Isaiah 66:1-4

Judgment and Hope

1 This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?
2 Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?” declares the LORD. “These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.
3 But whoever sacrifices a bull is like one who kills a person, and whoever offers a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever makes a grain offering is like one who presents pig’s blood, and whoever burns memorial incense is like one who worships an idol. They have chosen their own ways, and they delight in their abominations;
4 so I also will choose harsh treatment for them and will bring on them what they dread. For when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, no one listened. They did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me.”

Cross References 15

  • 1. S 2 Chronicles 6:18; S Psalms 2:4; S Psalms 9:7; Matthew 23:22
  • 2. S 1 Kings 8:27; Matthew 5:34-35
  • 3. S 2 Samuel 7:7; John 4:20-21; Acts 7:49*; Acts 17:24
  • 4. S Isaiah 40:26; Acts 7:50*; Acts 17:24
  • 5. S Isaiah 57:15; Matthew 5:3-4; Luke 18:13-14
  • 6. S Ezra 9:4
  • 7. S Isaiah 1:11
  • 8. S Leviticus 11:7
  • 9. S Leviticus 2:2
  • 10. S Isaiah 57:17
  • 11. ver 17; S Deuteronomy 27:15; Ezekiel 8:9-13
  • 12. S Proverbs 10:24; S Isaiah 10:12
  • 13. S 1 Samuel 8:19; S Isaiah 41:28; Proverbs 1:24; Jeremiah 7:13
  • 14. 2Ki 21:2,4,6; Isaiah 59:12
  • 15. S Isaiah 65:12
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