Isaiah 66:5-22

5Hear the word of the Lord, you who 1tremble at His word: “Your brothers who 2hate you, who 3exclude you for My name’s sake, Have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy.’ But 4they will be put to shame.6A voice of uproar from the city, a voice from the temple, The voice of the Lord who is 5rendering recompense to His enemies.

7“Before she travailed, 6she brought forth; Before her pain came, 7she gave birth to a boy.88Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Can a land be 9born in one day? Can a nation be brought forth all at once? As soon as Zion travailed, she also brought forth her sons.9Shall I bring to the point of birth and 10not give delivery?” says the Lord. “Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?” says your God.10“Be 11joyful with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you who 12love her; Be exceedingly 13glad with her, all you who mourn over her,11That you may nurse and 14be satisfied with her comforting breasts, That you may suck and be delighted with her 15bountiful bosom.”12For thus says the Lord, “Behold, I extend 16peace to her like a river, And the 17glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; And you will 18be nursed, you will be 19carried on the 20hip and fondled on the knees.13As one whom his mother comforts, so I will 21comfort you; And you will be comforted in Jerusalem.”14Then you will 22see this, and your 23heart will be glad, And your 24bones will flourish like the new grass; And the 25hand of the Lord will be made known to His servants, But He will be 26indignant toward His enemies.15For behold, the Lord will come in 27fire And His 28chariots like the whirlwind, To render His anger with fury, And His rebuke with flames of fire.16For the Lord will execute judgment by 29fire And by His 30sword on all flesh, And those slain by the Lord will be many.17“Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go to the 31gardens, 32Following one in the center, Who eat 33swine’s flesh, detestable things and mice, Will 34come to an end altogether,” declares the Lord.

18“For I 35know their works and their 36thoughts; 37the time is coming to 38gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory. 19I will set a 39sign among them and will send survivors from them to the nations: 40Tarshish, 41Put, 42Lud, 43Meshech, 44Tubal and 45Javan, to the distant 46coastlands that have neither heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they will 47declare My glory among the nations. 20Then they shall 48bring all your brethren from all the nations as a grain offering to the Lord, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules and on camels, to My 49holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a 50clean vessel to the house of the Lord. 21I will also take some of them for 51priests and for Levites,” says the Lord.22“For just as the 52new heavens and the new earth Which I make will endure before Me,” declares the Lord, “So your 53offspring and your 54name will endure.