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Text -- Isaiah 66:12-24 (NET)
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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 .
66:21 And I will choose some of them as priests and Levites ,” says the Lord .
66:22 “For just as the new heavens and the new earth I am about to make will remain standing before me,” says the Lord , “so your descendants and your name will remain .
66:23 From one month to the next and from one Sabbath to the next, all people will come to worship me ,” says the Lord .
66:24 “They will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against me, for the maggots that eat them will not die , and the fire that consumes them will not die out. All people will find the sight abhorrent .”
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NET Notes -> Isa 66:12; Isa 66:12; Isa 66:13; Isa 66:14; Isa 66:14; Isa 66:14; Isa 66:15; Isa 66:15; Isa 66:16; Isa 66:16; Isa 66:17; Isa 66:17; Isa 66:17; Isa 66:18; Isa 66:18; Isa 66:19; Isa 66:19; Isa 66:19; Isa 66:19; Isa 66:19; Isa 66:19; Isa 66:20; Isa 66:20; Isa 66:20; Isa 66:23; Isa 66:23; Isa 66:23; Isa 66:24; Isa 66:24; Isa 66:24; Isa 66:24
NET Notes: Isa 66:12 The words “from her breast” are supplied in the translation for clarification (see v. 11).
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NET Notes: Isa 66:14 Heb “and the hand of the Lord will be made known to his servants, and anger to his enemies.”
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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.”
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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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