Dual Panel1This is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>: “The heavens <08064> are my throne <03678> and the earth <0776> is my footstool <07272> <01916>. Where <0335> then is the house <01004> you will build <01129> for me? Where <0335> is the place <04725> where I will rest <04496>?
2My hand <03027> made <06213> them <0428> <03605>; that is how they came <01961> to be,” says <05002> the Lord <03068>. I show special favor <05027> to <0413> the humble <06041> and contrite <05223>, who respect <02730> what I have to say <01697>.
3The one who slaughters <07819> a bull <07794> also strikes down <05221> a man <0376>; the one who sacrifices <02076> a lamb <07716> also breaks <06202> a dog’s <03611> neck <06202>; the one who presents <05927> an offering <04503> includes pig’s <02386> blood <01818> with it; the one who offers <02142> incense <03828> also <01571> praises <01288> an idol <0205>. They <01992> have decided <0977> to behave this way <01870>; they enjoy <02654> these disgusting practices <08251>.
4So <01571> I <0589> will choose <0977> severe punishment <08586> for them; I will bring <0935> on them what they <01992> dread <04035>, because <03282> I called <07121>, and no <0369> one responded <06030>, I spoke <01696> and they did not <03808> listen <08085>. They did <06213> evil <07451> before <05869> me; they chose <0977> to do what displeases <02654> <03808> me.”
5Hear <08085> the word <01697> of the Lord <03068>, you who respect <02730> what he has to say <0559>! Your countrymen <0251>, who hate <08130> you and exclude <05077> you, supposedly for <04616> the sake of my name <08034>, say, “May the Lord <03068> be glorified <03513>, then we will witness <07200> your joy <08057>.” But they <01992> will be put to shame <0954>.
6The sound <06963> of battle <07588> comes from the city <05892>; the sound <06963> comes from the temple <01964>! It is the sound <06963> of the Lord <03068> paying back <01576> <07999> his enemies <0341>.
7Before <02962> she goes into labor <02342>, she gives birth <03205>! Before <02962> her contractions <02256> begin <0935>, she delivers <04422> a boy <02145>!
8Who <04310> has ever heard <08085> of such a thing <02063>? Who <04310> has ever seen <07200> this <0428>? Can a country <0776> be brought forth <02342> in one <0259> day <03117>? Can a nation <01471> be born <03205> in a single <0259> moment <06471>? Yet <03588> as soon as <01571> Zion <06726> goes into labor <02342> she gives birth <03205> to sons <01121>!
9“Do I <0589> bring a baby to the birth opening <07665> and then not <03808> deliver <03205> it?” asks <0559> the Lord <03068>. “Or <0518> do I <0589> bring a baby to the point of delivery <03205> and then hold <06113> it back <06113>?” asks <0559> your God <0430>.
10Be happy <08055> for <0854> Jerusalem <03389> and rejoice <01523> with <0854> her, all <03605> you who love <0157> her! Share <07797> in her great joy <04885>, all <03605> you who have mourned <056> over <05921> her!
11For <04616> you will nurse <03243> from her satisfying <07646> breasts <07699> and be nourished <08575>; you will feed <04711> with joy <06026> from her milk-filled <02123> breasts <03519>.
12For <03588> this is what <03541> the Lord <03068> says <0559>: “Look <02005>, I am ready to extend <05186> to her <0413> prosperity <07965> that will flow <05104> like a river <05158>, the riches <03519> of nations <01471> will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks <07857>. You will nurse <03243> from her breast and be carried <05375> at her side <06654>; you will play <08173> on <05921> her knees <01290>.
13As <0834> a mother <0517> consoles <05162> a child <0376>, so <03651> I <0595> will console <05162> you, and you will be consoled <05162> over Jerusalem <03389>.”
14When you see <07200> this, you will be happy <07797>, and you will be revived <06524> <01877>. The Lord <03068> will reveal <03045> his power <03027> to <0854> his servants <05650> and his anger <02194> to his enemies <0341>.
15For <03588> look <02009>, the Lord <03068> comes <0935> with fire <0784>, his chariots <04818> come like a windstorm <05492>, to reveal <07725> his raging <02534> anger <0639>, his battle cry <01606>, and his flaming <03851> arrows <0784>.
16For <03588> the Lord <03068> judges <08199> all <03605> humanity <01320> with <0854> fire <0784> and his sword <02719>; the Lord <03068> will kill <02491> many <07231>.
17“As for those who consecrate <06942> and ritually purify <02891> themselves so they can follow <0310> their leader and worship in <08432> the sacred orchards <01593>, those who eat <0398> the flesh <01320> of pigs <02386> and other disgusting <08263> creatures, like mice <05909>– they will all be destroyed <05486> together <03162>,” says <05002> the Lord <03068>.
18“I <0595> hate their deeds <04639> and thoughts <04284>! So I am coming <0935> to gather <06908> all <03605> the nations <01471> and ethnic groups <03956>; they will come <0935> and witness <07200> my splendor <03519>.
19I will perform <07760> a mighty act <0226> among them and then send <07971> some of those <01992> who remain <06412> to <0413> the nations <01471>– to Tarshish <08659>, Pul <06322>, Lud <03865> (known for its archers <07198> <04900>), Tubal <08422>, Javan <03120>, and to the distant <07350> coastlands <0339> that <0834> have not <03808> heard <08085> about me or <03808> seen <07200> my splendor <03519>. They will tell <05046> the nations <01471> of my splendor <03519>.
20They will bring <0935> back all <03605> your countrymen <0251> from all <03605> the nations <01471> as an offering <04503> to the Lord <03068>. They will bring them on horses <05483>, in chariots <07393>, in wagons <06632>, on mules <06505>, and on <05921> camels <03753> to my holy <06944> hill <02022> Jerusalem <03389>,” says <0559> the Lord <03068>, “just as <0834> the Israelites <03478> <01121> bring <0935> offerings <04503> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> in ritually pure <02889> containers <03627>.
21And I will choose <03947> some of them <01992> as priests <03548> and Levites <03881>,” says <0559> the Lord <03068>.
22“For <03588> just as <0834> the new <02319> heavens <08064> and the new <02319> earth <0776> I <0589> am about to make <06213> will remain standing <05975> before <06440> me,” says <05002> the Lord <03068>, “so <03651> your descendants <02233> and your name <08034> will remain <05975>.
23From one <01767> month <02320> to the next <02320> and from <01767> one Sabbath <07676> <07676> to the next, all <03605> people <01320> will come <0935> to worship <07812> me <06440>,” says <0559> the Lord <03068>.
24“They will go out <03318> and observe <07200> the corpses <06297> of those <0376> who rebelled <06586> against me, for <03588> the maggots <08438> that eat them will not <03808> die <04191>, and the fire <0784> that consumes <03518> them will not <03808> die out. All <03605> people <01320> will find the sight abhorrent <01860>.”