Isaiah 66

koh amar Adonai hashamayim kisi veha'arets hadom raglay e-zeh vayit asher tivnu-li ve'e-zeh maqom menukhati

Thus said GOD: The heaven is My throne And the earth is My footstool: Where could you build a house for Me, What place could serve as My abode?

ve'et-kol-elleh yadi asatah vayyihyu khol-elleh ne'um-Adonai ve'el-zeh abbit el-ani unekheh-ruakh vekhared al-devari

All this was made by My hand, And thus it all came into being —declares GOD. Yet to such a one I look: To the poor and brokenhearted, Who is concerned about My word.

shokhet hashor makkeh-ish zoveakh hasseh oref kelev ma'aleh minkhah dam-khazir mazkir levonah mevarekh aven gam-hemmah bakharu bedarkhehem uveshiqqutsehem nafsham khafetsah

As for those who slaughter oxen and slay humans, Who sacrifice sheep and immolate dogs, Who present as oblation the blood of swine, Who offer incense and worship false gods— Just as they have chosen their ways And take pleasure in their abominations,

gam-ani evkhar beta'alulehem umegurotam avi lahem ya'an qarati ve'en oneh dibbarti velo shame'u vayya'asu hara be'enay uva'asher lo-khafatsti bakharu

So will I choose to mock them, To bring on them the very thing they dread. For I called and none responded, I spoke and none paid heed. They did what I deem evil And chose what I do not want.

shimu devar-Adonai hakharedim el-devaro ameru akhekhem sone'ekhem menaddekhem lema'an shemi yikhbad Adonai venireh vesimkhatkhem vehem yevoshu

Hear the word of GOD, You who are concerned about God’s word! Your own kindred who hate you, Who spurn you because of Me, are saying, “Let GOD manifest the divine Presence, So that we may look upon your joy.” But theirs shall be the shame.

qol sha'on me'ir qol mehekhal qol Adonai meshallem gemul le'oyevayw

Hark, tumult from the city, Thunder from the temple! It is GOD’s thunder As retribution is dealt to the foe.

beterem takhil yaladah beterem yavo khevel lah vehimlitah zakhar

Before she labored, she was delivered; Before her pangs came, she bore a son.

mi-shama kazot mi ra'ah ka'elleh hayukhal erets beyom ekhad im-yivvaled-goy pa'am ekhat ki-khalah gam-yaledah tsiyyon et-baneha

Who ever heard the like? Who ever witnessed such events? Can a land pass through travail In a single day? Or is a nation born All at once? Yet Zion travailed And at once bore her children!

ha'ani ashbir velo olid yomar Adonai im-ani hammolid ve'atsarti amar elohayikh

Shall I who bring on labor not bring about birth? —says GOD. Shall I who cause birth shut the womb? —said your God.

simkhu et-yerushalai͏m vegilu vah kol-ohaveha sisu ittah masos kol-hammitabbelim aleha

Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, All you who love her! Join in her jubilation, All you who mourned over her—

lema'an tinequ usevatem mishod tankhumeha lema'an tamotsu vehitannagtem mizziz kevodah

That you may suck from her breast Consolation to the full, That you may draw from her bosom Glory to your delight.

ki-khoh amar Adonai hinni noteh-eleha kenahar shalom ukhenakhal shotef kevod goyim vinaqtem al-tsad tinnase'u ve'al-birkayim tesho'osha'u

For thus said GOD: I will extend to her Prosperity like a stream, The wealth of nations Like a wadi in flood; And you shall drink of it. You shall be carried on shoulders And dandled upon knees

ke'ish asher immo tenakhamennu ken anokhi anakhemkhem uvirushalai͏m tenukhamu

Like one whom a mother comforts. So I will comfort you: You shall find comfort in Jerusalem.

ure'item vesas libbekhem ve'atsmotekhem kaddeshe tifrakhnah venode'ah yad-Adonai et-avadayw veza'am et-oyevayw

You shall see and your heart shall rejoice, Your limbs shall flourish like grass. GOD’s power shall be revealed On behalf of those who render service; But [God] shall rage against all foes.

ki-hinneh Adonai ba'esh yavo vekhassufah markevotayw lehashiv bekhemah appo vega'arato belahave-esh

See, GOD is coming with fire— With chariots like a whirlwind— To vent anger in fury, And rebuke in flaming fire.

ki va'esh Adonai nishpat uvekharbo et-kol-basar verabbu khalle Adonai

For with fire will contend, With the sword, against all flesh; And many shall be GOD’s slain.

hammitqaddeshim vehammittaharim el-haggannot akhar (khd) [akhat] battavekh okhele besar hakhazir vehasheqets veha'akhbar yakhdav yasufu ne'um-Adonai

Those who sanctify and purify themselves to enter the groves, imitating one in the center, eating the flesh of the swine, the reptile, and the mouse, shall one and all come to an end—declares GOD.

ve'anokhi ma'asehem umakhshevotehem ba'ah leqabbets et-kol-haggoyim vehalleshonot uva'u vera'u et-kevodi

For I [know] their deeds and purposes. [The time] has come to gather all the nations and tongues; they shall come and behold My glory.

vesamti vahem ot veshillakhti mehem peletim el-haggoyim tarshish pul velud moshekhe qeshet tuval veyavan ha'iyyim harekhoqim asher lo-shame'u et-shimi velo-ra'u et-kevodi vehiggidu et-kevodi baggoyim

I will set a sign among them, and send from them survivors to the nations: to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud—that draw the bow—to Tubal, Javan, and the distant coasts, that have never heard My fame nor beheld My glory. They shall declare My glory among these nations.

vehevi'u et-kol-akhekhem mikkol-haggoyim minkhah la-Adonai bassusim uvarekhev uvatsabbim uvapperadim uvakkirkarot al har qodshi yerushalai͏m amar Adonai ka'asher yavi'u vene yisra'el et-hamminkhah bikhli tahor bet Adonai

And out of all the nations, said GOD, they shall bring all your kindred on horses, in chariots and drays, on mules and dromedaries, to Jerusalem My holy mountain as an offering to GOD—just as the Israelites bring an offering in a pure vessel to the House of GOD.

vegam-mehem eqqakh lakkohanim lalviyyim amar Adonai

And from them likewise I will take some to be levitical priests, said GOD.

ki kha'asher hashamayim hakhadashim veha'arets hakhadashah asher ani oseh omedim lefanay ne'um-Adonai ken ya'amod zarakhem veshimkhem

For as the new heaven and the new earth That I will make Shall endure by My will —declares GOD— So shall your seed and your name endure.

vehayah midde-khodesh bekhodsho umidde shabbat beshabbatto yavo khol-basar lehishtakhavot lefanay amar Adonai

And new moon after new moon, And sabbath after sabbath, All flesh shall come to worship Me —said GOD.

veyatse'u vera'u befigre ha'anashim happoshe'im bi ki tolatam lo tamut ve'isham lo tikhbeh vehayu dera'on lekhol-basar

They shall go out and gaze On the corpses of those who rebelled against Me: Their worms shall not die, Nor their fire be quenched; They shall be a horror To all flesh. And new moon after new moon, And sabbath after sabbath, All flesh shall come to worship Me —said GOD.