Isaiah 66:5

Hear the word of Yahweh, you who tremble at his word, 1 “Your brothers who hate and exclude you for my name's sake have said, 1 'May Yahweh be glorified, then we will see your joy,' 1 but they will be put to shame. 1

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In The King James Version

Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

In Context

4In the same way I will choose their own punishment; I will bring on them what they fear, 1 because when I called, no one answered; when I spoke, no one listened. 1 They did what was evil in my sight, and chose to do what displeases me.” 1

6A sound of battle tumult comes from the city, a sound from the temple, 1 the sound of Yahweh paying back his enemies. 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 22:10Then Shaphan the scribe said to the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” Then Shaphan read it to the king.

Ezra 9:4All those who trembled at the words of the God of Israel about this faithlessness gathered to me while I was sitting ashamed until the evening offering.

Psalms 119:120My body trembles in fear of you, 1 and I am afraid of your righteous decrees. AYIN 1

Song of Solomon 1:6Do not stare at me because I am dark, 1 because the sun has scorched me. 1 My mother's sons were angry with me; 1 they made me keeper of the vineyards, 1 but my own vineyard I have not kept. The woman speaking to the man 1

Isaiah 26:11Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, but they do not notice. 1 But they will see your zeal for the people and be put to shame, because fire of your adversaries will devour them. 1

Isaiah 66:2My hand has made all these things; that is how these things came to be—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1 This is the man of whom I approve, the broken and contrite in spirit, and who trembles at my word. 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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