Isaiah 66:1-4

Heaven Is God’s Throne

¹This is what the Lord says:

“Heaven is My throne and the earth is the footstool for My feet.

Where then is a house you could build for Me?

And where is a place that I may rest?

2“For My hand made all these things,

So all these things came into being,” declares the Lord.

“But I will look to this one,

At one who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who trembles at My word.

Hypocrisy Rebuked

3“But the one who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a person;

The one who sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck;

One who offers a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood;

One who burns incense is like one who blesses an idol.

As they have chosen their own ways,

And their souls delight in their abominations,

4So I will choose their punishments

And bring on them what they dread.

Because I called, but no one answered;

I spoke, but they did not listen.

Instead, they did evil in My sight

And chose that in which I did not delight.”

Joy in Jerusalem’s Future