Isaiah 66 Cross References - Ottley

¹ Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth the footstool of my feet; what kind of house will ye build for me? or of what kind is the place of my rest? ² For all these things hath my hand made; and all these things are mine, saith the Lord; and unto whom shall I look, save to him that is humble, and quiet, and trembleth at my words? ³ But the transgressor, who sacrificeth to me a bullock, is as one that slayeth a dog, and he that offereth fine flour as though it were swine's blood; he that giveth frankincense for a memorial, as a blasphemer; and they chose their own ways, and their abominations, which their soul desired. ⁴ And I will choose their mockeries, and requite unto them their sins: for I called them, and they hearkened not unto me; I spake, and they heard not: and they did that which was wicked before me, and chose out things which I willed not. ⁵ Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; speak, our brethren, to them that hate us and hold (us) in abomination, that the name of the Lord may be glorified, and may be seen in their joy; and they shall be ashamed. ⁶ A voice of crying from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord requiting a requital to them that resist him. ⁷ Before the travailing woman brought forth, before the pain of her pangs came, she escaped, and bare a man-child. ⁸ Who (hath) heard such a thing, and who hath seen it so? did the earth travail in one day, was a nation ever born at once? for Zion travailed, and she brought forth her children. ⁹ But it was I that gave thee this expectation, and thou rememberedst me not, saith the Lord: behold, is it not I that make the fruitful and the barren? saith thy God. ¹⁰ Rejoice, O Jerusalem, and keep solemn assembly, all ye that dwell in her; rejoice with joy, all ye that mourn over her. ¹¹ That ye may suck, and be filled from the breast of her consolation; that ye may suck out, and take delight from the entering in of her glory. ¹² For thus saith the Lord: Behold, I do incline toward them like a river of peace, and like a torrent overflowing the glory of nations: their children shall be borne upon the shoulders, and on the knees shall they be comforted, ¹⁴ And your heart shall see and rejoice, and your bones shall grow up as herbage: and the hand of the Lord shall be made known to them that worship him, and he shall threaten the disobedient. ¹⁵ For behold, the Lord shall come as a fire, and his chariots as a whirlwind, to render vengeance in wrath, and utter rejection in a flame of fire. ¹⁶ For by the fire of the Lord shall all the earth be judged, and all flesh by his sword: many shall be wounded by the Lord. ¹⁷ They that hallow and purify themselves for the gardens, and eat swine's flesh, and their abominations, and the mouse, in the forecourts, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord. ¹⁸ And I (know) their works, and their reasoning; I am coming to gather together all the nations and the tongues, and they shall come, and shall see my glory. ¹⁹ And I will leave signs upon them, and I will send forth from them those that are saved to the nations, to Tarshish, and Phut, and Lud, and Meshech, and Tubal, and to Greece, and to the isles afar off; men who have not heard my name, neither have seen my glory: and they shall declare my glory among the nations. ²⁰ And they shall bring your brethren out of all the nations for a gift to the Lorp, with horses and chariots, in mule-chariots with awnings, into the holy city Jerusalem, saith the Lord, that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices to me with psalms, into the house of the Lord. ²¹ And from them will I take me priests and Levites, saith the Lord. ²² For like as the heaven (is) new, and the earth (is) new, that which I make remaineth before me, saith the Lord: so shall your seed and your name stand. ²³ And it shall be, for month after month, and sabbath after sabbath, all flesh shall come before me to worship at Jerusalem, saith the Lord. ²⁴ And they shall go forth, and shall see the limbs of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm doth not cease, and their fire shall not be quenched: and they shall be for a spectacle to all flesh.

²⁶ Look up on high with your eyes, and see; who hath shown forth all these things? he, that bringeth forth his array by number, will call them all by name from the abundance of his glory, and in the might of strength nothing faileth thee.

