Isaiah 66:2

For all those things hath Mine hand made, 1 and so came they all into being, 1 saith Hashem; 1 but to this man will I look, 1 even to him that is oni and of a contrite ruach, 1 and trembleth at My Devar. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

In Context

1Thus saith Hashem: 1 HaShomayim is My kisse, 1 and ha'aretz is My footstool; 1 where is the Beis that ye build for Me? 1 And where is the Makom of My Menuchah? 1

3He that slaughtereth the bull 1 is the slayer of a man; 1 he that sacrificeth a seh, 1 is a strangler of dogs; 1 he that offereth a minchah, 1 it is dahm chazir; 1 he that burneth incense, 1 blesseth idols. 1 As they have chosen their own ways, 1 and their nefesh delighteth in their shikkutzim (abominations), 1

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Cross References

Genesis 1:1In the beginning Elohim bara hashomayim (the heavens) and haaretz (the earth). - 1:1 Ps 51:10

2 Kings 22:10And Shaphan the Sofer showed HaMelech, saying, Chilkiyah the Kohen hath delivered unto me a Sefer (Scroll). And Shaphan read it before HaMelech.

2 Kings 22:19Because thine lev was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before Hashem, when thou heardest what I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a klalah (curse), and hast torn thy garments, and wept before Me; I also have heard thee, saith Hashem.

Ezra 9:4Then were assembled around me every one that trembled at the Divrei Elohei Yisroel, because of the transgression of those of the Golus; and I sat appalled until the minchat haerev.

Psalms 34:18The tzaddikim cry, and Hashem heareth, 1 and delivereth them out of all their tzoros. 1

Psalms 51:19The zivkhei Elohim are a ruach nishbarah (broken spirit); 1 a broken and contrite lev, O Elohim, Thou wilt not despise. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 66:2-5

The Vanity of Mere Ritual Obedience. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Thus saith the Lord , The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? 2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord : but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. 3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he… Read the whole commentary →

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