Isaiah 66
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaiah 66:1-3

1Thus says the Lord, “1Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. Where then is a 2house you could build for Me? And where is a place that 3I may rest?2For 4My hand made all these things, Thus all these things came into being,” declares the Lord. “But to this one I will look, To him who is humble and 5contrite of spirit, and who 6trembles at My word.

3“But he who kills an ox is like one who slays a man; He who sacrifices a lamb is like the one who breaks a dog’s neck; He who offers a grain offering is like one who offers 7swine’s blood; He who 89burns incense is like the one who blesses an idol. As they have chosen their 10own ways, And their soul delights in their 11abominations,

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 66:1 1 Kin 8:27; Ps 11:4; Matt 5:34, 35; 23:22 ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 66:1 2 Sam 7:5-7; Jer 7:4; John 4:20, 21; Acts 7:48-50 ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 66:1 Lit is My resting place? ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 66:2 Is 40:26 ↩
  5. 5. Isaiah 66:2 Ps 34:18; Is 57:15; Matt 5:3, 4; Luke 18:13, 14 ↩
  6. 6. Isaiah 66:2 Ps 119:120; Is 66:5 ↩
  7. 7. Isaiah 66:3 Is 65:4 ↩
  8. 8. Isaiah 66:3 Lit offers a memorial of incense ↩
  9. 9. Isaiah 66:3 Lev 2:2; Is 1:13 ↩
  10. 10. Isaiah 66:3 Is 57:17; 65:2 ↩
  11. 11. Isaiah 66:3 Is 44:19 ↩

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