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66 |
1 | Thus
saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where
is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? |
2 | For all those things hath mine
hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will
I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my
word.
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3 | He that killeth
an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a
dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he
that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own
ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. |
4 | I also will choose their delusions, and
will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when
I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that
in which I delighted not. |
5 |
Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that
hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be
glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. |
6 | A voice of noise from the city,
a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his
enemies. |
7 | Before she
travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man
child. |
8 | Who hath heard
such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth
in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed,
she brought forth her children. |
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| Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the
LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God. |
10 | Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and
be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that
mourn for her: |
11 | That
ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may
milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. |
12 | For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I
will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a
flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be
dandled upon her knees. |
13 |
As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be
comforted in Jerusalem. |
14 |
And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall
flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his
servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. |
15 | For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and
with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his
rebuke with flames of fire. |
16
| For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and
the slain of the LORD shall be many. |
17 | They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the
gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the
abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD. |
18 | For I know their works
and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues;
and they shall come, and see my glory. |
19 | And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those
that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the
bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame,
neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the
Gentiles. |
20 | And they
shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations
upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift
beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of
Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. |
21 | And I will also take of them
for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD. |
22 | For as
the new heavens and the new earth, which I will
make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name
remain.
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23 | And it shall
come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to
another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD. |
24 | And they shall go forth, and
look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their
worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an
abhorring unto all flesh.
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