Isa.65.17

"Pay close attention now: I'm creating new heavens and a new earth. All the earlier troubles, chaos, and pain are things of the past, to be forgotten.

Isa.65.17

"Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.

Isa.65.17

"For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.

Isa.65.17

"Look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth--so wonderful that no one will even think about the old ones anymore.

Isa.65.18

Look ahead with joy. Anticipate what I'm creating: I'll create Jerusalem as sheer joy, create my people as pure delight.

Isa.65.18

But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy.

Isa.65.18

But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing, And her people a joy.

Isa.65.18

Be glad; rejoice forever in my creation! And look! I will create Jerusalem as a place of happiness. Her people will be a source of joy.

Isa.65.19

I'll take joy in Jerusalem, take delight in my people: No more sounds of weeping in the city, no cries of anguish;

Isa.65.19

I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more.

Isa.65.19

I will rejoice in Jerusalem, And joy in My people; The voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her, Nor the voice of crying.

Isa.65.19

I will rejoice in Jerusalem and delight in my people. And the sound of weeping and crying will be heard no more.

Isa.65.20

No more babies dying in the cradle, or old people who don't enjoy a full lifetime; One-hundredth birthdays will be considered normal--anything less will seem like a cheat.

Isa.65.20

"Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; he who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere youth; he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.

Isa.65.20

"No more shall an infant from there live but a few days, Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days; For the child shall die one hundred years old, But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.

Isa.65.20

"No longer will babies die when only a few days old. No longer will adults die before they have lived a full life. No longer will people be considered old at one hundred! Only sinners will die that young!

Isa.65.21

They'll build houses and move in. They'll plant fields and eat what they grow.

Isa.65.21

They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

Isa.65.21

They shall build houses and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

Isa.65.21

In those days, people will live in the houses they build and eat the fruit of their own vineyards.

Isa.65.22

No more building a house that some outsider takes over, No more planting fields that some enemy confiscates, For my people will be as long-lived as trees, my chosen ones will have satisfaction in their work.

Isa.65.22

No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the works of their hands.

Isa.65.22

They shall not build and another inhabit; They shall not plant and another eat; For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people, And My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

Isa.65.22

It will not be like the past, when invaders took the houses and confiscated the vineyards. For my people will live as long as trees and will have time to enjoy their hard-won gains.

Isa.65.23

They won't work and have nothing come of it, they won't have children snatched out from under them. For they themselves are plantings blessed by GOD, with their children and grandchildren likewise GOD-blessed.

Isa.65.23

They will not toil in vain or bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with them.

Isa.65.23

They shall not labor in vain, Nor bring forth children for trouble; For they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the LORD, And their offspring with them.

Isa.65.23

They will not work in vain, and their children will not be doomed to misfortune. For they are people blessed by the LORD, and their children, too, will be blessed.

Isa.65.24

Before they call out, I'll answer. Before they've finished speaking, I'll have heard.

Isa.65.24

Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.

Isa.65.24

"It shall come to pass That before they call, I will answer; And while they are still speaking, I will hear.

Isa.65.24

I will answer them before they even call to me. While they are still talking to me about their needs, I will go ahead and answer their prayers!

Isa.65.25

Wolf and lamb will graze the same meadow, lion and ox eat straw from the same trough, but snakes--they'll get a diet of dirt! Neither animal nor human will hurt or kill anywhere on my Holy Mountain," says GOD.

Isa.65.25

The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but dust will be the serpent's food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain," says the LORD.

Isa.65.25

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, The lion shall eat straw like the ox, And dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain," Says the LORD.

Isa.65.25

The wolf and lamb will feed together. The lion will eat straw like the ox. Poisonous snakes will strike no more. In those days, no one will be hurt or destroyed on my holy mountain. I, the LORD, have spoken!"

Isa.66.1

GOD's Message: "Heaven's my throne, earth is my footstool. What sort of house could you build for me? What holiday spot reserve for me?

Isa.66.1

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?

Isa.66.1

Thus says the LORD: "Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest?

Isa.66.1

This is what the LORD says: "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Could you ever build me a temple as good as that? Could you build a dwelling place for me?