¹⁵ Thus saith the Lord, the highest among the high, that inhabiteth eternity, Holy among the holy is his name, the Lord, the highest, resting among the holy, and giving patience to the faint hearted, and giving life to them whose hearts are crushed:

¹ The spirit of the Lord is upon me; wherefore he hath anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to captives, and recovery of sight to the blind:

⁵ Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; speak, our brethren, to them that hate us and hold (us) in abomination, that the name of the Lord may be glorified, and may be seen in their joy; and they shall be ashamed.

¹¹ What is the abundance of your sacrifices to me? saith the Lord: I am full of burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of lambs, and the blood of bulls and of goats I desire not, ¹² Not even if ye come to appear before me. For who hath demanded this of your hands? ‘Tread my court ¹³ Ye shall not, any more; if ye bring me fine flour, it is vain; incense, it is an abomination to me; your new moons, and the sabbaths, and a great day, I cannot bear: fasting and idleness, ¹⁴ And your new moons, and your feasts, my soul hateth; ye are become to me a surfeit! no longer will I let your sins be. ¹⁵ When ye stretch out your hands toward me, I will turn away mine eyes from you; and if ye multiply your petition, I will not listen to you; for your hands are full of blood.

¹⁷ For sin I troubled him a little while, and I smote him, and turned my face from him; and he was troubled, and went gloomily in his ways.

³ This people is that which provoketh me continually to my face; it is they that sacrifice in the gardens, and burn incense upon the bricks to the demons that shall not be: ⁴ And they lie down in the monuments and in the caves for the sake of dreams; they that eat swine's flesh and broth of sacrifices; all their vessels are defiled.

¹² I will deliver you up to a sword, ye shall all fall by slaughter: for I called you, and ye hearkened not; I spake, and ye heard amiss; and did that which was evil before me, and chose that which I desired not.

¹⁷ They that hallow and purify themselves for the gardens, and eat swine's flesh, and their abominations, and the mouse, in the forecourts, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.

² Why was it that I came, and there was no man? I called, and he listened not? Is not my hand strong to deliver? or have I not strength to rescue? behold, by my threat I will make the sea a desolation, and make rivers desolate, and their fishes shall be dried up because there is no water, and shall die for thirst.

³ This people is that which provoketh me continually to my face; it is they that sacrifice in the gardens, and burn incense upon the bricks to the demons that shall not be:

¹⁹ That say, Let him speedily bring near what he will do, that we may see; and let the counsel of the Holy One [[of Israel]] come, that we may perceive;

¹⁵ Because thou hast been forsaken, and hated, and there be none that came to help; and I will set thee for an everlasting triumph, a joy for generations of generations.

² For all these things hath my hand made; and all these things are mine, saith the Lord; and unto whom shall I look, save to him that is humble, and quiet, and trembleth at my words?

⁸ For it is the day of the judgment of the Lord, and the year of the recompense of the judgment of Zion.

¹⁸ As ready to requite, a requital of shame unto his adversaries.

⁵ That say, Hence away from me, draw not near to me, for I am clean: these are a smoke of my wrath, a fire burneth therein every day. ⁶ Behold, it is written before me, I will not be silent, until I render into their bosom ⁷ Their iniquities, and (the iniquities) of their fathers, saith the Lord; who burned incense upon the mountains, and reproached me upon the hills; I will render their works into their own bosom.

¹ Rejoice, barren one that bearest not, break forth and cry aloud, thou that travailest not; for many are the children of the desolate, rather than of her that hath her husband; for the Lord hath spoken it.

²⁰ For thy sons, whom thou hast lost, shall say in thine ears, The place is (too) narrow for me: make a place for me, that I may dwell in it. ²¹ And thou shalt say in thine heart, Who begat me these? Yea, I am childless and a widow, but who hath brought up these for me? I have been left alone, but where had I these? ²² Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I raise up towards the nations my hand, and to the isles will I lift up my signal, and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and shall lift thy daughters upon thy shoulders,

⁴ From everlasting have we not heard, nor have our eyes seen [[any God except thee]], and thy works which thou wilt do to them that wait for mercy.

³ And they said to him, Thus saith Hezekiah, Today is a day of affliction, and reproach, and reproof, and anger; for the pang is come upon her that travaileth, and she hath not strength to bring forth.

