Isaiah 66

Isaiah 66:1-4

I do not regard your temple in all its glory, but the law-fulfilling Messiah, and broken-hearted believers in him. Your sacrifices offered up without faith in, nay, in opposition to his, I esteem as infinitely criminal and detestable. And, since ye obstinately cleave to your abominable righteousness and superstitions, I will give you up to the lusts of your hearts, and bring upon you the miseries which ye attempt to avoid

Isaiah 66:5-14

And, while God shall marvellously protect the Jewish Christians, who have been persecuted by their brethren, terrible judgments shall be executed on the Jewish nation, city, and temple.* But speedily, and before their destruction, shall multitudes be converted to Christ, and his gospel church, particularly from among the Gentiles; and large, abundant, and lasting, especially in the latter days, shall be their comforts. 14—24. And, while the obstinate Jews, Heathens, Papists, and Mahometans, shall be, in the most terrible manner, punished by the judgments of God, and set up as distinguished monuments of wrath in time or eternity, the Jewish preachers, and others, shall spread the gospel into all parts of the world, and shall become noted instruments of the enlargement, purification, and lively devotion, of the gospel church. CHAP. I. Ver. 10. He was appointed to declare what God would infallibly do with the nations. 11—16. The almond tree, which flourishes very early in the spring, imported that the Jews were almost ripe for destruction, and it would speedily come upon them. And the boiling pot, with its face toward the north, signified that the Chaldeans would come from the north-east, and burn, and render miserable, Jerusalem, and other cities of Judah

Isaiah 66:17-19

Be expeditious and diligent, bold, resolute, and faithful, in delivering my messages, however severe or awful; for I will protect, strengthen, and stablish thee, that none of their persecutions shall hurt thee