1 This is what Jehovah has said: The
heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where, then, is the house
that you people can build for me, and where, then, is the place as a
resting-place for me? [TCC4]
2 Now all these things my own hand has made,
so that all these came to be, is the utterance of Jehovah. To this one, then, I
shall look, to the one afflicted and contrite in spirit and trembling at my
word.
3 The one slaughtering the bull is as one
striking down a man. The one sacrificing the sheep is as one breaking the neck
of a dog. The one offering up a gift -- the blood of a pig! The one presenting a
memorial of frankincense is as one saying a blessing with uncanny words. They
are also the ones that have chosen their own ways, and in their disgusting
things their very soul has taken a delight [Jehovah
hates regular self glorifying religions - 'organized religion'].
4 I myself, in turn, shall choose ways of
ill- treating them [just as these hypocrites
ill treat God in their chosen ways]; and the things frightful to them
I shall bring upon them; for the reason that I called, but there was no one
answering; I spoke, but there were none that listened; and they kept on doing
what was bad in my eyes, and the thing in which I took no delight they chose [they
were blind and deaf - deliberately so].
5 Hear the word of Jehovah, you men who are
trembling at his word [LWs, those who fear
God's word more than men or churches or the traditions of men and churches or
the glory of men and churches]: Your brothers that are hating you [the
JWs], that are excluding you by reason of my name [using
God's authority as a false pretext to cause division amongst brothers, as if God
would ever want that. Actually wearing God's name 'Jehovah' whilst doing it],
said, 'May Jehovah be glorified!' [Lip
service] He must also appear with rejoicing on your part [The
LWs, the tremblers at his word, not the tremblers at the word of the church],
and they [the plastic glorifiers of the JWs]
are the ones that will be put to shame.
6 There is a sound of uproar out of the city [Jericho,
Nineveh, the Watchtower], a sound out of the temple! [a
horn from the LWs and a shout of the battle of Jericho] It is the
sound of Jehovah repaying what is deserved to his enemies [who
will become a stool for the feet of the LWs, raising us above above the other
mountains, once they have repented, as Laodicea does].
7 Before she began to come into labor pains
she gave birth [We baptise believers at their
request. We do not put them through 6 months of tuition and 6 months of field
service and 64 pre baptism questions etc etc. LWs give birth spiritually, with
labour pains of bible tuition afterwards. JWs give birth physically, with labour
pains of bible tuition etc before the baptism]. Before birth pangs
could come to her, she even gave deliverance to a male child.
8 Who has heard of a thing like this? Who has
seen things like these? [LWs] Will
a land be brought forth with labor pains in one day? [Yes,
the congregation of the LWs is such a land. Born in an instant] Or
will a nation be born at one time? [Amen]
For Zion has come into labor pains as well as given birth to her sons [She
has too. She has given birth to the 2NC Kings,
baptizing them in holy spirit].
27 For it is written: Be glad, you barren woman who does not give birth; break out and cry aloud, you woman who does not have childbirth pains; for the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than [those] of her who has the husband (Galatians4).
9 As for me, shall I cause the breaking
through and not cause the giving birth? says Jehovah. Or am I causing a giving
birth and do I actually cause a shutting up? your God has said.
10 Rejoice with Jerusalem and be joyful with
her, all you lovers of her. Exult greatly with her, all you keeping yourselves
in mourning over her;
11 for the reason that you will suck and
certainly get satisfaction from the breast of full consolation by her; for the
reason that you will sip and experience exquisite delight from the teat of her
glory.
12 For this is what Jehovah has said: Here I
am extending to her peace just like a river and the glory of nations just like a
flooding torrent, and you will certainly suck. Upon the flank you will be
carried, and upon the knees you will be fondled.
13 Like a man whom his own mother keeps
comforting, so I myself shall keep comforting you people; and in the case of
Jerusalem you will be comforted.
14 And you will certainly see, and your heart
will be bound to exult, and your very bones will sprout just like tender grass.
And the hand of Jehovah will certainly be made known to his servants, but he
will actually denounce his enemies.
15 For here Jehovah himself comes as a very
fire, and his chariots are like a storm wind, in order to pay back his anger
with sheer rage and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For as fire Jehovah himself will for a
fact take up the controversy, yes, with his sword, against all flesh; and the
slain of Jehovah will certainly become many.
17 Those sanctifying themselves and cleansing
themselves for the gardens behind one in the center, eating the flesh of the pig
and the loathsome thing, even the jumping rodent, they will all together reach
their end, is the utterance of Jehovah.
18 And as regards their works and their
thoughts, I am coming in order to collect all the nations and tongues together;
and they will have to come and see my glory.
19 And I will set among them a sign, and I
will send some of those who are escaped to the nations, [to] Tarshish, Pul, and
Lud, those drawing the bow, Tubal and Javan, the faraway islands, who have not
heard a report about me or seen my glory; and they will for certain tell about
my glory among the nations.
20 And they will actually bring all your
brothers out of all the nations as a gift to Jehovah, on horses and in chariots
and in covered wagons and on mules and on swift she-camels, up to my holy
mountain, Jerusalem, Jehovah has said, just as when the sons of Israel bring the
gift in a clean vessel into the house of Jehovah.
21 And from them also I shall take some for
the priests, for the Levites, Jehovah has said.
22 For just as the new heavens and the new
earth that I am making are standing before me, is the utterance of Jehovah, so
the offspring of you people and the name of you people will keep standing.
23 And it will certainly occur that from new
moon to new moon and from sabbath to sabbath all flesh will come in to bow down
before me, Jehovah has said.
24 And they will actually go forth and look
upon the carcasses of the men that were transgressing against me; for the very
worms upon them will not die and their fire itself will not be extinguished, and
they must become something repulsive to all flesh (Isaiah66).