1 ¶ The LORD says, The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the temple that you will build for me? and where is the place for me to rest?

2 For my hand has made all these things, so they are all mine, says the LORD: but this is the man to whom I will look, even to him who is humble and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word.

3 A hypocrite who kills an ox is like one who kills a man; one who sacrifices a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; one who offers food, as if he offered swine’s blood; one who burns incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.

4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring on them what terrifies them; because when I called, no one answered; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did evil before my eyes, and chose what did not please me.

5 ¶ Listen to the word of the LORD, you who tremble at what he says; Your brethren who hate you, and have cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he will appear to your joy, and they will be ashamed.

6 Hark, an uproar from the city, a voice from the temple, the voice of the LORD giving his enemies what they deserve.

7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she delivered a man child.

8 Who has heard of anything like this? who has seen such things? Shall a country be born in one day? or shall a nation be born in a moment? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

9 Shall I cause a child to open the womb, and not cause to be born? asks the LORD: shall I cause it to be born, and shut the womb? asks your God.

10 Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her:

11 That you may suck, and be satisfied from her comforting breast; so that you may drink deeply, and be delighted from the fullness of her glory.

12 For the LORD says, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of the nations like a flowing stream: then you will nurse, you will be carried on her side, and bounced on her knee.

13 As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.

14 And when you see this, your heart will rejoice, and your limbs will flourish like green grass: and it will be known that the hand of the LORD is with his servants, and his indignation is against his enemies.

15 ¶ For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to pay back in the fury of his anger, and his rebuke will be with flames of fire.

16 For the LORD will execute judgement on all flesh by fire and by his sword: and many will be slain by the LORD.

17 Those who sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind a tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and abominable things, and mice, will be consumed together, says the LORD.

18 For I know their works and their thoughts: and the time is coming, when I will gather all nations and tongues; and they will come, and see my glory.

19 And I will raise up a standard among them, and I will send their survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal, and Greece, and the islands far away, that have not heard of my fame, or seen my glory; and they will declare my glory among the Gentiles.

20 And they will bring all your brethren from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules, and on swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the LORD, just as the children of Israel bring an offering into the house of the LORD in a clean vessel.

21 And I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites, says the LORD.

22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will remain before me, says the LORD, so your descendants and your name will remain.

23 And it will come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, all flesh will come to worship before me, says the LORD.

24 And they will go out, and look at the dead bodies of those who have rebelled against me: for their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched; and everyone will abhor them.