Isaiah 66:2 - Exposition

All these things — i.e. heaven and earth hath mine hand made ; i.e. have I, Jehovah, brought into existence. How, then, can I need that men should build me a house? All these things have been , saith the Lord. The sentence seems incomplete. Mr. Cheyne supplies, "I spoke." The sentence will then run, "I spoke, and all these things crone into being, saith Jehovah;" i.e. heaven and earth, and all things that are therein, came into being at my word (comp. Genesis 1:1 ; Genesis 2:1 ). But to this man will I look ; i.e. though I have made all things and all men, I will not equally regard all. Him only will I respect who is of a poor and contrite spirit, etc. (comp. Isaiah 57:15 ).