Isaiah · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Isaiah 66 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 Thus saith the Lord, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what kind of a house will ye build me? and of what kind [is to be] the place of my rest?
1 Yahweh says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build to me? Where will I rest?
2 For all these things are mine, saith the Lord: and to whom will I have respect, but to the humble and meek, and the [man] that trembles [at] my words?
2 For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
3 But the transgressor that sacrifices a calf to me, is as he that kills a dog; and he that offers fine flour, as [one that offers] swine’s blood; he that gives frankincense for a memorial, is as a blasphemer. Yet they have chosen their own ways, and their soul has delighted in their abominations.
3 He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog’s neck; he who offers an offering, as he who offers pig’s blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.
4 I also will choose their mockeries, and will recompense their sins upon them; because I called them, and they did not hearken to me; I spoke, and they heard not: and they did evil before me, and chose the things wherein I delighted not.
4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears on them, because when I called, no one answered; when I spoke, they didn’t listen, but they did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn’t delight.”
5 Hear the words of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; speak ye, our brethren, to them that hate you and abominate you, that the name of the Lord may be glorified, and may appear their joy; but they shall be ashamed.
5 Hear Yahweh’s word, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, ‘Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy;’ but it is those who shall be disappointed.
6 A voice of a cry from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord rendering recompense to [his] adversaries.
6 A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of Yahweh that repays his enemies what they deserve.
7 Before she that travailed brought forth, before the travail pain came on, she escaped [it] and brought forth a male.
7 “Before she travailed, she gave birth. Before her pain came, she delivered a son.
8 Who has heard such a thing? and who has seen after this manner? Has the earth travailed in one day? or has even a nation been born at once, that Zion has travailed, and brought forth her children?
8 Who has heard of such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? Shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she gave birth to her children.
9 But I have raised this expectation, yet thou hast not remembered me, saith the Lord: behold, have not I made the bearing and barren woman? saith thy God.
9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to be delivered?” says Yahweh. “Shall I who cause to give birth shut the womb?” says your God.
10 Rejoice, O Jerusalem, and all ye that love her hold in her a general assembly: rejoice greatly with her, all that [now] mourn over her:
10 “Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her. Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her;
11 that ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breast of her consolation; that ye may milk out, and delight yourselves with the influx of her glory.
11 that you may nurse and be satisfied at the comforting breasts; that you may drink deeply, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.”
12 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I turn toward them as a river of peace, and as a torrent bringing upon them in a flood the glory of the Gentiles: their children shall be borne upon the shoulders, and comforted on the knees.
12 For Yahweh says, “Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream, and you will nurse. You will be carried on her side, and will be dandled on her knees.
13 As if his mother should comfort one, so will I also comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
13 As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you. You will be comforted in Jerusalem.”
14 And ye shall see, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall thrive like grass: and the hand of the Lord shall be known to them that fear him, and he shall threaten the disobedient.
14 You will see it, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones will flourish like the tender grass. Yahweh’s hand will be known among his servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies.
15 For, behold, the Lord will come as fire, and his chariots as a storm, to render his vengeance with wrath, and his rebuke with a flame of fire.
15 For, behold, Yahweh will come with fire, and his chariots will be like the whirlwind; to give his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For with the fire of the Lord all the earth shall be judged, and all flesh with his sword: many shall be slain by the Lord.
16 For Yahweh will execute judgment by fire and by his sword on all flesh; and those slain by Yahweh will be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves in the gardens, and eat swine’s flesh in the porches, and the abominations, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.
17 “Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go to the gardens, following one in the middle, eating pig’s meat, abominable things, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together,” says Yahweh.
18 And I [know] their works and their imagination. I am going to gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
18 “For I know their works and their thoughts. The time comes that I will gather all nations and languages, and they will come, and will see my glory.
19 And I will leave a sign upon them, and I will send forth them that have escaped of them to the nations, to Tarshish, and Pul, and Lud, and Mosoch, and to Tubal, and to Greece, and to the isles afar off, to those who have not heard my name, nor seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
19 “I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to far-away islands, who have not heard my fame, nor have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
20 And they shall bring your brethren out of all nations for a gift to the Lord with horses, and chariots, in litters [drawn by] mules with awnings, to the holy city Jerusalem, said the Lord, as though the children of Israel should bring their sacrifices to me with psalms into the house of the Lord.
20 They shall bring all your brothers out of all the nations for an offering to Yahweh, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules, and on camels, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says Yahweh, as the children of Israel bring their offering in a clean vessel into Yahweh’s house.