²³ Rejoice, ye heavens, for God hath had mercy upon Israel: sound the trumpet, ye foundations of the earth; shout, ye mountains, in joy, ye hills, and all the trees upon them; for the Lord hath had mercy on Jacob, and Israel shall be glorified.

² To call it an acceptable year of the Lord, and a day of requital; to comfort all them that mourn; ³ That there be given to the mourners of Zion glory instead of ashes, the anointing of joy to the mourners, a robe of glory instead of a spirit of despair; and they shall be called generations of righteousness, a plant of the Lord for glory.

¹⁸ But they shall find joy and exultation in her; behold, I make Jerusalem an exultation, and my people a joy.

⁵ Then thou shalt see, and fear, and be amazed in heart, because there shall come over unto thee the wealth of the sea, and of nations and peoples. And there shall come unto thee

¹⁶ And thou shalt suck the milk of nations, and shalt eat the wealth of kings; and shalt learn that I the Lord am thy Saviour, and the God of Israel that delivereth thee.

⁷ Great is his rule, and of his peace there is no limit, upon the throne of David, and his kingdom, to order it and to take hold upon it in righteousness and in judgment from henceforth and for ever; the jealousy of the Lord of hosts will do this.

¹⁴ Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, Egypt is weary, and the merchandise of the Ethiopians: and the men of Saba, men of lofty stature, shall pass over unto thee, and shall be slaves unto thee, and shall follow behind thee, bound with manacles, and worship before thee, and in thee shall they pray: for in thee is God, and they shall say, There is no God beside thee.

¹⁸ And if thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, thy peace should have been made as a river, and thy righteousness as a wave of the sea;

¹⁹ For thy desolate, and destroyed, and fallen places, shall now be narrow by reason of thine inhabitants; and they that swallowed thee up shall be far removed from thee. ²⁰ For thy sons, whom thou hast lost, shall say in thine ears, The place is (too) narrow for me: make a place for me, that I may dwell in it. ²¹ And thou shalt say in thine heart, Who begat me these? Yea, I am childless and a widow, but who hath brought up these for me? I have been left alone, but where had I these? ²² Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I raise up towards the nations my hand, and to the isles will I lift up my signal, and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and shall lift thy daughters upon thy shoulders, ²³ And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and the princesses thy nurses; they shall worship before thee on the face of the earth, and shall lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt learn that I am the Lord, and thou shalt not be ashamed.

³ Spread it out yet to the right hand and to the left; and thy seed shall inherit nations, and thou shalt people cities that have been desolate.

⁴ Lift up thine eyes round about, and see thy children gathered together; behold, all thy sons are come from far, and thy daughters shall be borne upon the shoulders. ⁵ Then thou shalt see, and fear, and be amazed in heart, because there shall come over unto thee the wealth of the sea, and of nations and peoples. And there shall come unto thee ⁶ Herds of camels, and the camels of Midian and Ephah shall cover thee; all (they) from Sheba shall come, bringing gold, and they shall bring frankincense and precious stone, and shall bring glad tidings of the salvation of the Lord. ⁷ And all the sheep of Kedar shall be gathered together, and the rams of Nebaioth shall come for thee, and acceptable (offerings) shall be brought unto mine altar, and my house of prayer shall be glorified. ⁸ Who are these that fly like clouds, and like doves with their nestlings? ⁹ For me did the isles wait, and the ships of Tarshish first of all, to bring thy children from far, and their silver and their gold with them, because of the name of the Lord, which is holy, and because the Holy One of Israel is glorious. ¹⁰ And strangers shall build thy walls, and their kings shall stand beside thee: for because of my wrath I smote thee, and because of my mercy I loved thee. ¹¹ And thy gates shall be opened continually, by day and by night they shall not be shut, to bring unto thee the power of nations, and kings led along. ¹² For the nations and their kings, whosoever will not serve thee shall die, and the nations shall be utterly desolated. ¹³ And the glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, with the cypress and pine and cedar together, to glorify my holy place. ¹⁴ And there shall come unto thee in fear the sons of them that humbled thee and provoked thee; and thou shalt be called, City of the Lord, Zion of the Holy One of Israel,

⁶ But ye shall be called priests of the Lord, and ministers of God; ye shall eat up the might of nations, and in their wealth shall ye be marvelled at.

