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Isaiah 66:1

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Bearing Witness, p. 49

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, pp. 390-392

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/1998, p. 12

    8/15/1991, p. 13

    8/15/1989, pp. 15-16

    11/15/1980, p. 22

    12/1/1978, p. 3

    4/1/1963, pp. 204-206

    1/15/1959, pp. 58-60

    5/15/1957, pp. 293-295

    10/15/1953, pp. 626-628

    “Eternal Purpose,” pp. 127-128

  • Publications Index

    bt 49; ip-2 390-391; w98 6/15 12; w91 8/15 13; w89 8/15 15-16;

    w80 11/15 22; w78 12/1 3; po 127-128; im 119; w63 205; w59 59; yw 53; w57 294; w53 627; nh 16; lf50 22; w49 19; w30 339, 341-342

Isaiah 66:2

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Bearing Witness, p. 49

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, pp. 391-392

    The Watchtower,

    6/1/1980, p. 19

    8/1/1978, p. 5

    8/1/1965, pp. 453-454

    10/15/1953, pp. 626-628

  • Publications Index

    bt 49; ip-2 391-392;

    w80 6/1 19; w78 8/1 5; w65 453; w53 627

Isaiah 66:3

Footnotes

  • *

    66:3 Lit. the one who makes an offering, hog’s blood

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1049

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, p. 393

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/1954, pp. 426-427

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1049; ip-2 393;

    g65 10/22 7; bf 583; w54 427; nh 197

Isaiah 66:4

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, pp. 393-394

  • Publications Index

    ip-2 393-394;

    g65 10/22 7; nh 197; w30 340

Isaiah 66:5

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, pp. 394-396

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1982, pp. 12-14

  • Publications Index

    ip-2 394-396;

    w82 7/1 12-14; fm 173; nh 197, 215, 293; w30 341

Isaiah 66:6

Footnotes

  • *

    66:6 Var. from the city

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, pp. 396-397

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1982, pp. 13-15

    8/15/1980, p. 15

    7/1/1972, pp. 392-393

    ‘Know Jehovah’, pp. 126-128

  • Publications Index

    ip-2 396-397;

    w82 7/1 14-15; w80 8/15 15; w72 392-393; kj 127; nh 293; w40 132; rg 167; w39 212; w37 358; w30 343

Isaiah 66:7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, pp. 397-399

    The Watchtower,

    1/1/1995, p. 11

    7/1/1982, pp. 15-18

    11/15/1968, pp. 687-689, 694-697

    1/15/1962, pp. 46-48

    5/1/1957, pp. 274-276

    9/15/1953, pp. 566-567

    5/1/1953, pp. 274-276

    10/1/1952, pp. 602-604

    Paradise Restored, pp. 170-171

  • Publications Index

    ip-2 397-399; w95 1/1 11;

    w82 7/1 15-18; pm 170-171; w68 688, 695-696; w62 47; jp 108; w57 275; w53 275, 567; nh 215, 221; w52 603; g45 4/11 16; w43 39, 291, 294; w42 116, 142; w41 78; w40 301; w38 128; w35 61; w33 220; w31 325

Isaiah 66:8

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/2014, p. 26

    11/1/2010, pp. 27-28

    1/1/1996, p. 10

    7/1/1995, pp. 20-21

    1/1/1995, p. 11

    9/1/1987, pp. 23-24

    3/1/1985, pp. 12-13

    3/15/1983, p. 25

    7/1/1982, pp. 15-18, 23-24

    8/1/1973, p. 457

    7/1/1969, pp. 414-415

    11/15/1968, pp. 687-689, 694-697

    7/1/1965, pp. 392-394

    4/1/1963, pp. 201-202

    1/15/1962, pp. 46-48

    8/1/1960, pp. 462-463

    6/15/1959, pp. 381-383

    5/1/1957, pp. 274-276

    5/1/1955, pp. 266-268

    4/1/1954, pp. 221-223

    10/1/1953, pp. 597-599

    9/15/1953, pp. 566-567

    5/1/1953, pp. 274-276

    10/1/1952, pp. 602-604

    God’s Kingdom Rules!, p. 233

    Revelation Climax, p. 184

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, pp. 397-399

    Paradise Restored, pp. 170-171

  • Publications Index

    w14 11/15 26; kr 233; w10 11/1 27-28; re 184; ip-2 397-399; w96 1/1 10; w95 1/1 11; w95 7/1 20-21; w87 9/1 23-24;

    w85 3/1 12-13; w83 3/15 25; w82 7/1 15-18, 23-24; w73 457; pm 170-171; w69 415; w68 688, 695-696; w65 393; w63 202; w62 47; g61 8/22 28; w60 463; w59 382; jp 108; pa 215; w57 275; w55 267; sr55 266; w54 222; w53 275, 567, 598; nh 215, 221, 267, 285; w52 603; g45 4/11 16; w43 39, 291, 294; w42 116, 142; w41 78; w40 301; w38 128, 141; w35 61; w34 169; jh 255; w32 60; w31 325

