Isaiah 66

New American Standard Bible

Heaven Is God’s Throne

66 This is what the Lord says:

“^(A)Heaven is My throne and the earth is the footstool for My feet.
Where then is a ^(B)house you could build for Me?
And where is a place that ^[a]I may rest?
²For ^(C)My hand made all these things,
So all these things came into being,” declares the Lord.
“But I will look to this one,
At one who is humble and ^(D)contrite in spirit, and who ^(E)trembles at My word.

Hypocrisy Rebuked

³“But the one who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a person;
The one who sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
One who offers a grain offering is like one who offers ^(F)pig’s blood;
One who ^[b]^(G)burns incense is like one who blesses an idol.
As they have chosen their ^(H)own ways,
And their souls delight in their ^(I)abominations,
⁴So I will ^(J)choose their ^[c]punishments
And ^(K)bring on them what they dread.
Because I called, but ^(L)no one answered;
I spoke, but they did not listen.
Instead, they did ^(M)evil in My sight
And chose that in which I did not delight.”
⁵Hear the word of the Lord, you who ^(N)tremble at His word:
“Your brothers who ^(O)hate you, who ^(P)exclude you on account of My name,
Have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified, so that we may see your joy.’
But ^(Q)they will be put to shame.
⁶A sound of uproar from the city, a voice from the temple,
The voice of the Lord who is ^(R)dealing retribution to His enemies.

⁷“Before she was in labor, ^(S)she delivered;
Before her pain came, ^(T)she gave birth to a boy.
⁸^(U)Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things?
Can a land be ^[d]born in one day?
Can a nation be given birth all at once?
As soon as Zion was in labor, she also delivered her sons.
⁹Shall I bring to the point of birth but ^(V)not give delivery?” says the Lord.
“Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?” says your God.

Joy in Jerusalem’s Future

¹⁰“Be ^(W)joyful with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you who ^(X)love her;
Be exceedingly ^(Y)glad with her, all you who mourn over her,
¹¹So that you may nurse and ^(Z)be satisfied with her comforting breasts,
So that you may drink fully and be delighted with her ^(AA)bountiful breasts.”
¹²For this is what the Lord says: “Behold, I extend ^(AB)peace to her like a river,
And the ^(AC)glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
And you will ^[e]be nursed, you will be ^(AD)carried on the ^[f]hip and rocked back and forth on the knees.
¹³As one whom his mother comforts, so I will ^(AE)comfort you;
And you will be comforted in Jerusalem.”
¹⁴Then you will ^(AF)see this, and your ^(AG)heart will be glad,
And your ^(AH)bones will flourish like the new grass;
And the ^(AI)hand of the Lord will be made known to His servants,
But He will be ^(AJ)indignant toward His enemies.
¹⁵For behold, the Lord will come in ^(AK)fire,
And His ^(AL)chariots like the whirlwind,
To render His anger with fury,
And His rebuke with flames of fire.
¹⁶For the Lord will execute judgment by ^(AM)fire
And by His ^(AN)sword on ^[g]humanity,
And those put to death by the Lord will be many.
¹⁷“Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go to the ^(AO)gardens,
^[h]Following one in the center,
Who eat ^(AP)pig’s flesh, detestable things, and mice,
Will ^(AQ)come to an end altogether,” declares the Lord.

¹⁸“For I ^[i]know their works and their ^(AR)thoughts; ^[j]the time is coming to ^(AS)gather all the nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory. ¹⁹And I will put a ^(AT)sign among them and send survivors from them to the nations: ^(AU)Tarshish, ^[k]Put, ^(AV)Lud, ^[l]Meshech, ^(AW)Tubal, and ^[m]Javan, to the distant ^(AX)coastlands that have neither heard of My fame nor seen My glory. And they will ^(AY)declare My glory among the nations. ²⁰Then they shall ^(AZ)bring all your countrymen from all the nations as a grain offering to the Lord, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules, and on camels, to My ^(BA)holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a ^(BB)clean vessel to the house of the Lord. ²¹I will also take some of them as ^(BC)priests and Levites,” says the Lord.

²²“For just as the ^(BD)new heavens and the new earth,
Which I make, will endure before Me,” declares the Lord,
“So will your ^(BE)descendants and your ^(BF)name endure.
²³And it shall be from ^(BG)new moon to new moon
And from Sabbath to Sabbath,
All ^[n]mankind will come to ^(BH)bow down before Me,” says the Lord.
²⁴“Then they will go out and look
At the ^(BI)corpses of the people
Who have ^(BJ)rebelled against Me.
For their ^(BK)worm will not die
^(BL)And their fire will not be extinguished;
And they will be an ^(BM)abhorrence to all ^[o]mankind.”

