Isaiah 66:4

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Isaiah 66:4

Mockeries. I will turn their mockeries upon themselves; and will cause them to be mocked by their enemies. (Challoner) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 66:1-4

1-4 The Jews gloried much in their temple. But what satisfaction can the Eternal Mind take in a house made with men's hands? God has a heaven and an earth of his own making, and temples of man's making; but he overlooks them, that he may look with favour to him who is poor in spirit and serious, self-abasing and self-denying; whose heart truly sorrows for sin: such a heart is a living temple for God. The sacrifice of the wicked is not only unacceptable, but a great offence to God. And he that... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 66:1-9

The Abominations of a Dead Worship and The Birth of the New Church v. 1. Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool, a majestic declaration of His almighty power and rule; where is the house that ye build unto Me, and where is the place of My rest? The Lord desires neither the Temple nor the worship of such as have forsaken Him; they are an abomination in His sight. v. 2. For all those things hath Mine hand made, everything that men might offer to Him was His... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 66:1-6

5. THE NEW LIFE IN ITS INWARD RELATIONSIsaiah 66:1-3 a.1 Thus saith the Lord,The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool:1 Where is the house that ye build unto me?And 2 where is the place of my rest?2 For all those things hath mine hand made,And all those things 3have 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.3 aHe that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man;He that sacrificeth a 4lamb,... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Isaiah 66:1-14

God’s People Made a Blessing Isaiah 66:1-14 The prophet forecasts the advent of a new day, when places and rites would be comparatively unimportant compared with the condition of the heart, Isaiah 66:1-4 . The opening words were quoted by Stephen, when announcing the substitution of spiritual worship for the effete system which it superseded. See Acts 7:48-49 . What is the outward rite to God, when the spirit has fled? It was all one to Him, whether a man killed a lamb in the Temple, or... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 66:1-24

This last chapter is confessedly difficult of interpretation. In it the prophet seems to look beyond all that he has previously described, and to deal with destiny. He first announces anew the fact of the established government of God, and then proceeds to show how that for those who had chosen their own ways He will choose delusions, and that because when He called they did not answer. Those who had trembled at His word He will deliver, in spite of all difficulties. In the final message the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 66:1-24

THE COMING OF THE NEW HEAVENS AND THE NEW EARTH (Isaiah 65:13 to Isaiah 66:24 ). The final vision of Isaiah centres on the fact that there will be a new heaven and a new earth. Old things will pass away and all things will become new, just as he has constantly promised. read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 66:3-5

In Contrast Are Those Whose Offerings and Sacrifices Are Merely Formal And Debased And Not From The Heart (Isaiah 66:3-5 ). Isaiah 66:3 “He who kills an ox is as he who slays a man, He who sacrifices a lamb as he who breaks a dogs neck, He who offers an oblation as he who offers swine’s blood, He who burns frankincense as he who blesses an idol, Yes, they have chosen their own ways, And their inner being delights in their abomination.” This is where we began in Isaiah 1:10-17. There are those... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 66:1-24

Isaiah 66. Here divisions are hard to define. The theme— the coming punishment of the apostates and the coming glory of the pious— is pursued now on one side, now on the other. Isaiah 66:1-Numbers : . An Attack on the Projectors of a Rival Temple.— Those Jews who refused to accept the reformed religion apparently proposed to set up a rival temple. Yahweh scornfully demands of them in what manner of building they would house Him, whose habitation is the universe. These things— a temple and a... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 66:4

They had made their choice, they chose not the ways of God, but their own ways, that which God delighted not in, as in the latter part of this verse; therefore (saith God) I will also choose their delusions, or illusions, or devices. Montanus translates it, ad inventionibus; it is a noun derived from a word which signifies to speak childishly or corruptly; the word in this form is only used in this text, and in 1 Samuel 25:3; it signifies studies, or works, Psalms 12:4; Isaiah 3:4; Hosea 4:9.... read more