Isaiah 66:2 NIV

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 66:2

66:2 For all these [things] hath my hand made, {b} and all these [things] have been, saith the LORD: but to this [man] will I look, [even] to [him that is] poor and of {c} a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.(b) Seeing that both the temple and the things in it, with the sacrifices were made and done by his appointment, he shows that he has no need of it, and that he can be without them, see Geneva "Psalms 50:10".(c) To him that is humble and pure in heart, who receives my doctrine with... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Isaiah 66:1-24

MEETING OF THE AGES We are drawing to the end of the present, and the opening of the Millennial age. The prophet’s eye rests on the time when Israel is back in her land, the majority still unconverted to Christ and worshiping in a restored temple. There is a faithful remnant waiting for Him, though enduring the persecution of the false christ. This persecution may often be felt at the hands of their own brethren after the flesh. These facts must be assumed in the interpretation of these... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Isaiah 66:1-2

Stephen, in his address to the Jewish Council, made a quotation from hence, and in direct application, to their characters. But what a very blessed and condescending way was this, of Jehovah's speaking! And what unheard of, unexplored, yea, unknown mercies, must be contained in the bosom of this astonishing declaration of the Lord! Though the heaven of heavens cannot contain him, yet will he condescend both to look to the man of a contrite heart, and even dwell in him. Paul the Apostle seems to... 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 66:1-2

The Exceeding Greatness of God (Isaiah 66:1-2 a). Isaiah 66:1-2 ‘Thus says Yahweh, “The heaven is my throne, And the earth is my footstool, What manner of house will you build for me? And what place will be my rest? For all these things has my hand made, And so all these things came to be, says Yahweh.” As he approaches the climax of the book Isaiah makes clear the basis on which all that he has said must be judged and interpreted. All must be interpreted in the light of one great fact, that... read more