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CHAPTER 66.
THUS saith the Lord: Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool:
what is this house that you will build to me? and what is this place of my
rest?
2 My hand made all these things, and all these things
were made, saith the Lord. But to whom shall I have respect, but to him that is
poor and little, and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my words?
3 He that sacrificeth an ox, is as if he slew a man: he
that killeth a sheep in sacrifice, as if he should brain a dog: he that
offereth an oblation, as if he should offer swine's blood; he that remembereth
incense, as if he should bless an idol. All these things have they chosen in
their ways, and their soul is delighted in their abominations.
4 Wherefore I also will choose their mockeries, and
will bring upon them the things they feared: y because I called, and there was
none that would answer; I have spoken, and they heard not; and they have done
evil in my eyes, and have chosen the things that displease me.
5 Hear the word of the Lord, you that tremble at his
word: Your brethren that hate you, and cast you out for my name's sake, have
said: Let the Lord be glorified, and we shall see in your joy: but they shall
be confounded.
6 A voice of the people from the city, a voice from the
temple, the voice of the Lord that rendereth recompense to his enemies.
7 Before she was in labour, she brought forth; before
her time came to be delivered, she brought forth a man child.
8 Who hath ever heard such a thing? and who hath seen
the like to this? shall the earth bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be
brought forth at once, because Sion hath been in labour, and hath brought forth
her children?
9 Shall not I that make others to bring forth children,
myself bring forth, saith the Lord? shall I, that give generation to others, be
barren, saith the Lord thy God?
10 Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all
you that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you that mourn for her.
11 That you may suck, and be filled with the breasts of
her consolations: that you may milk out, and flow with delights, from the
abundance of her glory.
12 For thus saith the Lord: Behold I will bring upon
her as it were a river of peace, and as an overflowing torrent the glory of the
Gentiles, which you shall suck; you shall be carried at the breasts, end upon
the knees they shall caress you.
13 As one whom the mother caresseth, so will I comfort
you, and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
14 You shah see and your heart shall rejoice, and your
bones shall flourish like an herb, and the hand of the Lord shall be known to
his servants, and he shall be angry with his enemies.
15 For behold the Lord will come with fire, and his
chariots are like a whirlwind, to render his wrath in indignation, and his
rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For the Lord shall judge by fire, and by his sword
unto all flesh, and the slain of the Lord shall be many.
17 They that were sanctified, and thought themselves
clean in the gardens behind the gate within, they that did eat swine's flesh,
and the abomination, and the mouse: they shall be consumed together, saith the
Lord.
18 But I know their works, and their thoughts: I come
that I may gather them together with all nations and tongues: and they shall
come and shall see my glory.
19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send of
them that shall be saved, to the Gentiles into the sea, into Africa, and Lydia
them that draw the bow: into Italy, and Greece, to the islands afar off, to
them that have not heard of me, and have not seen my glory. And they shall
declare my glory to the Gentiles:
20 And they shall bring all your brethren out of all
nations for a gift to the Lord, upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters,
and on mules, and in coaches, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as
if the children of Israel should bring an offering in a clean vessel into the
house of the Lord.
21 And I will take of them to be priests, and Levites,
saith the Lord.
22 For as the new heavens, and the new earth, which I
will make to stand before me, saith the Lord: so shall your seed stand, and
your name.
23 And there shall be month after month, and sabbath
after sabbath: and all flesh shall come to adore before my face, saith the
Lord.
24 And they shall go out, and see the carcasses of the
men that have transgressed against me: their worm shah not die, and their fire
shall not be quenched: and they shall be a loathsome sight to all flesh.
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