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66 This is what the Lord says:

“Heaven is my throne,
    and the earth is my footstool.
Could you build me a temple as good as that?
    Could you build me such a resting place?
My hands have made both heaven and earth;
    they and everything in them are mine.[a]
    I, the Lord, have spoken!

“I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts,
    who tremble at my word.

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Footnotes

  1. 66:2 As in Greek, Latin, and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads these things are.

The Worship that God Commands

66 This is what the Lord says:

“Heaven is my throne,
    and the earth is my footstool.
Where is the house[a] that you would build for me,
    and where will my resting place be?
All these things my hand has made,
    and so all these things came into being,”
        declares the Lord.
“But this is the one to whom I will look favorably:
    to the one who is humble and contrite in spirit,
        and who[b] trembles at[c] my message.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 66:1 I.e. a reconstructed Temple
  2. Isaiah 66:2 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT lack who
  3. Isaiah 66:2 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT use different Heb. prepositions