21 And I will take of them priests and Levites, saith the Lord.
21 Of them I will also select priests and Levites,” says Yahweh.
22 For as the new heaven and the new earth, which I make, remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name continue.
22 “For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me,” says Yahweh, “so your offspring and your name shall remain.
23 And it shall come to pass from month to month, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, [that] all flesh shall come to worship before me in Jerusalem, saith the Lord.
23 It shall happen that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh will come to worship before me,” says Yahweh.
24 And they shall go forth, and see the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched; and they shall be a spectacle to all flesh.
24 “They will go out, and look at the dead bodies of the men who have transgressed against me; for their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Acts 7:48–50; Acts 17:24; Matthew 5:34–35; 1 Kings 8:27; Psalm 132:7
- 2 Isaiah 57:15; Psalm 34:18; Psalm 51:17; Matthew 5:3–4; 2 Chronicles 34:27–28
- 3 Proverbs 15:8; Isaiah 1:11–15; Amos 5:21–22; Isaiah 65:12; Isaiah 66:17
- 4 Isaiah 65:12; Proverbs 10:24; Jeremiah 7:13; Proverbs 1:24; 2 Kings 21:2
- 5 Isaiah 66:2; John 15:18–20; Matthew 5:10–12; Psalm 38:20; Matthew 10:22
- 6 Joel 3:7–16; Isaiah 34:8; Amos 1:2; Isaiah 59:18; Isaiah 65:5–7
- 7 Revelation 12:1–5; Galatians 4:26
- 8 Isaiah 64:4; 1 Corinthians 2:9; Isaiah 49:20–22; Romans 15:18–21
- 9 Isaiah 37:3; Genesis 18:14
- 10 Psalm 26:8; Psalm 137:6; Deuteronomy 32:43; Isaiah 65:18; Ezekiel 9:4
- 11 Isaiah 60:16; Joel 3:18; Psalm 36:8; Isaiah 60:5; 1 Peter 2:2
- 12 Isaiah 60:16; Isaiah 48:18; Isaiah 45:14; Isaiah 66:11; Isaiah 49:19–23
- 13 2 Corinthians 1:4; Isaiah 51:3; Isaiah 40:1; 1 Thessalonians 2:7; Isaiah 66:10
- 14 Zechariah 10:7; Proverbs 3:8; Ezra 8:31; Ezekiel 37:1–14; Ezra 8:22
- 15 Isaiah 30:33; 2 Peter 3:10–12; 2 Thessalonians 1:6–9; Matthew 22:7; Psalm 11:6
- 16 Ezekiel 38:21–22; Isaiah 30:30; Ezekiel 39:2–10; Isaiah 27:1; Revelation 19:11–21
- 17 Isaiah 65:3–4; Deuteronomy 14:3–8; Isaiah 1:28–29; Leviticus 11:2–8
- 18 Psalm 86:9; Revelation 11:15; 2 Corinthians 4:4–6; Isaiah 2:2; John 5:42
- 19 Isaiah 52:15; Romans 15:21; Ezekiel 27:10; Isaiah 55:5; Isaiah 60:9
- 20 Isaiah 60:3–14; Isaiah 11:9; Isaiah 65:25; Isaiah 65:11; Romans 15:16
- 21 1 Peter 2:9; Exodus 19:6; 1 Peter 2:5; Revelation 1:6; Isaiah 61:6
- 22 Isaiah 65:17; 2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:1; John 10:27–29; 1 Peter 1:4–5
- 23 Ezekiel 46:1; Psalm 86:9; Ezekiel 46:6; Colossians 2:16–17; Zechariah 14:16
- 24 Isaiah 14:11; Revelation 14:10–11; Daniel 12:2; 1 Thessalonians 2:15–16; Revelation 21:8
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
For the holy word saith, "On whom shall I look, but on him that is meek and peaceable, and that trembleth at My words?"
The heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool." And again, in another place, "Your new moons and your sabbaths My soul hateth; and the great day of the fast and of ceasing from labour I cannot away with; nor, if ye come to be seen of Me, will I hear you: your hands are full of blood; …
… nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King." For these words are evidently spoken with reference to the Creator, as also Esaias says: "Heaven is my throne, the earth is my footstool." And besides this Being there is no other God; otherwise He would not be termed …
For with fire of the Lord shall all the earth be judged, and all flesh with His sword: many shall be wounded by the Lord." In His promise to the good he says that He will flow down as a river of peace, that is to say, in the greatest possible abundance of peace.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Whom also by His prophet Isaiah God earnestly accepting said, "To whom will I look, but to him who is meek and quiet, and trembleth at My words?" For indeed there are many kinds of humility: one is humble in his own measure, another with all excess of lowliness.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)