Isa 66:7-14 As One Whom His Mother Comforteth, So Will I Comfort You

[Study Aired October 25, 2020]

Isa 66:7  Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
Isa 66:8  Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
Isa 66:9  Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.
Isa 66:10  Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
Isa 66:11  That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
Isa 66:12  For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
Isa 66:13  As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
Isa 66:14  And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.

The first two verses of our study today are typical of how scripture is deliberately written in such a way as to cause our rebellious carnal mind to reject it and to say it contradicts itself:

Isa 28:9  Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
Isa 28:10  For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
Isa 28:11  For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
Isa 28:12  To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
Isa 28:13  But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

“That they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken… to be destroyed.” That has been the fate of our old man since “before the world began”:

2Ti 1:9  Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

Tit 1:2  In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

2Pe 2:9  The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
2Pe 2:10  But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
2Pe 2:11  Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
2Pe 2:12  But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;

It is manifested that these verses are contrasting “the godly” with “the unjust”. Nevertheless, a line upon line application of the scriptures reveals that we are all first “ungodly” by physical birth and by nature, before Christ comes into our lives:

Rom 4:5  But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

Rom 5:6  For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

Now that we are reminded of how scripture is meant to be used, let’s examine these first two verses of our study:

Isa 66:7  Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
Isa 66:8  Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

Verse 7 tells us that Zion brought forth “before she travailed and “before her pain came she was delivered of a manchild”.

The very next verse says. “As soon as Zion travailed she brought for her children.” So did they come forth ”before her pain came” or did they come forth “as soon as Zion travailed”?

In scriptural terms, the answer is both. It is both in the same sense that Israel’s enemies were defeated before they ever fought a battle, and yet they had to fight the battle before their enemies could be defeated:

Deu 2:24  Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

It is already accomplished from the Lord’s perspective, so now “begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle:

Isa 66:7  Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.

Therefore… “for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children”.

It is only “through much tribulation [that] we must enter into the kingdom of God”, but if and when we do endure “much tribulation” the fact of the matter is that it was all accomplished “before the world began”, just as Christ is proclaimed to have been “slain from the foundation of the world”:

Act 14:22  Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

2Ti 1:9  Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

Tit 1:2  In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

Rev 13:8  And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Who is this “manchild” who is brought forth by Zion? Is this manchild Christ? The answer is, yes, but it is Christ in the sense that He says it is Him, and this is that sense:

Mat 25:40  And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Act 22:8  And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

So this “manchild” is born of the church which Christ founded, and that is why in the book of “things that must shortly come to  pass” (Rev 1:1), we read of the birth of a manchild who is to rule the nations with a rod of iron:

Rev 1:1  The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Rev 12:1  And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Rev 12:2  And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
Rev 12:3  And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
Rev 12:4  And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Rev 12:5  And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

This promise of rulership is given only to those who are “given part in [that] blessed and holy first resurrection. Therefore it follows that this ‘manchild’ who “must shortly come” is the Lord’s elect, His own Body, which is to rule and reign with Him with a rod of iron for a thousand years:

Rev 2:26  And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
Rev 2:27  And he [“that overcometh”] shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

Rev 12:5  And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

That is just how much Christ identifies with His body, which we are if indeed He is living His life within us. It is He who is the power behind our throne and our rule. This is what we do in His stead “as [His] Father has sent [Him]:

Joh 20:21  Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you [to rule the nations with a rod of iron and to save the world (Joh 3:17)].

Rev 19:15  And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

When Christ says “He that overcomes shall rule the nations with a rod of iron”, He certainly is not excluding Himself, because we are told explicitly:

1Th 4:16  For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1Th 4:17  Then we [overcomers, Rev 2:27] which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord [“ruling the nations with a rod of iron” (Rev 2:27)].
1Th 4:18  Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

With all of this in mind the Lord poses a question the answer to which is beyond obvious:

Isa 66:9  Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.

This is characteristic of how the Lord speaks to us. He poses many questions, the answers to which are incontrovertibly obvious, as in:

Amo 3:3  Can two walk together, except they be agreed? [The obvious answer is, No!]
Amo 3:4  Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? [No!] will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? [No!]
Amo 3:5  Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? [No!] shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?  [No!]
Amo 3:6  Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? [No!] shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it? [Contrary to all orthodox Christian doctrine, the answer again is, a resounding No!]

