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Chapter 66 |
| 1 | Thus saith the
LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the
house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? |
| 2 | For
all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the
LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite
spirit, and trembleth at my word. |
| 3 | He that killeth an ox is as if
he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he
that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth
incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and
their soul delighteth in their abominations. |
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4 | I also will choose their
delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none
did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine
eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. |
| 5 | Hear the word
of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that
cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall
appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. |
| 6 | A voice of
noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that
rendereth recompence to his enemies. |
| 7 | Before she travailed, she
brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
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| 8 | Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth
be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as
soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. |
| 9 | Shall I bring
to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to
bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God. |
| 10 | Rejoice ye
with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy
with her, all ye that mourn for her: |
| 11 | That ye may suck, and be
satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be
delighted with the abundance of her glory. |
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12 | For thus saith the
LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the
Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her
sides, and be dandled upon her knees. |
| 13 | As one whom his mother
comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in
Jerusalem. |
| 14
| And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your
bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known
toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. |
| 15 | For,
behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind,
to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. |
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For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain
of the LORD shall be many. |
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17 | They that sanctify themselves, and
purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's
flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith
the LORD. |
| 18
| For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come,
that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my
glory. |
| 19
| And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those
that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the
bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame,
neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the
Gentiles. |
| 20
| And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering
unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters,
and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the
LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the
house of the LORD. |
| 21 | And I will also take of them for priests and
for Levites, saith the LORD. |
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22 | For as the new heavens and the new
earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your
seed and your name remain. |
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23 | And it shall come to pass, that from
one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come
to worship before me, saith the LORD. |
| 24 | And they shall go forth, and
look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their
worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an
abhorring unto all flesh. |