Isaiah 66:9

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, p. 399

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1982, p. 18

    11/15/1968, pp. 688-689

    9/15/1953, pp. 566-567

  • Publications Index

    ip-2 399;

    w82 7/1 18; w68 689; w53 567; nh 221; w30 343

Isaiah 66:10

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, pp. 399-400

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1982, pp. 19-20

  • Publications Index

    ip-2 399-400;

    w82 7/1 19-20; nh 221, 238; w30 344

Isaiah 66:11

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, pp. 399-400

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1982, pp. 19-20

  • Publications Index

    ip-2 399-400;

    w82 7/1 19-20; nh 238

Isaiah 66:12

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    9/2018, pp. 13-14

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 434

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 179

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, pp. 400-401

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1982, pp. 19-20, 26-27

    10/15/1953, pp. 632-634

  • Publications Index

    w18.09 13-14; it-1 434; it-2 179; ip-2 400-401;

    w82 7/1 19-20, 26; sr55 266; w53 633; nh 238

Isaiah 66:13

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    9/2018, pp. 13-14

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, p. 401

    The Watchtower,

    1/15/1996, p. 22

    7/1/1982, pp. 19-20

    2/15/1963, pp. 113-115

  • Publications Index

    w18.09 13-14; ip-2 401; w96 1/15 22;

    w82 7/1 19-20; w63 114; nh 238

Isaiah 66:14

Footnotes

  • *

    66:14 Lit. shall sprout like

  • *

    66:14 Conj. be known, and his hostility to his enemies

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 994

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, pp. 401-402

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1982, pp. 19-20

    10/15/1953, pp. 632-634

  • Publications Index

    it-1 994; ip-2 401-402;

    w82 7/1 19-20; ad 682; w53 633; nh 238, 295; w30 344

Isaiah 66:15

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, pp. 404-405

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1982, pp. 20-21

    3/15/1962, pp. 163-164

  • Publications Index

    ip-2 404-405;

    w82 7/1 20-21; w62 164; nh 295; w41 204; w30 344

Isaiah 66:16

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, pp. 404-405

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1982, pp. 20-21

    3/15/1962, pp. 163-164

  • Publications Index

    ip-2 404-405;

    w82 7/1 20-21; w62 164; nh 295; w37 360

Isaiah 66:17

Footnotes

  • *

    66:17-18 Codd. they shall come to an end together, quoth Jehovah, and I—their deeds and their thoughts—it is coming to gather

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, pp. 405-406

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1982, pp. 20-21

  • Publications Index

    ip-2 405-406;

    w82 7/1 20-21; nh 195, 295; w30 344

Isaiah 66:18

Footnotes

  • *

    66:18 Or has come to gather

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, p. 406

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1982, pp. 20-21

    11/15/1958, pp. 691-693

  • Publications Index

    ip-2 406;

    w82 7/1 20-21; w58 692; nh 240

Isaiah 66:19

Footnotes

  • *

    66:19 Var. a token

  • *

    66:19 Codd. do not have the name Rosh, but some of them appear to have had a name ending in sh or sht, with two letters preceding

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 998

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 714

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, pp. 406-408

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1982, pp. 21-23

    4/1/1966, pp. 195-196

    11/15/1958, pp. 691-693

    12/1/1955, pp. 709-711

  • Publications Index

    it-1 998; it-2 714; ip-2 406-408;

    w82 7/1 21-23; w66 196; w58 692; w55 710; nh 240; w47 79; w35 281

Isaiah 66:20

Footnotes

  • *

    66:20 (litters) Unc.

  • *

    66:20 (dromedaries) Unc.

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 396, 1145

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 449-450

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, pp. 408-410

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1982, pp. 21, 22-24

    11/15/1958, pp. 691-693

    12/1/1955, pp. 709-711

  • Publications Index

    it-1 396, 1145; it-2 450; ip-2 408-410;

    w82 7/1 21-24; ad 282, 792; w58 692; w55 710; nh 240; w37 71

Isaiah 66:21

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, pp. 408, 410

    The Watchtower,

    7/1/1982, pp. 24-25

  • Publications Index

    ip-2 408, 410;

    w82 7/1 24-25; nh 240

Isaiah 66:22

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 1061-1062

    The Watchtower,

    10/1/2008, p. 8

    4/15/2000, pp. 14-15

    7/1/1995, p. 15

    1/1/1993, p. 8

    10/1/1983, pp. 9-10

    7/1/1982, pp. 25-27

    4/1/1980, p. 3

    Revelation Climax, p. 301

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, pp. 410-412

    Good News, p. 185

    Man’s Salvation, pp. 320-322

    Awake!,

    3/8/1970, p. 28

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1061-1062; w08 10/1 8; re 301; ip-2 410-412; w00 4/15 14-15; w95 7/1 15; w93 1/1 8;

    w83 10/1 9-10; w82 7/1 25-27; w80 4/1 3; gh 185; sl 320-322; ad 732; g70 3/8 28; im 378; bf 662; nh 334, 358; ge 12; tf 353

