Isaiah 66:7
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Isaiah 66:7
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"Before she travailed, she brought forth; Before her pain came, she gave birth to a boy.
Isaiah 66:8
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"Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Can a land be born in one day? Can a nation be brought forth all at once? As soon as Zion travailed, she also brought forth her sons.
Isaiah 66:9
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"Shall I bring to the point of birth and not give delivery?" says the LORD. "Or shall I who gives delivery shut {the womb?}" says your God.
Isaiah 66:10
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"Be joyful with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you who love her; Be exceedingly glad with her, all you who mourn over her,
Isaiah 66:11
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That you may nurse and be satisfied with her comforting breasts, That you may suck and be delighted with her bountiful bosom."
Isaiah 66:12
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For thus says the LORD, "Behold, I extend peace to her like a river, And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; And you will be nursed, you will be carried on the hip and fondled on the knees.
Isaiah 66:13
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"As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; And you will be comforted in Jerusalem."
Isaiah 66:14
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Then you will see {this,} and your heart will be glad, And your bones will flourish like the new grass; And the hand of the LORD will be made known to His servants, But He will be indignant toward His enemies.
Isaiah 66:15
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For behold, the LORD will come in fire And His chariots like the whirlwind, To render His anger with fury, And His rebuke with flames of fire.
Isaiah 66:16
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For the LORD will execute judgment by fire And by His sword on all flesh, And those slain by the LORD will be many.
Isaiah 66:17
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"Those who sanctify and purify themselves {to go} to the gardens, Following one in the center, Who eat swine's flesh, detestable things and mice, Will come to an end altogether," declares the LORD.
Isaiah 66:18
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"For I know their works and their thoughts; the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory.
Isaiah 66:19
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~"I will set a sign among them and will send survivors from them to the nations: Tarshish, Put, Lud, Meshech, Tubal and Javan, to the distant coastlands that have neither heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they will declare My glory among the nations.
Isaiah 66:20
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~"Then they shall bring all your brethren from all the nations as a grain offering to the LORD, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem," says the LORD, "just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.
Isaiah 66:21
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~"I will also take some of them for priests {and} for Levites," says the LORD.
Isaiah 66:22
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"For just as the new heavens and the new earth Which I make will endure before Me," declares the LORD, "So your offspring and your name will endure.
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