066:004 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears
on them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke,
they did not hear: but they did that which was evil in my eyes,
and chose that in which I didn't delight.
066:005 Hear the word of Yahweh, you who tremble at his word:
Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name's sake,
have said, Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy;
but it is those who shall be disappointed.
066:006 A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple,
a voice of Yahweh that renders recompense to his enemies.
066:007 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came,
she was delivered of a boy.
066:008 Who has heard such a thing? who has seen such things?
Shall a land be born in one day? shall a nation be brought
forth at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought
forth her children.
066:009 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth?
says Yahweh: shall I who cause to bring forth shut [the
womb]? says your God.
066:010 Rejoice you with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who
love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her;
066:011 that you may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of
her consolations; that you may milk out, and be delighted
with the abundance of her glory.
066:012 For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream:
and you shall suck [of it]; you shall be borne on the side,
and shall be dandled on the knees.
066:013 As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you;
and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
066:014 You shall see [it], and your heart shall rejoice,
and your bones shall flourish like the tender grass:
and the hand of Yahweh shall be known toward his servants;
and he will have indignation against his enemies.
066:015 For, behold, Yahweh will come with fire, and his chariots shall
be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness,
and his rebuke with flames of fire.
066:016 For by fire will Yahweh execute judgment, and by his sword,
on all flesh; and the slain of Yahweh shall be many.
066:017 Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves [to go]
to the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating pig's flesh,
and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an
end together, says Yahweh.
066:018 For I [know] their works and their thoughts: [the time] comes,
that I will gather all nations and languages; and they shall come,
and shall see my glory.
066:019 I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as escape
of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw
the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the islands afar off,
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