Isaiah 66

Heaven Is My Throne

¹This is what Yahweh says:

“Heaven is My throne,

and earth is My footstool.

What kind of house will you build for Me?

Or where will My place of repose be?

• IS 66:1[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → ACTS 7:49-50

²Has not My hand made all these things?

And so they came into being,”

declares Yahweh.

“This is the one I will esteem:

he who is humble and contrite in spirit,

who trembles at My word.

³Whoever 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.

• IS 66:3[DEMONIC]Burning incense is like blessing an idol

⁴So I will choose their punishment

and I will bring terror upon them,

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.”

⁵You who tremble at His word,

hear the word of Yahweh:

“Your brothers who hate you

and exclude you because of My name

have said, ‘Let Yahweh be glorified

that we may see your joy!’

But they will be put to shame.”

⁶Hear the uproar from the city;

listen to the voice from the temple!

It is the voice of Yahweh,

repaying His enemies what they deserve!

Rejoice with Jerusalem

⁷“Before she was in labor, she gave birth;

before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.

⁸Who 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.

• IS 66:8[PROPHECY]Shall a nation be born in a day? → HISTORY: The modern State of Israel declared itself a nation in one day, May 14, 1948. Found in Israel's Declaration of Independence. Many Christians see this verse here, while others see Zion's return from exile.MEDIUM

⁹Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?”

says Yahweh.

“Or will I who deliver close the womb?”

says your God.

¹⁰Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her,

all who love her.

Rejoice greatly with her,

all who mourn over her,

¹¹so that you may nurse and be satisfied

at her comforting breasts;

you may drink deeply and delight yourselves

in her glorious abundance.

¹²For this is what Yahweh 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.

¹³As a mother comforts her son,

so will I comfort you,

and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”

¹⁴When you see, you will rejoice,

and you will flourish like grass;

then the hand of Yahweh will be revealed to His servants,

but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.

Final Judgments against the Wicked

¹⁵For behold, Yahweh will come with fire—

His chariots are like a whirlwind—

to execute His anger with fury

and His rebuke with flames of fire.

• IS 66:15[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → 2TH 1:8

¹⁶For by fire and by His sword,

Yahweh will execute judgment on all flesh,

and many will be slain by Yahweh.

¹⁷“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 Yahweh.

• IS 66:17[DEMONIC]People who purify themselves for pagan groves will perish

¹⁸“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.

¹⁹I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them 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. ²⁰And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to Yahweh on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says Yahweh, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of Yahweh.”

²¹“And I will select some of them as priests and Levites,” says Yahweh.

²²“For just as the new heavens and the new earth,

which I will make, will endure before Me,”

declares Yahweh,

“so your descendants and your name will endure.

• IS 66:22[PROPHECY]The new heavens and new earth would endure forever → STILL TO COME
• IS 66:22[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → 2PE 3:13
• IS 66:22[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → REV 21:1

²³From one New Moon to another

and from one Sabbath to another,

all mankind will come to worship before Me,”

says Yahweh.

²⁴“As they go forth, they will see the corpses

of the men who have rebelled against Me;

for their worm will never die,

their fire will never be quenched,

and they will be a horror

to all mankind.”

• IS 66:24[PROPHECY]The rebels would face a worm that never dies and a fire never quenched → STILL TO COME
• IS 66:24[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → MK 9:48