¹¹ That ye may suck, and be filled from the breast of her consolation; that ye may suck out, and take delight from the entering in of her glory.

¹⁹ And I will leave signs upon them, and I will send forth from them those that are saved to the nations, to Tarshish, and Phut, and Lud, and Meshech, and Tubal, and to Greece, and to the isles afar off; men who have not heard my name, neither have seen my glory: and they shall declare my glory among the nations. ²⁰ And they shall bring your brethren out of all the nations for a gift to the Lorp, with horses and chariots, in mule-chariots with awnings, into the holy city Jerusalem, saith the Lord, that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices to me with psalms, into the house of the Lord.

¹ Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith the Lord.

³ And thee will I now comfort, Zion, and I did comfort all her waste places; [[and I will make her waste places]] as a garden, and the western regions like a garden of the Lord; joy and exultation shall they find therein, confession and the voice of praise.

¹⁸ But they shall find joy and exultation in her; behold, I make Jerusalem an exultation, and my people a joy. ¹⁹ And I will exult in Jerusalem and rejoice in my people: and no longer shall there be heard in her the voice of weeping and the voice of crying,

¹⁰ Rejoice, O Jerusalem, and keep solemn assembly, all ye that dwell in her; rejoice with joy, all ye that mourn over her.

⁵ Ah, for the Assyrians; the rod of my wrath and of anger (is) in their hands.

¹⁹ For the dead shall arise, and they that are in the tombs shall be roused up, and they that are in the earth shall rejoice; for the dew that cometh from thee is healing to them, but the land of the ungodly shall fall.

¹¹ And thy God shall be [[with thee]] continually; and thou shalt be satisfied according as thy soul desireth, and thy bones shall be enriched, and shall be as a well-watered garden, and as a spring whose water faileth not; and thy bones shall grow up as grass, and shall be enriched, and they shall inherit for generations of generations.

¹² I will deliver you up to a sword, ye shall all fall by slaughter: for I called you, and ye hearkened not; I spake, and ye heard amiss; and did that which was evil before me, and chose that which I desired not. ¹³ Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, they that serve me shall eat, but ye shall be hungry; behold, they that serve me shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; behold, they that serve me shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed. ¹⁴ Behold, they that serve me shall exult in joyfulness, but ye shall cry out for weariness of your heart, and shall wail because of the breaking of spirit. ¹⁵ For ye shall leave your name for a loathing for my chosen, but you shall the Lord destroy. But they that serve him shall be called by a new name, ¹⁶ Which shall be blessed upon the earth; for they shall bless the true God, and they that swear upon the earth shall swear by the true God. For they shall forget the first affliction, and it shall not come up into their heart.

²⁷ Behold, the name of the Lord cometh after long time, burning is his wrath; with glory is the oracle of his lips, his oracle is full of wrath, and the wrath of his anger shall devour like fire. ²⁸ And his breath, like water sweeping in a torrent-bed, shall come even to the neck, and shall be divided, to confuse nations, in vain error; and vain error shall pursue them, and shall lay hold on them, face to face.

³³ For thou shalt not be deceived before the days: was it also prepared for thee to reign? a deep trench, layers of wood, fire and much wood? the wrath of the Lord is as a trench burning with brimstone.

¹ In that day shall God bring his sword, the holy, and great, and strong, against the dragon, the serpent that fleeth, against the dragon, the crooked serpent, and shall slay the dragon.

³⁰ And God shall make the glory of his voice heard, even to show the wrath of his arm with wrath and anger and devouring flame, he shall thunder violently (upon them), and like water and hail descending with violence.