Those who are given to know that “all things are of God [who] makes… even the wicked for the day of evil (Isa 45:7, Pro 16:4, Rom 11:36, 1Co 8:6) will:

Isa 66:10  Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:

This is the ‘Jerusalem’ which is under discussion:

Gal 4:26  But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Gal 4:27  For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
Gal 4:28  Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

This is the ‘Jerusalem’ which is not under consideration here in Isaiah 66:10:

Gal 4:25  For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

It is to the children of “Jerusalem which is above” that this prophecy is addressed:

Isa 66:11  That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

We all begin our relationship as “carnal babes in Christ”:

1Co 3:1  And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
1Co 3:2  I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
1Co 3:3  For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
1Co 3:4  For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?

In the Lord’s appointed time we grow until we are weaned from “the milk of [His] words:

Heb 5:12  For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Heb 5:13  For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
Heb 5:14  But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

It would be best if the chapter break were not here because these are the very next three verses:

Heb 6:1  Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
Heb 6:2  Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Heb 6:3  And this will we do, if God permit.

If the Lord permits us to “go on unto perfection”, we will be the first to partake of “the purchased possession” (Eph 1:12-14) and be given “a part in the blessed and holy… first resurrection” (Rev 20:6), and we will know the full meaning of:

Isa 66:12  For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.

The natural tendency for all of us is to apply the Lord’s words anywhere but where they are primarily meant to be applied, and this is to whom these words are primarily addressed:

1Co 3:21  Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
1Co 3:22  Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
1Co 3:23  And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

If we are the “first [to] trust in Christ” then “all things are [primarily ours], the world, or life, or death, or things present or things to come; all are [primarily ours].” That is what the holy spirit wants us to get out of these words:

Eph 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Eph 1:4  According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Eph 1:5  Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Eph 1:6  To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
Eph 1:7  In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Eph 1:8  Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
Eph 1:9  Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
Eph 1:10  That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
Eph 1:11  In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Eph 1:12  That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
Eph 1:13  In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Eph 1:14  Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

Is it not true that “all… in Adam… shall… be made alive”? Without a doubt, that is what the scriptures teach. These words were spoken by the Lord Himself to Cain just before Cain killed Abel:

Gen 4:6  And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
Gen 4:7  If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto [Hebrew: ‘el’, ‘against’] thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him [sin].
Gen 4:8  And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against [Hebrew: ‘el’, ‘against’] Abel his brother, and slew him.

Christ made us this promise:

Joh 12:32  And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

Paul simply confirms these words of Christ in:

1Co 15:22  For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

Once again Paul emphasizes who are the primary… the first beneficiaries of the Lord’s gift of life to “all in Adam” when He tells us this in the very next verse:

1Co 15:23  But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.

What we have just read is telling us that there is an order in which the salvation of all is to be accomplished, and “we [are to be the] first [to] trust in Christ… to the praise of His glory”. “Christ in you, the hope of glory” is “the secret of His will… which has been hidden from ages and from generations”.

We just read this in:

Eph 1:9  Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

Then in Colossians 1 we are told exactly what is “the mystery of His will”:

Col 1:26  Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints [“who first trusted in Christ” (Eph 1:12)]:
Col 1:27  To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Salvation is a gift of God to all men, but “the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations [is only being] made manifest to His saints… who first trusted in Christ”. To be given this great honor all we must do is:

Col 1:24  Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:

The only way to “fill up what is behind of the afflictions of Christ in [our] bodies” is to “present ourselves a living sacrifice to God”; suffer for His name’s sake; and be “crucified with Christ [even as we continue to live a life of] “much tribulation” (Rom 12:1, Php 1:29, Gal 2:20, Act 14:22)

As we “suffer… much tribulation… for His name’s sake… the Lord and His Christ” alone are capable of comforting us with the comfort He alone can grant:

Isa 66:13  As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

Our comfort is said to be “in Jerusalem”. Jerusalem is being alluded to as our ‘mother’, and true to that doctrine we are told:

2Co 1:3  Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
2Co 1:4  Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
2Co 1:5  For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

Here is verse 15 in Rotherham’s version:

2Co 1:5  Because, even as the sufferings of the Christ overflow unto us, so, through the Christ, overfloweth, our encouragement also.