Isa.66.2

I made all this! I own all this!" GOD's Decree. "But there is something I'm looking for: a person simple and plain, reverently responsive to what I say.

Isa.66.2

Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?" declares the LORD. "This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.

Isa.66.2

For all those things My hand has made, And all those things exist," Says the LORD. "But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word.

Isa.66.2

My hands have made both heaven and earth, and they are mine. I, the LORD, have spoken! "I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts, who tremble at my word.

Isa.66.3

"Your acts of worship are acts of sin: Your sacrificial slaughter of the ox is no different from murdering the neighbor; Your offerings for worship, no different from dumping pig's blood on the altar; Your presentation of memorial gifts, no different from honoring a no-god idol. You choose self-serving worship, you delight in self-centered worship--disgusting!

Isa.66.3

But whoever sacrifices a bull is like one who kills a man, and whoever offers a lamb, 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, like one who worships an idol. They have chosen their own ways, and their souls delight in their abominations;

Isa.66.3

"He who kills a bull is as if he slays a man; He who sacrifices a lamb, as if he breaks a dog's neck; He who offers a grain offering, as if he offers swine's blood; He who burns incense, as if he blesses an idol. Just as they have chosen their own ways, And their soul delights in their abominations,

Isa.66.3

But those who choose their own ways, delighting in their sins, are cursed. Their offerings will not be accepted. When such people sacrifice an ox, it is no more acceptable than a human sacrifice. When they sacrifice a lamb or bring an offering of grain, it is as bad as putting a dog or the blood of a pig on the altar! When they burn incense, it is as if they had blessed an idol.

Isa.66.4

Well, I choose to expose your nonsense and let you realize your worst fears, Because when I invited you, you ignored me; when I spoke to you, you brushed me off. You did the very things I exposed as evil, you chose what I hate."

Isa.66.4

so I also will choose harsh treatment for them and will bring upon 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."

Isa.66.4

So will I choose their delusions, And bring their fears on them; Because, when I called, no one answered, When I spoke they did not hear; But they did evil before My eyes, And chose that in which I do not delight."

Isa.66.4

I will send great troubles against them--all the things they feared. For when I called, they did not answer. When I spoke, they did not listen. They deliberately sinned--before my very eyes--and chose to do what they know I despise."

Isa.66.5

But listen to what GOD has to say to you who reverently respond to his Word: "Your own families hate you and turn you out because of me. They taunt you, "Let us see GOD's glory! If God's so great, why aren't you happy?' But they're the ones who are going to end up shamed." [JC]

Isa.66.5

Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at his word: "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!' Yet they will be put to shame.

Isa.66.5

Hear the word of the LORD, You who tremble at His word: "Your brethren who hated you, Who cast you out for My name's sake, said, "Let the LORD be glorified, That we may see your joy.' But they shall be ashamed."

Isa.66.5

Hear this message from the LORD, and tremble at his words: "Your close relatives hate you and throw you out for being loyal to my name. `Let the LORD be honored!' they scoff. `Be joyful in him!' But they will be put to shame.

Isa.66.6

Rumbles of thunder from the city! A voice out of the Temple! GOD's voice, handing out judgment to his enemies:

Isa.66.6

Hear that uproar from the city, hear that noise from the temple! It is the sound of the LORD repaying his enemies all they deserve.

Isa.66.6

The sound of noise from the city! A voice from the temple! The voice of the LORD, Who fully repays His enemies!

Isa.66.6

What is all the commotion in the city? What is that terrible noise from the Temple? It is the voice of the LORD taking vengeance against his enemies.

Isa.66.7

"Before she went into labor, she had the baby. Before the birth pangs hit, she delivered a son.

Isa.66.7

"Before she goes into labor, she gives birth; before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son.

Isa.66.7

"Before she was in labor, she gave birth; Before her pain came, She delivered a male child.

Isa.66.7

"Before the birth pains even begin, Jerusalem gives birth to a son.

Isa.66.8

Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? Has anyone seen anything like this? A country born in a day? A nation born in a flash? But Zion was barely in labor when she had her babies!

Isa.66.8

Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her children.

Isa.66.8

Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, She gave birth to her children.

