Isaiah 66:2

Translations

Modern

Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.

Traditional

For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

Literal

And all these things My own hand has made, and all these things have come to be!” a declaration of YHWH. “And to this one I will look: To the poor and stricken one in spirit, and who trembles at My word.

Latin

Omnia hæc manus mea fecit, et facta sunt universa ista, dicit Dominus; ad quem autem respiciam, nisi ad pauperculum, et contritum spiritu, et trementem sermones meos?

Original

Hebrew

English

Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.

Notes

Isaiah 66:2

God is pleased to live with people who are humble and have contrite hearts. A humble person does not think too highly of themselves. A contrite heart is a heart that is truly sorry for sin (Isaiah 57:15; Psalm 51:17).
who trembles at My word: The humble and contrite submit themselves to God’s will, but the proud resist it.

Isaiah 65:1–66:24

Here, the Lord responds to the prayer in Isaiah 63:7–64:12.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

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Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
Psalm 34:18
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
Matthew 5:3–4
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
2 Chronicles 34:27–28
…because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
Proverbs 28:14
Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
Philippians 2:12
Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
Psalm 119:120
My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
Psalm 138:6
Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
Luke 18:13–14
But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
Isaiah 66:5
You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”
Ezra 10:3
So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.

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