This is what the LORD says : “ Heaven is My throne , and earth is My footstool .... What kind ... of house - will you build Or where (will) ... My place of repose (be) ?
(Has not) My hand made all these things ? And so they came into being , ” declares the LORD. “... This is the one I will esteem ... : he who is humble and contrite in spirit , who trembles at My word. -
Whoever slaughters an ox is (like) one who slays a man ; whoever sacrifices a lamb (is like) one who breaks a dog’s neck ; whoever presents a grain offering (is like) one who offers pig’s blood ; whoever offers frankincense (is like) one who blesses an idol. Indeed , they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations ....
So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror because I called and no one answered , I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight. ”
You who tremble at His word , hear the word of the LORD : “ Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said , ‘ Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy ! ’ But they will be put to shame. ”
Hear the uproar from the city ; (listen to) the voice from the temple ! (It is) the voice of the LORD , repaying His enemies what they deserve !
“ Before she was in labor , she gave birth ; before ... she was in pain she delivered a boy.
Who has heard of such as this ? Who has seen such things ? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant ... ? Yet as soon as Zion - was in labor , ... she gave birth to her children.
Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it ? ” says the LORD. “ Or will I who deliver close the womb ? ” says your God.
Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice all who love her. Rejoice greatly ... with her , all who mourn over her ,
so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting ... breasts ; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.
For this is what the LORD ... says : “ I will extend peace to her like a river , and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream ; you will nurse and be carried on her arm , and bounced upon (her) knees.
- - As a mother comforts her son , so vvv will I comfort you , and you will be consoled over Jerusalem. ”
When you see , you will rejoice , and you will flourish like grass ; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants , but His wrath will be shown - to His enemies.
For behold , the LORD will come with fire — His chariots are like a whirlwind — to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
For by fire and by His sword , the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh , and many will be slain by the LORD.
“ Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves — to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats — will perish together , ” declares the LORD.
“ And I, (knowing) their deeds and thoughts , am coming to gather - all nations and tongues , and they will come and see - My glory.
I will establish a sign and I will send survivors to the nations — to Tarshish , Put , and the archers ... of Lud ; (to) Tubal , Javan , and the islands far away who have not heard - of My fame ... or seen - My glory. So they will proclaim - My glory among the nations.
And they will bring - all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons , on mules and camels , to My holy mountain Jerusalem , ” says the LORD , “ just as the Israelites ... - bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD. ”
“ And I will select as priests and Levites , ” says the LORD.
“ For just as the new heavens and the new earth , which I will make , will endure before Me ,” declares the LORD , “ so your descendants and your name will endure.
- From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another , all mankind will come to worship before Me , ” says the LORD.
“ As they go forth , they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled for their worm will never die , their fire will never be quenched , and they will be a horror to all mankind. ”