⁵ My sword is drunken in the heaven; behold, it shall descend upon Idumaea, and upon the people of perdition with judgment. ⁶ The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is enriched with fatness, and with the fat of goats and rams. For there is a sacrifice to the Lord in the land of Bozrah, and a great slaughter in Idumaea. ⁷ And the chief ones shall fall with them, and the rams and the bulls; and the earth shall be drunken with the blood, and shall be filled with the fat of them. ⁸ For it is the day of the judgment of the Lord, and the year of the recompense of the judgment of Zion. ⁹ And the torrents thereof shall be turned into pitch, and her land into brimstone; and her land shall be burning like pitch, ¹⁰ By night and day; and shall not be quenched for ever; and the smoke thereof shall ascend upward, it shall be desolated for generations.

²⁸ And the transgressors and the sinners together shall be broken in pieces, and they that forsake the Lord shall be brought to an end. ²⁹ For they shall be ashamed for their idols, which themselves desired, and shall be ashamed for their gardens, which they longed for.

² For in the last days shall the mountain of the Lord be clearly seen, and the house of God upon the top of the mountains, and it shall be uplifted above the hills, and all the nations shall come unto it.

²⁸ But now I know thy resting place, and thy going out, and thy coming in.

¹⁶ And against every ship of the sea, and against every sight of the beauty of ships:

¹⁰ And in that day shall be the root of Jesse, and he that standeth up to rule over nations; in him shall nations hope. And his rest shall be honour. ¹¹ And it shall be in that day, the Lord shall again show his hand to be jealous for the remnant which is left of the people, whatever be left from the Assyrians, and from Egypt, and Babylonia, and Ethiopia, and from the Elamites, and from the rising up of the sun, and from Arabia.

³ All of them, like as an inhabited land shall their land be inhabited; like as if a signal were raised from a mountain, like the voice of a trumpet shall it be heard.

⁷ At that time shall presents be brought to the Lord of Hosts from a people crushed and torn, and from a people great from henceforth and for ever; (it is) a nation hoping, and trodden down, which is in the portion of the river of its land: to the place where i is the name of the Lord of Hosts, the mount Zion.

¹⁵ Therefore the glory of the Lord shall be in the isles of the sea, the name of the Lord shall be glorious. ¹⁶ O Lord God of Israel, from the corners of the earth have we heard wonders, Hope (is) for the righteous. And they shall say, Woe to them that set at nought; as for them that set at nought the law,

²⁴ And they that wander in spirit shall learn prudence, but they that murmur shall learn to hearken, and the stammering tongue shall learn to speak peace.

⁴ He shall shine out, and shall not be shattered, until he have set judgment upon the earth; and in his name shall nations hope.

⁶ I will say to the North, Bring (them); and to the South, Keep not back: bring my sons from a land afar off, and my daughters from the ends of the earth,

¹ Hearken to me, ye isles, and attend to me, ye nations; after long time shall it stand, saith the Lord. From my mother's womb he called my name,

¹² Behold, these come from far, these from the north, and these from the sea, and others from the land of the Persians.

²² Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I raise up towards the nations my hand, and to the isles will I lift up my signal, and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and shall lift thy daughters upon thy shoulders,

⁵ My righteousness draweth quickly near; and my salvation also shall go forth, and in my arm shall the nations hope; the isles shall wait for me, and in my arm shall they hope.

¹⁵ So shall many nations marvel at him, and kings shall shut their mouth; for (they) to whom it was not declared shall see concerning him, and they who have not heard shall understand.

⁵ Nations which knew not thee shall call upon thee; and peoples which understand not thee shall flee unto thee, for thy God's sake, the Holy One of Israel; for he glorifieth thee.

⁹ For me did the isles wait, and the ships of Tarshish first of all, to bring thy children from far, and their silver and their gold with them, because of the name of the Lord, which is holy, and because the Holy One of Israel is glorious.

¹⁰ Go ye through my gates, and make a way for my people; and cast away the stones out of the way, lift up a signal to the nations.

¹ I became manifest to them that sought me not; I was found of them that inquired not of me; I said, Behold (here) am I, to the nation which called not my name.

⁹ And they shall not do evil, neither shall they be able to destroy any upon my holy mountain; for the whole (earth) is filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as much water covereth seas.

