1 GLT Thus says Yahweh,“Heaven{ is} my throne, and the earth{ is} the stool for my feet. Where{ is} the house that you will build for me? And where{ is} the place{ where} I may rest? BSB BSB: This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
2 GLT And all these my hand has made; thus all these came to be”— the declaration of Yahweh.“And to this one I look, to the broken and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at my word. BSB BSB: Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
3 GLT He who slaughters an ox strikes down a man; he who sacrifices a lamb breaks the neck of a dog; he who brings up a grain offering{ offers} the blood of a pig; he who offers a memorial of incense blesses wickedness. They, too, have chosen their ways, and in their abominations their spirit delights. BSB BSB: Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
4 GLT Even so, I shall choose their punishment, and their fears I shall bring on them, because I called, and no one answered; I spoke, and no one listened. And they did evil before my eyes, and what I did not desire, they chose.” BSB BSB: So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
5 GLT Hear the word of Yahweh, who tremble at his word, Your brothers who hate you have said,— who exclude you for the sake of my name—“May Yahweh be glorified, and we will see your joy,” but they will be put to shame. BSB BSB: You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”
6 GLT The sound of uproar from the city, a sound from the temple, the sound of Yahweh repaying completely his enemies. BSB BSB: Hear the uproar from the city; listen to the voice from the temple! It is the voice of the LORD, repaying His enemies what they deserve!
7 GLT “Before she goes into labor, she gives birth; before pain comes upon her, then she delivers a male. BSB BSB: “Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.
8 GLT Who has heard of such a thing? Who has seen such things? Can a land be delivered through labor in one day? Can a nation be born{ in} one moment? For Zion went into labor, she yet gave birth to her children. BSB BSB: Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.
9 GLT Do I break open the womb and not cause birth?”— said Yahweh.“Or do I cause birth and block{ it}?”— said your God. BSB BSB: Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God.
10 GLT “Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all who love her; rejoice with her{ in} gladness, all who mourned over her! BSB BSB: Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,
11 GLT For you will suckle and be satisfied from her comforting breasts; for you will drink deep and be refreshed from her glorious teat.” BSB BSB: so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.
12 GLT For thus says Yahweh:“Behold, I am about to spread well- being over her like a river, and like an overflowing stream the splendor of the nations, and you will suckle; at{ her} side you will be carried and on her knees rocked to and fro. BSB BSB: For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
13 GLT As a man whose mother comforts him, so I will comfort you, and in Jerusalem you will be comforted.” BSB BSB: As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”
14 GLT And you will see, and your heart will rejoice, and your bones will sprout like the grass, and the hand of Yahweh will be made known to his servants, but he will rage{ against} his enemies. BSB BSB: When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.
15 GLT For behold, Yahweh is coming with fire, and like the windstorm, his chariots to bring the heat of his nose and his rebuke with flames of fire. BSB BSB: For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
16 GLT For Yahweh judges with fire, and with his sword against all flesh. and those slain by Yahweh will be many. BSB BSB: For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.
17 GLT “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to{ enter} the gardens, behind one in the center, eating the flesh of pig and abominations and mice. They altogether will come to an end”— the declaration of Yahweh. BSB BSB: “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD.
18 GLT “For I{ know} their deeds and their thoughts.{ The time} is coming when I will gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see my glory. BSB BSB: “And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
19 GLT And I will set a sign among them and send survivors from them to the nations: Tarshish, Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, Tubal and Javan, the distant coastlands where they have not heard news of me and have not seen my glory; and they will proclaim my glory among the nations. BSB BSB: I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
20 GLT And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations{ as} an offering to Yahweh on horses and in chariots and in wagons and on mules and on camels to my holy mountain Jerusalem”— says Yahweh—“as the sons of Israel bring a grain offering in a clean vessel{ into} the house of Yahweh. BSB BSB: And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”
21 GLT And from them I shall even take priests{ and} Levites”— says Yahweh. BSB BSB: “And I will select some of them as priests and Levites,” says the LORD.
22 GLT “For just as the new heavens and the new earth that I am making stand before my face”— the declaration of Yahweh—“so will stand your seed and your name. BSB BSB: “For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.
23 GLT And it will be, from month to month, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh will come to bow down before my face”— says Yahweh. BSB BSB: From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.
24 GLT “And they will go out and see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against me, for their maggots will not die, and their fire will not be quenched; and they will be an abhorrence to all flesh.” BSB BSB: “As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”
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