Rejoice with Jerusalem

(A)“Before she was in labor
    she gave birth;
before her pain came upon her
    she delivered a son.
Who has heard such a thing?
    Who has seen such things?
Shall a land be born in one day?
    Shall a nation be brought forth in one moment?
For (B)as soon as Zion was in labor
    she brought forth her children.
Shall I bring to the point of birth and not cause to bring forth?”
    says the Lord;
“shall I, who cause to bring forth, shut the womb?”
    says your God.

10 (C)“Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her,
    all you who love her;
rejoice with her in joy,
    all you who mourn over her;
11 that you may nurse and be satisfied
    from her consoling breast;
that you may drink deeply with delight
    from her glorious abundance.”[a]

12 For thus says the Lord:
(D)“Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
    and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
and (E)you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip,
    and bounced upon her knees.
13 As one whom his mother comforts,
    so (F)I will comfort you;
    you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
14 You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice;
    (G)your bones shall flourish like the grass;
and (H)the hand of the Lord shall be known to his servants,
    and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.

Final Judgment and Glory of the Lord

15 “For behold, (I)the Lord will come in fire,
    and (J)his chariots like the whirlwind,
to render his anger in fury,
    and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For (K)by fire (L)will the Lord enter into judgment,
    and by his sword, with all flesh;
    and those slain by the Lord shall be many.

17 (M)“Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one in the midst, (N)eating pig's flesh and the abomination and mice, shall come to an end together, declares the Lord.

18 “For I know[b] their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming[c] (O)to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory, 19 and I will set a sign among them. And from them (P)I will send survivors to the nations, to (Q)Tarshish, (R)Pul, and (S)Lud, who draw the bow, to (T)Tubal and (U)Javan, (V)to the coastlands far away, (W)that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations. 20 (X)And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations (Y)as an offering to the Lord, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord. 21 (Z)And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the Lord.

22 “For as (AA)the new heavens and the new earth
    that I make
shall remain before me, says the Lord,
    so (AB)shall your offspring and your name remain.
23 (AC)From new moon to new moon,
    and from Sabbath to Sabbath,
all flesh shall come to worship before me,
declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 66:11 Or breast
  2. Isaiah 66:18 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew lacks know
  3. Isaiah 66:18 Hebrew and it is coming

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