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For the Lord GOD will slay you, And dust shall be the serpent’s food.
And call His servants by another name; They shall not hurt nor destroy in all
16 So that he who blesses himself in the My holy mountain,”
earth Says the LORD.
Shall bless himself in the God of truth; Thus says the LORD:
And he who swears in the earth 66
Shall swear by the God of truth; “Heaven is My throne,
Because the former troubles are And earth is My footstool.
forgotten, Where is the house that you will build
And because they are hidden from My Me?
eyes.
And where is the place of My rest?
17 “For behold, I create new heavens and 2 For all those things My hand has made,
a new earth; And all those things exist,”
And the former shall not be Says the LORD.
remembered or come to mind. “But on this one will I look:
18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what On him who is poor and of a contrite
I create; spirit,
For behold, I create Jerusalem as a And who trembles at My word.
rejoicing,
And her people a joy.
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I will rejoice in Jerusalem,
And joy in My people; 66:1,2 Isaiah began the final summary of his
The voice of weeping shall no longer prophecy with a reminder that God is not
be heard in her, looking for a temple of stone, since as Creator
Nor the voice of crying. of all things,the whole universe is His dwelling
place. Stephen cited this passage before the
20 “No more shall an infant from there live Sanhedrin to point out their error in limiting
but a few days, God to a temple made with hands (Acts
Nor an old man who has not fulfilled 7:49,50). On the contrary, God is looking for a
his days; heart to dwell in,a heart that is tender and bro-
For the child shall die one hundred ken, not one concerned with the externalities
years old, of religion.God is looking to dwell in the heart
But the sinner being one hundred of a person who takes His Word seriously.
years old shall be accursed.
They shall build houses and inhabit 3 “He who kills a bull is as if he slays a
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them; man;
They shall plant vineyards and eat He who sacrifices a lamb, as if he
their fruit.
breaks a dog’s neck;
22 They shall not build and another He who offers a grain offering, as if he
inhabit; offers swine’s blood;
They shall not plant and another eat; He who burns incense, as if he blesses
For as the days of a tree, so shall be the an idol.
days of My people, Just as they have chosen their
And My elect shall long enjoy the work own ways,
of their hands. And their soul delights in their
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They shall not labor in vain, abominations,
Nor bring forth children for trouble; 4 So will I choose their delusions,
For they shall be the descendants of And bring their fears on them;
the blessed of the LORD, Because, when I called, no one
And their offspring with them. answered,
24 “It shall come to pass When I spoke they did not hear;
That before they call, I will answer; But they did evil before My eyes,
And while they are still speaking, I will And chose that in which I do not
hear. delight.”
The wolf and the lamb shall feed Hear the word of the LORD,
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together, You who tremble at His word:
The lion shall eat straw like the ox, “Your brethren who hated you,

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