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1 Thus saith Hashem:
HaShomayim is My kisse,
and ha'aretz is My footstool;
where is the Beis that ye build for Me?
And where is the Makom of My Menuchah?
2 For all those things hath Mine hand made,
and so came they all into being,
saith Hashem;
but to this man will I look,
even to him that is oni and of a contrite ruach,
and trembleth at My Devar.
3 He that slaughtereth the bull
is the slayer of a man;
he that sacrificeth a seh,
is a strangler of dogs;
he that offereth a minchah,
it is dahm chazir;
he that burneth incense,
blesseth idols.
As they have chosen their own ways,
and their nefesh delighteth in their shikkutzim (abominations),
4 I also will choose their ill-treatments,
and will bring their terrors upon them;
because when I called, no one did answer;
when I spoke, they did not hear;
but they did the rah before Mine eyes,
and chose that in which I took no pleasure.
5 Hear the Devar Hashem,
ye that tremble at His word;
Your achim that hated you,
that cast you out from them l'ma'an Shemi, said:
Let Hashem get honor,
that we may see your simcha.
But they shall be ashamed.
6 Sound of tumult from the Ir,
a sound from the Heikhal,
a sound of Hashem
that rendereth gemul (retribution) to His enemies.
7 Before she travailed,
she brought forth;
before her chevel (pain) came,
she was delivered of a zachar (man child).
8 Who hath heard such a thing?
Who hath seen such things?
Shall Eretz be born in yom echad?
Or shall a nation be born in a moment?
For as soon as Tziyon travailed in labor,
she gave birth to her banim.
9 Shall I bring to the moment of birth,
and not cause to bring delivery? saith Hashem.
Shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb?
saith thy G-d.
10 Rejoice ye with Yerushalayim,
and be glad with her, all ye that love her;
rejoice for joy with her,
all ye that mourn for her;
11 That ye may nurse, and be satisfied
with the breasts of her consolations;
that ye may drink in, and be delighted
with the abundance of her kavod.
12 For thus saith Hashem:
Hineni, I will extend shalom to her like a river,
and the kavod of the Goyim like an overflowing stream;
then shall ye nurse,
ye shall be borne upon arms,
and be fondled upon her knees.
13 As one whom his em comforteth,
so will I comfort you;
and ye shall be comforted in Yerushalayim.
14 And when ye see this, your lev shall rejoice,
and your atzmot shall flourish like herbage;
and the yad Hashem shall be made known to His avadim,
and His indignation toward His enemies.
15 For, hinei, Hashem will come with eish,
with His merkavot like the whirlwind,
to render His anger in fury,
His rebuke in flames of eish.
16 For by eish and by His cherev
will Hashem execute judgment on kol basar;
and the slain of Hashem shall be many.
17 They that set themselves apart as kodesh, and purify themselves to go into the ganot, following the one in the midst, eating basar hachazir, and the sheketz, and the akhbar (mouse), shall be consumed together, saith Hashem. 18 For I know their ma'asim and their machshevot; it shall come to pass, that I will gather kol Goyim and leshonot; they shall come, and see My kavod. 19 And I will set an ot (sign) among them, and I will send away those that escape of them unto the Goyim, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud (that draw the bow), to Tuval, and Yavan,* to the isles afar off, that have not heard My fame, neither have seen My kavod; and they shall declare My kavod among the Goyim. 20 And they shall bring all your achim out of all heathen nations for a minchah unto Hashem upon susim, and in chariots, and in wagons, and upon mules, and upon camels, to My Har Kodesh, to Yerushalayim, saith Hashem, as the Bnei Yisroel bring the minchah in a keli tahor into the Beis Hashem. 21 And I will also take of them for kohanim and for Levi'im, saith Hashem.
22 For as the Shomayim HaChadashim
and HaAretz HaChadashah, which I will make,
shall continue before Me, saith Hashem,
so shall your zera and your shem remain.
23 And it shall come to pass,
that from one Rosh Chodesh to another,
and from one Shabbos to another,
kol basar shall come
to bow down before Me, saith Hashem.
24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the pigrei ha'anashim that have rebelled against Me; for their tola'at (worm) shall not die, neither shall their eish be quenched; and they shall be dera'on (loathsome, an abomination) to kol basar.†
* 66:19 Greece † 66:24 See also on Gehinnom Dan 12:2