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Text -- Isaiah 66:1-20 (NET)

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66:1 This is what the Lord says: “The heavens are my throne and the earth is my footstool. Where then is the house you will build for me? Where is the place where I will rest? 66:2 My hand made them; that is how they came to be,” says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say. 66:3 The one who slaughters a bull also strikes down a man; the one who sacrifices a lamb also breaks a dog’s neck; the one who presents an offering includes pig’s blood with it; the one who offers incense also praises an idol. They have decided to behave this way; they enjoy these disgusting practices. 66:4 So I will choose severe punishment for them; I will bring on them what they dread, because I called, and no one responded, I spoke and they did not listen. They did evil before me; they chose to do what displeases me.” 66:5 Hear the word of the Lord, you who respect what he has to say! Your countrymen, who hate you and exclude you, supposedly for the sake of my name, say, “May the Lord be glorified, then we will witness your joy.” But they will be put to shame. 66:6 The sound of battle comes from the city; the sound comes from the temple! It is the sound of the Lord paying back his enemies. 66:7 Before she goes into labor, she gives birth! Before her contractions begin, she delivers a boy! 66:8 Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen this? Can a country be brought forth in one day? Can a nation be born in a single moment? Yet as soon as Zion goes into labor she gives birth to sons! 66:9 “Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?” asks the Lord. “Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?” asks your God. 66:10 Be happy for Jerusalem and rejoice with her, all you who love her! Share in her great joy, all you who have mourned over her! 66:11 For you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts. 66:12 For this is what the Lord says: “Look, I am ready to extend to her prosperity that will flow like a river, the riches of nations will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks. You will nurse from her breast and be carried at her side; you will play on her knees. 66:13 As a mother consoles a child, so I will console you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.” 66:14 When you see this, you will be happy, and you will be revived. The Lord will reveal his power to his servants and his anger to his enemies. 66:15 For look, the Lord comes with fire, his chariots come like a windstorm, to reveal his raging anger, his battle cry, and his flaming arrows. 66:16 For the Lord judges all humanity with fire and his sword; the Lord will kill many. 66:17 “As for those who consecrate and ritually purify themselves so they can follow their leader and worship in the sacred orchards, those who eat the flesh of pigs and other disgusting creatures, like mice– they will all be destroyed together,” says the Lord. 66:18 “I hate their deeds and thoughts! So I am coming to gather all the nations and ethnic groups; they will come and witness my splendor. 66:19 I will perform a mighty act among them and then send some of those who remain to the nations– to Tarshish, Pul, Lud (known for its archers), Tubal, Javan, and to the distant coastlands that have not heard about me or seen my splendor. They will tell the nations of my splendor. 66:20 They will bring back all your countrymen from all the nations as an offering to the Lord. They will bring them on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules, and on camels to my holy hill Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the Israelites bring offerings to the Lord’s temple in ritually pure containers.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Israelite a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
 · Javan son of Japheth son of Noah,a nation, namely Greece (OS)
 · Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin
 · Lud son of Shem son of Noah,a people from Lydia in Eastern Turkey
 · Put son of Ham son of Noah,a nation on the African coast
 · Tarshish son of Javan son of Japheth son of Noah,son of Bilhan, great grandson of Benjamin son of Israel,one of the seven princes of Persia under Ahasuerus,a region known for its ports friendly to the ships of Israel,A ship built strong and equiped for long range trading.
 · Tubal son of Japheth son of Noah,a strong warlike nation from the north of Israel (IBD)
 · Zion one of the hills on which Jerusalem was built; the temple area; the city of Jerusalem; God's people,a town and citidel; an ancient part of Jerusalem


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Isaiah | Israel | Jesus, The Christ | Church | Gentiles | God | Swine | Joy | Pul | Footstool | Hypocrisy | Afflictions and Adversities | Litter | Mouse | Throne | Tubal | GOD, 2 | ABOMINATION | Mule | ISAIAH, 1-7 | more
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NET Notes: Isa 66:2 Heb “to the humble and the lowly in spirit and the one who trembles at my words.”

NET Notes: Isa 66:3 Heb “their being [or “soul”] takes delight in their disgusting [things].”

NET Notes: Isa 66:4 Heb “that which is evil in my eyes.”

NET Notes: Isa 66:5 Or “so that we might witness your joy.” The point of this statement is unclear.

NET Notes: Isa 66:8 Heb “land,” but here אֶרֶץ (’erets) stands metonymically for an organized nation (see the following li...

NET Notes: Isa 66:9 The rhetorical questions expect the answer, “Of course not!”

NET Notes: Isa 66:11 Zion’s residents will benefit from and enjoy her great material prosperity. See v. 12.

NET Notes: Isa 66:12 The words “from her breast” are supplied in the translation for clarification (see v. 11).

NET Notes: Isa 66:13 Heb “like a man whose mother comforts him.”

NET Notes: Isa 66:14 Heb “and the hand of the Lord will be made known to his servants, and anger to his enemies.”

NET Notes: Isa 66:15 Heb “to cause to return with the rage of his anger, and his battle cry [or “rebuke”] with flames of fire.”

NET Notes: Isa 66:16 Heb “many are the slain of the Lord.”

NET Notes: Isa 66:17 Heb “together they will come to an end.”

NET Notes: Isa 66:18 Heb “and the tongues”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV “and tongues.”

NET Notes: Isa 66:19 Or “islands” (NIV).

NET Notes: Isa 66:20 The precise meaning of this word is uncertain. Some suggest it refers to “chariots.” See HALOT 498 s.v. *כִּר‘...

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