1 This is what the Lord says:Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What house could you possibly build for Me?And what place could be My home?
2 My hand made all these things,and so they all came into being.This is the Lord’s declaration.I will look favorably on this kind of person:one who is humble, submissive in spirit, and trembles at My word.
3 One slaughters an ox, one kills a man;one sacrifices a lamb, one breaks a dog’s neck;one offers a grain offering, one offers pig’s blood;one offers incense, one praises an idol —all these have chosen their waysand delight in their detestable practices.
4 So I will choose their punishment,and I will bring on them what they dreadbecause I called and no one answered;I spoke and they didn’t hear;they did what was evil in My sightand chose what I didn’t delight in.
5 You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the Lord: “Your brothers who hate and exclude youbecause of Me have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorifiedso that we can see your joy! ’But they will be put to shame.”
6 A sound of uproar from the city!A voice from the temple —the voice of the Lord,paying back His enemies what they deserve!
7 Before Zion was in labor, she gave birth;before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.