Isaiah 66:21

And of them also, will I take for priests—for Levites, saith Yahweh,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.

In Context

20Then shall they bring in all your brethren out of all the nations, As a present unto Yahweh, Upon horses and in chariots and in palanquins and on mules and on dromedaries Unto my holy mountain—Jerusalem, saith Yahweh,—Just as the sons of Israel, bring in their present in a pure vessel, into the house, of Yahweh.

22For, as the new heavens and the new earth, which I am about to make, are to remain before me, Declareth Yahweh, So, shall remain your seed and your name.

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Cross References

Isaiah 61:6But, ye, the priests of Yahweh, shall be called, The attendants of our God, shall ye be named,—The riches of the nations, shall ye eat, And in their glory, shall ye boast yourselves.

Hebrews 7:12For, seeing there is to be a change of the priesthood, of necessity, of law too, a change cometh.

1 Peter 2:9But, ye, are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a peculiar treasure, that, the excellences, ye may tell forth, of him who, out of darkness, hath called you into his marvellous light:—

Revelation 5:10And didst make them, unto our God, a kingdom and priests,—and they reign on the earth.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 66:16-24

Divine Judgment; Judgment and Mercy; The Enlargement of the Church. ( b. c. 706.) 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. 16 For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many. 17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be… Read the whole commentary →

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