When our encouragement overflows, it does so to others. These verses are the foundation for this statement by the apostle Paul:

Gal 4:26  But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

Christ’s own words concur with Isaiah and Paul when He said:

Mat 12:48  But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
Mat 12:49  And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
Mat 12:50  For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

In Christ’s own words, His spiritual brothers and sisters are also His mother. What that means to you and me is that in Him we are “brother, and sister, and mother” to each other. In our function as each other’s spiritual mother, we are to edify and comfort each other.

Let’s read these verses again:

Isa 66:11  That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
Isa 66:12  For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.

These words are part of the foundation for this statement by the apostle Paul:

Eph 4:15  But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Eph 4:16  From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

The Greek word translated “compacted” is ‘sumbibazo’.  Here is the definition of this Greek  word ‘sumbibazo’:

G4822
συμβιβάζω
sumbibazō
soom-bib-ad’-zo

From G4862 and βιβάζω bibazō (to force; causatively [by reduplication] of the base of G939); to drive together, that is, unite (in association or affection), (mentally) to infer, show, teach: – compact, assuredly, gather, instruct, knit together, prove.

A good mother wants unity in her family. A good mother wants her children to be together and united in association and affection, and she wants to see them supporting and comforting each other. This word ‘sumbibazo’ is translated as “knit together” in these verses in Colossians 2:

Col 2:2  That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together [sumbibazo] in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
Col 2:3  In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Col 2:4  And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

Col 2:19  And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together [sumbibazo], increaseth with the increase of God.

When we are “knit together in love” we “nourish and minister… and increase” in our knowledge of God, and our “hearts [are] comforted” by our ‘mother… bearing [us] on her side, and dandling us on her knees:”

Isa 66:12  For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.

When we see this in each other, then we rejoice in knowing who we are in Christ:

Isa 66:14  And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.

That verse is just the Old Testament way of saying:

Joh 13:34  A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Joh 13:35  By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

These are indeed very comforting words addressed to us if we are in Him. If we know Him and if we know His voice, then these words are addressed to us and only to us as the children of  our ‘mother’, the “New Jerusalem”:

Rom 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Rom 8:29  For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Rom 8:30  Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

We need to appreciate what we are being told here. “All things work together for good to them that love God.” According to 1 John 5:2-3, loving God means that we are obedient to Him:

1Jn 5:2  By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
1Jn 5:3  For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

We are not being told that ‘all things work together for good for all men’. The doctrine of universal salvation does not teach that all things work together for good to those who are cast into the lake of fire at the white throne judgment. The Lord Himself called those in that resurrection “Ye cursed”:

Mat 25:41  Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

It is true the Lord can, and He does “call light out of darkness”, and He alone can make good come out of evil in the end, but in the meantime, while we await the all in all, ‘all things are not working together for good to them who do not love God and who are not the called according to His purpose.’

On the other hand, if we are His predestined “firstfruits unto God and the Lamb”, no earthly power can change us into anything else, and we can “milk out” the comfort that comes with these words addressed solely to those who are given to overcome their carnal-minded old man “in this present time”:

Rom 8:31  What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Rom 8:32  He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Rom 8:33  Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
Rom 8:34  Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Rom 8:35  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Rom 8:36  As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long [we are “dying daily” (1Co 15:31)]; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Rom 8:37  Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Rom 8:38  For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Rom 8:39  Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

There will be times when the adversary will be given to cause us to doubt the strength of our relationship with our “brother, sister, and mother”. There will be times when we will doubt how our Lord could possibly be working with and through such a weak vessel. When that time comes, remember these words:

1Jn 3:19  And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
1Jn 3:20  For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

1Jn 5:2  By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

That is our study for today. Our next study will wrap up our studies in this prophecy of Isaiah and will demonstrate that the scriptures, which will never pass away, are first and foremost addressed primarily to us as those ‘upon whom judgment has first begun’ (1Pe 4:17) and “who [are the ]first trusted in Christ” (Eph 1:12).

Here are the concluding verses of the prophecy of Isaiah for our next study:

Isa 66:15  For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Isa 66:16  For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
Isa 66:17  They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
Isa 66:18  For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
Isa 66:19  And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
Isa 66:20  And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.
Isa 66:21  And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.
Isa 66:22  For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
Isa 66:23  And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
Isa 66:24  And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.