Isa.66.8

Who has ever seen or heard of anything as strange as this? Has a nation ever been born in a single day? Has a country ever come forth in a mere moment? But by the time Jerusalem's birth pains begin, the baby will be born; the nation will come forth.

Isa.66.9

Do I open the womb and not deliver the baby? Do I, the One who delivers babies, shut the womb?

Isa.66.9

Do I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?" says the LORD. "Do I close up the womb when I bring to delivery?" says your God.

Isa.66.9

Shall I bring to the time of birth, and not cause delivery?" says the LORD. "Shall I who cause delivery shut up the womb?" says your God.

Isa.66.9

Would I ever bring this nation to the point of birth and then not deliver it?" asks the LORD. "No! I would never keep this nation from being born," says your God.

Isa.66.10

"Rejoice, Jerusalem, and all who love her, celebrate! And all you who have shed tears over her, join in the happy singing.

Isa.66.10

"Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn over her.

Isa.66.10

"Rejoice with Jerusalem, And be glad with her, all you who love her; Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn for her;

Isa.66.10

"Rejoice with Jerusalem! Be glad with her, all you who love her and mourn for her.

Isa.66.11

You newborns can satisfy yourselves at her nurturing breasts. Yes, delight yourselves and drink your fill at her ample bosom."

Isa.66.11

For you will nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you will drink deeply and delight in her overflowing abundance."

Isa.66.11

That you may feed and be satisfied With the consolation of her bosom, That you may drink deeply and be delighted With the abundance of her glory."

Isa.66.11

Delight in Jerusalem! Drink deeply of her glory even as an infant drinks at its mother's generous breasts.

Isa.66.12

GOD's Message: "I'll pour robust well-being into her like a river, the glory of nations like a river in flood. You'll nurse at her breasts, nestle in her bosom, and be bounced on her knees.

Isa.66.12

For this is what the LORD says: "I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm and dandled on her knees.

Isa.66.12

For thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, And the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream. Then you shall feed; On her sides shall you be carried, And be dandled on her knees.

Isa.66.12

Peace and prosperity will overflow Jerusalem like a river," says the LORD. "The wealth of the nations will flow to her. Her children will be nursed at her breasts, carried in her arms, and treated with love.

Isa.66.13

As a mother comforts her child, so I'll comfort you. You will be comforted in Jerusalem."

Isa.66.13

As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem."

Isa.66.13

As one whom his mother comforts, So I will comfort you; And you shall be comforted in Jerusalem."

Isa.66.13

I will comfort you there as a child is comforted by its mother."

Isa.66.14

You'll see all this and burst with joy -you'll feel ten feet tall--As it becomes apparent that GOD is on your side and against his enemies.

Isa.66.14

When you see this, your heart will rejoice and you will flourish like grass; the hand of the LORD will be made known to his servants, but his fury will be shown to his foes.

Isa.66.14

When you see this, your heart shall rejoice, And your bones shall flourish like grass; The hand of the LORD shall be known to His servants, And His indignation to His enemies.

Isa.66.14

When you see these things, your heart will rejoice. Vigorous health will be yours! Everyone will see the good hand of the LORD on his people--and his anger against his enemies.

Isa.66.15

For GOD arrives like wildfire and his chariots like a tornado, A furious outburst of anger, a rebuke fierce and fiery.

Isa.66.15

See, the LORD is coming with fire, and his chariots are like a whirlwind; he will bring down his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

Isa.66.15

For behold, the LORD will come with fire And with His chariots, like a whirlwind, To render His anger with fury, And His rebuke with flames of fire.

Isa.66.15

See, the LORD is coming with fire, and his swift chariots of destruction roar like a whirlwind. He will bring punishment with the fury of his anger and the flaming fire of his hot rebuke.

Isa.66.16

For it's by fire that GOD brings judgment, a death sentence on the human race. Many, oh so many, are under GOD's sentence of death:

Isa.66.16

For with fire and with his sword the LORD will execute judgment upon all men, and many will be those slain by the LORD.

Isa.66.16

For by fire and by His sword The LORD will judge all flesh; And the slain of the LORD shall be many.

Isa.66.16

The LORD will punish the world by fire and by his sword, and many will be killed by the LORD.

