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Therefore[a] I, too, will choose harsh treatment for them,
    and will bring upon them what they dread.
For when I called, no[b] one answered;
    when I spoke, they didn’t listen;
but they did what I consider to be evil,
    and chose what doesn’t please me.”

The Lord Vindicates Zion

“Hear this message from the Lord,
    you who tremble at his words:[c]

“Your own brothers who hate you
    and exclude you because of my name
have said: ‘Let the Lord be glorified;
    he will see[d] your joy,’
        yet it is they who will be put to shame.

“Listen to that uproar in[e] the city!
    Listen to that noise from the Temple!
It is the sound of the Lord
    paying back retribution to his enemies!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 66:4 Or So
  2. Isaiah 66:4 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and no
  3. Isaiah 66:5 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read his word
  4. Isaiah 66:5 So 1QIsaa; MT reads so that we may see; LXX reads so that the name of the Lord may be glorified
  5. Isaiah 66:6 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read from