1 Thus says Jehovah, Heaven is My throne, and earth My footstool. Where, then, is the house that you would build for Me? And where is the place of My rest?
2 For all those My hand has made, and all those exist, says Jehovah. But to this one will I have regard: To the lowly and contrite of spirit, and the one who trembles at My Word.
3 He who kills an ox is as if he killed a man; he who sacrifices a lamb is as if he broke a dog's neck; he who offers an offering is as if he offered swine's blood; he who burns incense is as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.
4 I also will choose the things that delude them, and I will bring their fears upon them, because when I called, no one answered; when I spoke, they have not obeyed. But they did evil before My eyes and have chosen that in which I have not delighted.
5 Hear the Word of Jehovah, you who tremble at His Word: Your brothers who hated you, who cast you out because of My name, said, Let Jehovah be glorified. But He will appear for your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
6 A roaring sound from the city, a sound from the temple, the sound of Jehovah repaying His enemies.
7 Before she writhed in labor, she gave birth; before her pangs came, she delivered a male child.
8 Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion had gone into labor, she had brought forth her children.
9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth, says Jehovah? Shall I beget, and then restrain the womb? says your God.
10 Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you who love her. Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn for her;
11 that you may suckle and be satisfied with her comforting breasts; that you may suck milk and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
12 For thus says Jehovah, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like a flowing stream. Then you shall suckle, you shall be carried on her sides and be dandled upon her knees.
13 As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
14 And you shall see, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the grass. And the hand of Jehovah shall be known toward His servants, and His indignation toward His enemies.
15 For behold, Jehovah will come with fire and with His chariots like a tempest, to refresh His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by His sword Jehovah will judge all flesh; and the slain of Jehovah shall be many.
17 Those who sanctify themselves, and purify themselves to go into the garden after an idol that is in its midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall come to an end together, says Jehovah.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall come to pass that I will gather all the nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory.
19 And I will set a sign among them. And those among them who escape I will send to the nations; to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud (who draw the bow), to Tubal, and Javan; to the far away coasts that have not heard of My fame, nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the nations.
20 And they shall bring all your brothers for an offering to Jehovah out of all nations on horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and on mules, and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem, says Jehovah, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of Jehovah.
21 And I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites, says Jehovah.
22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before Me, says Jehovah, so shall your seed and your name remain.
23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, all flesh shall come to bow down before Me, says Jehovah.
24 And they shall go out and observe the dead corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me. For their worm does not die, nor is their fire quenched; and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 1 Isa 66:1 The glorious God will be served in humble sincerity.
Isa 66:5 He comforts the humble by shewing the confusion of their enemies;
Isa 66:7 with the marvellous growth,
Isa 66:10 and the gracious benefits of the church.
Isa 66:15 God's severe judgments against the wicked.
Isa 66:18 The Gentiles shall have an holy church;
Isa 66:24 and see the damnation of the wicked.
The heaven.
1Kgs 8:27 1Chr 28:2 2Chr 6:18 Ps 11:4 Ps 99:9 Ps 132:7 Matt 5:34 Matt 5:35 Matt 23:21 Matt 23:22 Acts 17:24where is the house.
2Sam 7:5 -
2Sam 7:7 Jer 7:4 -
Jer 7:11 Mal 1:11 Matt 24:2 John 4:20 John 4:21 Acts 7:48 -
Acts 7:50 2 For all those.
Isa 40:26 Gen 1:1 -
Gen 1:31 Col 1:17 Heb 1:2 Heb 1:3to this.
Isa 57:15 Isa 61:1 2Kgs 22:19 2Kgs 22:20 2Chr 34:27 2Chr 34:28 Ps 34:18 Ps 51:17 Ps 138:6 Jer 31:19 Jer 31:20 Ezek 9:4 -
Ezek 9:6 Matt 5:3 Matt 5:4 Luke 18:13 Luke 18:14trembleth.
Isa 66:5 Ezra 9:4 Ezra 10:3 Ps 119:120 Ps 119:161 Pro 28:14 Hab 3:16 Acts 9:6 Acts 16:29 Acts 16:30 Phil 2:12 3 killeth.
Isa 1:11 -
Isa 1:15 Pro 15:8 Pro 21:27 Amos 5:21 Amos 5:22lamb. or, kid. cut.
Deut 23:18as if he offered.
Isa 66:17 Isa 65:3 Isa 65:4 Deut 14:8burneth. Heb maketh a memorial of.
Lev 2:2they have.
Isa 65:12 Judg 5:8 Judg 10:14 4 will choose.
1Kgs 22:19 -
1Kgs 22:23 Ps 81:12 Pro 1:31 Pro 1:32 Matt 24:24 2Thess 2:10 -
2Thess 2:12delusions. or, devices. will bring.
Pro 10:24when I called.
Isa 50:2 Isa 65:12 Pro 1:24 Jer 7:13 Matt 22:2 -
Matt 22:7they did.
Isa 65:3 2Kgs 21:2 2Kgs 21:6 5 ye that.