Isaiah 66:23

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 392

    The Watchtower,

    11/1/2006, p. 31

    4/15/2000, pp. 14-15

    7/1/1982, p. 27

    5/1/1960, pp. 287-288

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, p. 412

    2001 Yearbook, pp. 237-238

    1995 Yearbook, p. 255

    Man’s Salvation, pp. 278-279

  • Publications Index

    it-1 392; w06 11/1 31; ip-2 412; yb01 237-238; w00 4/15 14-15; yb95 255;

    w82 7/1 27; sl 278-279; ad 279; w60 288; nh 358

Isaiah 66:24

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 906

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/2008, p. 27

    4/15/2000, pp. 14-15

    7/1/1982, p. 27

    2/15/1965, pp. 108-110

    1/15/1965, pp. 58-59

    9/1/1953, pp. 542-543

    Isaiah’s Prophecy II, pp. 414-415

    Man’s Salvation, pp. 278-279

    This Life, p. 114

  • Publications Index

    it-1 906; w08 6/15 27; ip-2 414-415; w00 4/15 14-15;

    w82 7/1 27; sl 278-279; ts 114; ad 634; w65 59, 109; pa 210; w53 543; nh 358; w40 137

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Isaiah 66:1-24

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66 Says Jehovah, The sky is my throne and the earth my footstool: what house is there that you should build for me, and what place that should be my resting-place? 2 and all these things my hand made and these things all came to be, quoth Jehovah. But at this I look, at one who is submissive and dashed in spirit, and is alarmed at a word of mine. 3* The one who slaughters a bull is killing a man; the one who sacrifices a sheep is breaking a dog’s neck; the one who makes an offering puts on hog’s blood; the one who presents a memorial of frankincense blesses mythical beings. They have chosen their own ways, and their fancy takes to those disgusting objects of theirs; 4 so will I choose ways to pester them and will bring them the objects of their terror, since I called and there was nobody that answered, I spoke and they did not listen, and they did what I disliked and chose what I had no fancy for.

5 Listen to Jehovah’s word, you who are alarmed at a word of his: your brothers who hate you, who excommunicate you because of my name, say “Let Jehovah be something glorious and let us have a sight of your gladness”—but they will be brought to shame. 6* A sound of hubbub in the city, a sound from the temple—the sound of Jehovah paying off his enemies!

7 Before she felt her pangs she gave birth; before pains came to her she was delivered of a male child. 8 Who had heard the like of this? who had seen such things? is a country to pass through birth-pangs in one day, or a nation to be born at one time, that Sion has both had her pangs and given birth to her sons? 9 Should I start a birth and not have it finished? says Jehovah; or should I who generated the children bar the womb? says your God.

10 Be glad with Jerusalem and be gay over her, all you that love her; rejoice most gleefully with her, all you that were mourning on her account, 11 since you are to suck and have your fill out of the breast of her comforts, since you are to nurse with enjoyment out of the nipples of her fortune. 12 For Jehovah says, Here to her I am going to deal out welfare like a river and the fortunes of nations like an arroyo in flood; and their babies shall be carried at the side and dandled on the knees. 13 Like a man whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and at Jerusalem you shall be comforted and see, 14** and your hearts shall be joyous and your bones shall freshen like green herbage, and Jehovah’s hand with his servants shall be known, and he will confront his enemies with hostility.

15 For here will Jehovah come with fire, his chariots like a gale, to wreak his anger in heat and his indignation in a flame of fire; 16 for it is with fire that Jehovah is trying his case, and with his sword, against all mortals, and of Jehovah’s killed there will be many— 17* those who consecrate and purify themselves for the gardens, behind one in the middle, who eat flesh of hog and disgusting reptile and mouse—their deeds and their thoughts shall come to an end together, quoth Jehovah. 18* For the time is coming to gather all the nations and languages, and they shall come and see my glory, 19** and I will exhibit tokens among them. And I will send survivors of them to the nations, Spain, Put, and Lud, Moshk and Rosh, Tubal and Greece, the distant coasts that have never heard a report of me nor seen my glory, and they shall tell my glory among the nations, 20** and they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations as an offering to Jehovah by ponies and chariots and litters and mules and dromedaries to my sacred mountain, Jerusalem, says Jehovah, as the sons of Israel bring the offering in a clean container to Jehovah’s house; 21 and of them too I will take some for priests and Levites, says Jehovah.

22 For as the new sky and earth that I am going to make are to last before me, quoth Jehovah, so are your blood and name to last. 23 And duly for each new moon and duly for each sabbath all mortals shall come to do reverence before me, says Jehovah; 24 and they shall go out and see the corpses of the men that rebelled against me; for their worm shall never die and their fire shall never go out, and they shall be an object of repugnance to all mortals.

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