Isaiah 66:5-22

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

7“Before she was in labor, 6she delivered; 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 given birth all at once? As soon as Zion was in labor, she also delivered her sons.9Shall I bring to the point of birth but 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,11So that you may nurse and 14be satisfied with her comforting breasts, So that you may drink fully and be delighted with her 15bountiful breasts.”12For this is what the Lord says: “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 rocked back and forth 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 31humanity, And those put to death by the Lord will be many.17“Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go to the 32gardens, 33Following one in the center, Who eat 34pig’s flesh, detestable things, and mice, Will 35come to an end altogether,” declares the Lord.

18“For I 36know their works and their 37thoughts; 38the time is coming to 39gather all the nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory. 19And I will put a 40sign among them and send survivors from them to the nations: 41Tarshish, 42Put, 43Lud, 44Meshech, 45Tubal, and 46Javan, to the distant 47coastlands that have neither heard of My fame nor seen My glory. And they will 48declare My glory among the nations. 20Then they shall 49bring all your countrymen from all the nations as a grain offering to the Lord, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules, and on camels, to My 50holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a 51clean vessel to the house of the Lord. 21I will also take some of them as 52priests and Levites,” says the Lord.22“For just as the 53new heavens and the new earth, Which I make, will endure before Me,” declares the Lord, “So will your 54descendants and your 55name endure.