Isa 66:2 Pro 13:13 Jer 36:16 Jer 36:23 -
Jer 36:25Your.
Ps 38:20 Song 1:6 Matt 5:10 -
Matt 5:12 Matt 10:22 Luke 6:22 Luke 6:23 John 9:34 John 15:18 -
John 15:20 John 16:2 Acts 26:9 Acts 26:10 1Thess 2:15 1Thess 2:16 1John 3:13Let.
Isa 5:19but.
Acts 2:33 -
Acts 2:47 2Thess 1:6 -
2Thess 1:10 Titus 2:13 Heb 9:28 1Pet 4:12 -
1Pet 4:14 6 a voice of the Lord.
Isa 34:8 Isa 59:18 Isa 65:5 -
Isa 65:7 Joel 3:7 -
Joel 3:16 Amos 1:2 -
Amos 2:16 7 Isa 54:1 Gal 4:26 Rev 12:1 -
Rev 12:5 8 hath heard.
Isa 64:4 1Cor 2:9shall a nation.
Isa 49:20 -
Isa 49:22 Acts 2:41 Acts 4:4 Acts 21:20 Rom 15:18 -
Rom 15:21 9 bring to.
Isa 37:3 Gen 18:14cause to bring forth. or, beget.
10 Rejoice ye.
Isa 44:23 Isa 65:18 Deut 32:43 Rom 15:9 -
Rom 15:12all ye that love.
Ps 26:8 Ps 84:1 -
Ps 84:4 Ps 122:6 Ps 137:6that mourn.
Isa 61:2 Isa 61:3 Ezek 9:4 John 16:20 -
John 16:22 Rev 11:3 -
Rev 11:15 11 ye may suck.
Isa 60:5 Isa 60:16 Ps 36:8 Joel 3:18 1Pet 2:2abundance. or, brightness.
12 I will.
Isa 9:7 Isa 48:18 Isa 60:5 Ps 72:3 -
Ps 72:7the glory.
Isa 66:19 Isa 66:20 Isa 45:14 Isa 49:19 -
Isa 49:23 Isa 54:3 Isa 60:4 -
Isa 60:14then.
Isa 66:11 Isa 60:16ye shall.
Isa 60:4 13 one.
Isa 51:3 1Thess 2:7ye shall.
Isa 66:10 Isa 65:18 Isa 65:19 Ps 137:6 14 your heart.
Zech 10:7 John 16:22your bones.
Isa 26:19 Pro 3:8 Pro 17:22 Ezek 37:1 -
Ezek 37:14 Hos 14:4 -
Hos 14:8the hand.
Isa 66:5 Isa 65:12 -
Isa 65:16 Ezra 7:9 Ezra 8:18 Ezra 8:22 Ezra 8:31 Mal 3:18 Heb 10:27 15 the Lord.
Isa 30:27 Isa 30:28 Isa 30:33 Ps 11:6 Ps 21:9 Ps 50:3 Ps 97:3 Amos 7:4 Matt 22:7 2Thess 1:6 -
2Thess 1:9 2Pet 3:10 -
2Pet 3:12with his.
Jer 4:3 Dan 11:40 16 Isa 27:1 Isa 34:5 -
Isa 34:10 Ezek 38:21 Ezek 38:22 Ezek 39:2 -
Ezek 39:10 Rev 19:11 -
Rev 19:21 17 sanctify.
Isa 1:29 Isa 65:3 Isa 65:4behind one tree in the midst. or, one after another. eating.
Lev 11:2 -
Lev 11:8 Deut 14:3 -
Deut 14:8 18 I know.
Isa 37:28 Deut 31:21 Amos 5:12 John 5:42 Rev 2:2 Rev 2:9 Rev 2:13their thoughts.
Job 42:2 Ezek 38:10 Matt 9:4 Matt 12:25 Luke 5:22 1Cor 3:20 Heb 4:12that I.
Isa 2:2 Ps 67:2 Ps 72:11 Ps 72:17 Ps 82:8 Ps 86:9 Joel 3:2 Rom 15:8 -
Rom 15:12 Rom 16:26 Rev 11:15and see.
Isa 66:10 Ezek 39:21 John 17:24 2Cor 4:4 -
2Cor 4:6 19 I will set.
Isa 11:10 Isa 18:3 Isa 18:7 Isa 62:10 Luke 2:34I will send.
Mark 16:15 Rom 11:1 -
Rom 11:6 Eph 3:8Tarshish.
Gen 10:4 Gen 10:13 1Chr 1:7 1Chr 1:11 Ezek 27:10 Ezek 30:5Tubal.
Ezek 27:13 Ezek 38:2 Ezek 38:3 Ezek 39:1the isles.
Isa 24:15 Isa 24:16 Isa 42:4 Isa 43:6 Isa 49:1 Isa 49:12 Isa 51:5 Ps 72:10 Zeph 2:11that have.
Isa 29:24 Isa 52:15 Isa 55:5 Isa 65:1 Mal 1:11 Matt 7:11 Matt 7:12 Matt 28:19 Rom 15:21 20 bring all.