Footnotes

Isaiah 66:1 Lit is My resting place?
Isaiah 66:3 Lit offers a memorial of incense
Isaiah 66:4 Lit ill treatments
Isaiah 66:8 Lit born through labor-pains
Isaiah 66:12 Lit nurse
Isaiah 66:12 Lit side
Isaiah 66:16 Lit all flesh
Isaiah 66:17 Lit After
Isaiah 66:18 As in LXX; know not found in MT
Isaiah 66:18 Lit it is coming
Isaiah 66:19 As in LXX; MT Pul
Isaiah 66:19 As in LXX; MT those who draw the bow
Isaiah 66:19 I.e., Greece
Isaiah 66:23 Lit flesh
Isaiah 66:24 Lit flesh

Proverbs 14:29-35

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²⁹One who is ^(A)slow to anger has great understanding;
But one who is ^[a]quick-tempered exalts foolishness.
³⁰A ^(B)tranquil heart is life to the body,
But jealousy is ^(C)rottenness to the bones.
³¹One ^(D)who oppresses the poor taunts ^(E)his Maker,
But one who is gracious to the needy honors Him.
³²The wicked is ^(F)thrust down by his own wrongdoing,
But the ^(G)righteous has a refuge when he dies.
³³Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding,
But among fools it is made known.
³⁴Righteousness exalts a nation,
But sin is a disgrace to any people.
³⁵The king’s favor is toward a ^(H)servant who acts wisely,
But his anger is toward him who acts shamefully.

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Footnotes

Proverbs 14:29 Lit short of spirit

John 17

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The High Priestly Prayer

17 Jesus spoke these things; and ^(A)raising His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; ^(B)glorify Your Son, so that the Son may glorify You, ²just as ^(C)You gave Him authority over all ^[a]mankind, so that ^[b]^(D)to all whom You have given Him, ^(E)He may give eternal life. ³And this is eternal life, that they may know You, ^(F)the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom ^(G)You have sent. ⁴^(H)I glorified You on the earth ^[c]^(I)by accomplishing the work which You have given Me to do. ⁵And now You, Father, ^(J)glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had ^(K)with You before the world existed.

⁶“^(L)I have revealed Your name to the men whom ^(M)You gave Me out of the world; they were ^(N)Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have ^(O)followed Your word. ⁷Now they have come to know that everything which You have given Me is from You; ⁸for ^(P)the words which You gave Me ^(Q)I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that ^(R)I came forth from You, and they believed that ^(S)You sent Me. ⁹^(T)I ask on their behalf; ^(U)I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on the behalf of those whom ^(V)You have given Me, because ^(W)they are Yours; ¹⁰and ^(X)all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them. ¹¹I am no longer going to be in the world; and yet ^(Y)they themselves are in the world, and ^(Z)I am coming to You. ^(AA)Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name ^(AB)which You have given Me, so that ^(AC)they may be one just as We are. ¹²While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name, ^(AD)which You have given Me; and I guarded them, and ^(AE)not one of them perished except ^(AF)the ^[d]son of destruction, so that the ^(AG)Scripture would be fulfilled.

The Disciples in the World

¹³But now ^(AH)I am coming to You; and ^(AI)these things I speak in the world so that they may have My ^(AJ)joy made full in themselves. ¹⁴I have given them Your word; and ^(AK)the world has hated them because ^(AL)they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. ¹⁵I am not asking You to take them out of the world, but to keep them away from ^[e]^(AM)the evil one. ¹⁶^(AN)They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. ¹⁷^(AO)Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. ¹⁸Just as ^(AP)You sent Me into the world, ^(AQ)I also sent them into the world. ¹⁹And for their sakes I ^(AR)sanctify Myself, so that they themselves also may be ^(AS)sanctified ^(AT)in truth.

²⁰“I am not asking on behalf of these alone, but also for those who believe in Me through their word, ²¹that they may all be one; ^(AU)just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, ^(AV)so that the world may ^[f]believe that ^(AW)You sent Me.

Disciples’ Future Glory

²²The ^(AX)glory which You have given Me I also have given to them, so that they may be one, just as We are one; ²³^(AY)I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected ^[g]in unity, so that the world may ^[h]know that ^(AZ)You sent Me, and You ^(BA)loved them, just as You loved Me. ²⁴Father, I desire that ^(BB)they also, whom You have given Me, ^(BC)be with Me where I am, so that they may see My ^(BD)glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before ^(BE)the foundation of the world.

²⁵“^(BF)Righteous Father, ^[i]although ^(BG)the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that ^(BH)You sent Me; ²⁶and ^(BI)I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that ^(BJ)the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”