¹² Behold, these come from far, these from the north, and these from the sea, and others from the land of the Persians. ¹³ Rejoice, ye heavens, and let the earth exult: let the mountains break out in joy, because God hath had mercy on his people, and hath comforted the humble among his people. ¹⁴ But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me; and, The Lord hath forgotten me. ¹⁵ Will a mother forget her little child, not to have mercy on the offspring of her womb? but even if a woman should forget this, yet will I not forget thee, saith the Lord. ¹⁶ Behold, I have painted thy walls upon my hands, and thou art alway before me. ¹⁷ And soon shalt thou be built by them, by whom thou wast destroyed, and they that laid thee desolate shall come forth from thee. ¹⁸ Lift up thine eyes around, and look on (them) all; behold, they were gathered together, and came to thee; as I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt clothe thee with them all, and shalt put them on thee as a bride's adornment. ¹⁹ For thy desolate, and destroyed, and fallen places, shall now be narrow by reason of thine inhabitants; and they that swallowed thee up shall be far removed from thee. ²⁰ For thy sons, whom thou hast lost, shall say in thine ears, The place is (too) narrow for me: make a place for me, that I may dwell in it. ²¹ And thou shalt say in thine heart, Who begat me these? Yea, I am childless and a widow, but who hath brought up these for me? I have been left alone, but where had I these? ²² Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I raise up towards the nations my hand, and to the isles will I lift up my signal, and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and shall lift thy daughters upon thy shoulders, ²³ And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and the princesses thy nurses; they shall worship before thee on the face of the earth, and shall lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt learn that I am the Lord, and thou shalt not be ashamed. ²⁴ Shall one take spoils from a giant? and if one take a captive unlawfully, shall he be saved? ²⁵ Thus saith the Lord, If one take a giant captive, he shall take spoils, and taking them from a mighty man he shall be saved; and I will judge thy cause, and I will deliver thy sons: ²⁶ And they that afflict thee shall eat their own flesh, and shall drink their own blood as new wine, and shall be drunken; and all flesh shall perceive that I am he that hath delivered thee, and that layeth hold upon the strength of Jacob.

¹¹ Depart, depart ye, go forth from thence, and touch not what is unclean; go forth from the midst of her, separate yourselves, ye that bear the vessels of the Lord.

⁷ I will bring them in to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in the house of my prayer; their whole burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar. For mine house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations,

³ And kings shall walk by thy light, and nations by thy brightness.

¹¹ But ye are they that forsook me, and that forget my holy mountain; and prepare a table for the demon, and fill a mingled drink to Fortune.

²⁵ Then shall wolves and lambs feed together, and a lion shall eat chaff as an ox, and a serpent shall eat the earth as bread: they shall not do wrong nor hurt upon my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

¹⁷ For the heaven shall be new, and the earth new, and they shall not remember the former things, nor shall they come into their heart.

¹³ Ye shall not, any more; if ye bring me fine flour, it is vain; incense, it is an abomination to me; your new moons, and the sabbaths, and a great day, I cannot bear: fasting and idleness, ¹⁴ And your new moons, and your feasts, my soul hateth; ye are become to me a surfeit! no longer will I let your sins be.

²¹ And the Lord shall be known to the Egyptians; and the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day, and shall offer sacrifices, and shall make vows to the Lord, and render them.

³¹ And their strength shall be as a stalk of flax, and their works as sparks of fire, and the transgressors and the sinners shall be burned up together, and there shall be none that shall quench them.

¹¹ But down to hell hath thy glory come, thy plentiful joy; under thee shall they spread decay, and a worm is thy covering.

¹⁰ By night and day; and shall not be quenched for ever; and the smoke thereof shall ascend upward, it shall be desolated for generations.

¹⁵ For ye shall leave your name for a loathing for my chosen, but you shall the Lord destroy. But they that serve him shall be called by a new name,

¹⁶ For by the fire of the Lord shall all the earth be judged, and all flesh by his sword: many shall be wounded by the Lord.