Isaiah 66:1
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The Worship God Demands
66 Thus says the Lord:
Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool;
so what kind of house could you build for me,
what sort of place for me to rest?(A)
Isaiah 66:2
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2 All these things my hand has made,
so all these things are mine,[a]
says the Lord.
But this is the one to whom I will look,
to the humble and contrite in spirit
who trembles at my word.(A)
Footnotes
- 66.2 Gk Syr: Heb these things came to be
Matthew 5:34
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34 But I say to you: Do not swear at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,(A)
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Matthew 5:35
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35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
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