Isaiah 66:1-9

Authorized (King James) Version

66 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.
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.
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.