Isaiah 66:1-2

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Where God may be found

66 The Lord says:
Heaven is my throne,
    and earth is my footstool.
So where could you build a house for me,
    and where could my resting place be?
²My hand made all these things
    and brought them into being, says the Lord.
But here is where I will look:
    to the humble and contrite in spirit,
    who tremble at my word.

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Isaiah 66:18-23

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Worshippers gathered from the nations

¹⁸Because of their actions and thoughts, I’m coming to gather all nations and cultures. They will come to see my glory. ¹⁹I will put a sign on them, by sending out some of the survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Libya, and Lydia, and to the archers of Cilicia and Greece—distant coastlands that haven’t heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will declare my glory among the nations. ²⁰They will bring your family members from all nations as an offering to the Lord—on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules, and on camels—to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, like Israelites bringing an offering in purified containers to the Lord’s house. ²¹I will select some of them as priests and Levites, says the Lord.

²²As the new heavens and the new earth that I’m making will endure before me, says the Lord,
so your descendants and your name will endure.
²³From month to month and from Sabbath to Sabbath,
all humanity will come to worship me, says the Lord.

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