Isa 43:6 Isa 49:12 -
Isa 49:26 Isa 54:3 Isa 60:3 -
Isa 60:14an offering.
Rom 12:1 Rom 12:2 Rom 15:16 Phil 2:17 1Pet 2:5upon horses.
Isa 60:9litters. or, coaches. my holy.
Isa 11:9 Isa 56:7 Isa 65:11 Isa 65:25 21 Isa 61:6 Exod 19:6 Jer 13:18 -
Jer 13:22 1Pet 2:5 1Pet 2:9 Rev 1:6 Rev 5:10 Rev 20:6 22 the new.
Isa 65:17 Heb 12:27 Heb 12:28 2Pet 3:13 Rev 21:1so shall.
Matt 28:20 John 10:27 -
John 10:29 1Pet 1:4 1Pet 1:5 23 that from.
Isa 1:13 Isa 1:14 2Kgs 4:23 Ps 81:3 Ps 81:4 Ezek 46:1 Ezek 46:6 Col 2:16 Col 2:17one new, etc. Heb. new moon to his new moon, and from sabbath to his sabbath. shall all.
Ps 65:2 Ps 86:9 Zech 8:20 -
Zech 8:23 Zech 14:14 Zech 14:16 Mal 1:11 John 4:23 Rev 15:4 24 and look.
Isa 66:16 Ps 58:10 Ps 58:11 Ezek 39:9 -
Ezek 39:16 Zech 14:12 Zech 14:18 Zech 14:19 Rev 19:17 -
Rev 19:21their worm.
Isa 14:11 Mark 9:44 -
Mark 9:49 Rev 14:10 Rev 14:11their fire.
Isa 34:10 Matt 3:12and they.
Isa 65:15 Dan 12:2 1Thess 2:15 1Thess 2:16CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE BOOK OF ISAIAH.
Isaiah has, with singular propriety, been denominated the Evangelical Prophet, on account of the number and variety of his prophecies concerning the advent and character, the ministry and preaching, the sufferings and death, and the extensive and permanent kingdom of the Messiah. So explicit and determinate are his predictions, as well as so numerous, that he seems to speak rather of things past than of events yet future; and he may be rather called an evangelist than a prophet. Though later critics, especially those on the continent, have expended much labour and learning in order to rob the prophet of his title; yet no one, whose mind is unprejudiced, can be at a loss in applying select portions of these prophecies to the mission and character of Jesus Christ, and to the events in his history which they are cited to illustrate by the sacred writers of the New Testament. In fact, his prophecies concerning the Messiah seem almost to anticipate the Gospel history; so clearly do they predict his Divine character. (Compare ch. 7:14
Isa 7:14 with Mat. 1:18-23
Matt 1:18, and Luke 1:27-35
Luke 1:27; ch. 6:
Isa 6:1; 9:6
Isa 9:26; 35:4
Isa 35:4; 40:5
Isa 40:5, 9
Isa 40:9, 19
Isa 4:19; 42:6-8
Isa 42:6; 61:1
Isa 61:1, with Lu. 4:18
Luke 4:18; ch. 62:11
Isa 62:11; 63:1-4;
Isa 63:1) his miracles, (ch. 35:5, 6;
Isa 35:5) his peculiar character and virtues, (ch. 11:2, 3; 40:11; 43:1-3;
Isa 11:2;
Isa 40:11;
Isa 43:1) his rejection, (Compare ch. 6:9-12
Isa 6:9 with Mar. 13:14;
Mark 13:14 ch. 7:14, 15
Isa 7:14; 53:3;
Isa 53:3) his sufferings for our sins, (ch. 50:6; 53:4-11;
Isa 50:6;
Isa 53:4) his death and burial, (ch. 53:8, 9;
Isa 53:8) his victory over death, (ch. 25:8;
Isa 25:8; 53:10, 12;
Isa 53:10) his final glory, (ch. 49:7
Isa 40:7, 22
Isa 40:22, 33
Isa 40:33; 52:13-15
Isa 53:13; 53:4, 5;
Isa 53:4) and the establishment, increase, and perfection of his kingdom, (ch. 2:2-4
Isa 2:2; 9:2, 7
Isa 9:2; 11:4-10
Isa 11:4; 16:5
Isa 16:5; 29:18-24
Isa 29:18; 32:1
Isa 32:1; 40:4, 5
Isa 40:4; 42:4
Isa 42:4; 46:13
Isa 46:13; 49:9-13
Isa 49:9; 51:3-6
Isa 51:3; 53:6-10
Isa 53:6; 55:1-3
Isa 55:1; 59:16-21
Isa 59:16; 60:
Isa 60:1; 61:1-5
Isa 61:1; 65:25;
Isa 65:25) each specifically pointed out, and pourtrayed with the most striking and discriminating characters. It is impossible, indeed, to reflect on these, and on the whole chain of his illustrious prophecies, and not be sensible that they furnish the most incontestable evidence in support of Christianity. The style of Isaiah has been universally admired as the most perfect model of elegance and sublimity; and as distinguished for all the magnificence, and for all the sweetness of the Hebrew language.