Isa.66.17

"All who enter the sacred groves for initiation in those unholy rituals that climaxed in that foul and obscene meal of pigs and mice will eat together and then die together." GOD's Decree.

Isa.66.17

"Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following the one in the midst of those who eat the flesh of pigs and rats and other abominable things-they will meet their end together," declares the LORD.

Isa.66.17

"Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves, To go to the gardens After an idol in the midst, Eating swine's flesh and the abomination and the mouse, Shall be consumed together," says the LORD.

Isa.66.17

"Those who `purify' themselves in a sacred garden, feasting on pork and rats and other forbidden meats, will come to a terrible end," says the LORD.

Isa.66.18

"I know everything they've ever done or thought. I'm going to come and then gather everyone--all nations, all languages. They'll come and see my glory.

Isa.66.18

"And I, because of their actions and their imaginations, am about to come and gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see my glory.

Isa.66.18

"For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory.

Isa.66.18

"I can see what they are doing, and I know what they are thinking. So I will gather all nations and peoples together, and they will see my glory.

Isa.66.19

I'll set up a station at the center. I'll send the survivors of judgment all over the world: Spain and Africa, Turkey and Greece, and the far-off islands that have never heard of me, who know nothing of what I've done nor who I am. I'll send them out as missionaries to preach my glory among the nations.

Isa.66.19

"I will set a sign among them, and I will send some of those who survive to the nations-to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians (famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to the distant islands that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory among the nations.

Isa.66.19

I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles.

Isa.66.19

I will perform a sign among them. And I will send those who survive to be messengers to the nations--to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians (who are famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to all the lands beyond the sea that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. There they will declare my glory to the nations.

Isa.66.20

They'll return with all your long-lost brothers and sisters from all over the world. They'll bring them back and offer them in living worship to GOD. They'll bring them on horses and wagons and carts, on mules and camels, straight to my holy mountain Jerusalem," says GOD. "They'll present them just as Israelites present their offerings in a ceremonial vessel in the Temple of GOD.

Isa.66.20

And they will bring all your brothers, from all the nations, to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the LORD -on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels," says the LORD. "They will bring them, as the Israelites bring their grain offerings, to the temple of the LORD in ceremonially clean vessels.

Isa.66.20

Then they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the LORD out of all nations, on horses and in chariots and in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem," says the LORD, "as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.

Isa.66.20

They will bring the remnant of your people back from every nation. They will bring them to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the LORD. They will ride on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels," says the LORD.

Isa.66.21

I'll even take some of them and make them priests and Levites," says GOD.

Isa.66.21

And I will select some of them also to be priests and Levites," says the LORD.

Isa.66.21

And I will also take some of them for priests and Levites," says the LORD.

Isa.66.21

"And I will appoint some of those who return to be my priests and Levites. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Isa.66.22

"For just as the new heavens and new earth that I am making will stand firm before me" -GOD's Decree--"So will your children and your reputation stand firm.

Isa.66.22

"As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me," declares the LORD, "so will your name and descendants endure.

Isa.66.22

"For as the new heavens and the new earth Which I will make shall remain before Me," says the LORD, "So shall your descendants and your name remain.

Isa.66.22

"As surely as my new heavens and earth will remain, so will you always be my people, with a name that will never disappear," says the LORD.

Isa.66.23

Month after month and week by week, everyone will come to worship me," GOD says.

Isa.66.23

From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me," says the LORD.

Isa.66.23

And it shall come to pass That from one New Moon to another, And from one Sabbath to another, All flesh shall come to worship before Me," says the LORD.

Isa.66.23

"All humanity will come to worship me from week to week and from month to month.

Isa.66.24

"And then they'll go out and look at what happened to those who rebelled against me. Corpses! Maggots endlessly eating away on them, an endless supply of fuel for fires. Everyone who sees what's happened and smells the stench retches."

Isa.66.24

"And they will go out and look upon the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind."

Isa.66.24

"And they shall go forth and look Upon the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. For their worm does not die, And their fire is not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."

Isa.66.24

And as they go out, they will see the dead bodies of those who have rebelled against me. For the worms that devour them will never die, and the fire that burns them will never go out. All who pass by will view them with utter horror."