Yeshayahu 66 ישעיהו ס״ו

Thus says the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you would build for me? and where is the place of my rest?

For all those things has my hand made, and so all those things came to be, says the Lord: but to this man will I look, to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word.

He that kills an ox is like one who slays a man; that sacrifices a lamb, is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; that offers a meal offering, like one who offers pig’s blood; that burns incense, like one who blesses an idol: for they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.

I also will choose torments for them, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did evil before my eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.

Hear the word of the Lord, you that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, Let the Lord be glorified: that we may see your joy; but they shall be ashamed.

A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, the voice of the Lord rendering recompense to his enemies.

Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.

Who has heard of such a thing? who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born in one moment? for as soon as Żiyyon travailed, she brought forth her children.

Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? says the Lord: or shall I who cause to bring forth, thereupon shut the womb? says thy God.

Rejoice with Yerushalayim, and be glad with her, all you that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you that did mourn for her:

that you may suck, and be satisfied with the breast of her consolations; that you may drink deeply, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

For thus says the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like a flowing stream: then shall you suck, you shall be carried upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.

As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Yerushalayim.

And when you see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like grass: and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.

For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a storm, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

For by fire will the Lord execute judgment, and with his sword, upon all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many.

They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the detestable thing, and the mouse, shall perish together, says the Lord.

For I know their works and their thoughts: the time shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tuval, and Yavan, to the distant islands, that have not heard my fame, and have not seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.

And they shall bring all your brethren out of all the nations for an offering to the Lord upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon fleet camels, to my holy mountain Yerushalayim, says the Lord, as the children of Yisra᾽el bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord.

And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, says the Lord.

For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, says the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.

And it shall come to pass, that every new moon, and every sabbath, shall all flesh come to bow down to the ground before me, says the Lord.

And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcasses of the men that have rebelled against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.