹⁰ Rejoice, O Jerusalem, and keep solemn assembly, all ye that dwell in her; rejoice with joy, all ye that mourn over her. ¹¹ That ye may suck, and be filled from the breast of her consolation; that ye may suck out, and take delight from the entering in of her glory. ¹² For thus saith the Lord: Behold, I do incline toward them like a river of peace, and like a torrent overflowing the glory of nations: their children shall be borne upon the shoulders, and on the knees shall they be comforted, ¹⁴ And your heart shall see and rejoice, and your bones shall grow up as herbage: and the hand of the Lord shall be made known to them that worship him, and he shall threaten the disobedient. ¹⁵ For behold, the Lord shall come as a fire, and his chariots as a whirlwind, to render vengeance in wrath, and utter rejection in a flame of fire. ¹⁶ For by the fire of the Lord shall all the earth be judged, and all flesh by his sword: many shall be wounded by the Lord. ¹⁷ They that hallow and purify themselves for the gardens, and eat swine's flesh, and their abominations, and the mouse, in the forecourts, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord. ¹⁸ And I (know) their works, and their reasoning; I am coming to gather together all the nations and the tongues, and they shall come, and shall see my glory. ¹⁹ And I will leave signs upon them, and I will send forth from them those that are saved to the nations, to Tarshish, and Phut, and Lud, and Meshech, and Tubal, and to Greece, and to the isles afar off; men who have not heard my name, neither have seen my glory: and they shall declare my glory among the nations. ²⁰ And they shall bring your brethren out of all the nations for a gift to the Lorp, with horses and chariots, in mule-chariots with awnings, into the holy city Jerusalem, saith the Lord, that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices to me with psalms, into the house of the Lord. ²¹ And from them will I take me priests and Levites, saith the Lord. ²² For like as the heaven (is) new, and the earth (is) new, that which I make remaineth before me, saith the Lord: so shall your seed and your name stand. ²³ And it shall be, for month after month, and sabbath after sabbath, all flesh shall come before me to worship at Jerusalem, saith the Lord. ²⁴ And they shall go forth, and shall see the limbs of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm doth not cease, and their fire shall not be quenched: and they shall be for a spectacle to all flesh.