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Isaiah 66

Isa. 66:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thus saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, The heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
w is my throne
kicce' (Hebrew #3678)
from 3680; properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
KJV usage: seat, stool, throne.
Pronounce: kis-say'
Origin: or kicceh {kis-say'}
, and the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
is my footstool
hadom (Hebrew #1916)
a foot stool
KJV usage: (foot-)stool.
Pronounce: had-ome'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to stamp upon
regel (Hebrew #7272)
a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphem. the pudenda
KJV usage: X be able to endure, X according as, X after, X coming, X follow, ((broken-))foot((-ed, -stool)), X great toe, X haunt, X journey, leg, + piss, + possession, time.
Pronounce: reh'-gel
Origin: from 7270
: where is the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
that ye build
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
unto me? and where is the place
maqowm (Hebrew #4725)
also (feminine) mqowmah {mek-o-mah'}; or mqomah {mek-o-mah'}; from 6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
KJV usage: country, X home, X open, place, room, space, X whither(-soever).
Pronounce: maw-kome'
Origin: or maqom {maw-kome'}
of my rest
mnuwchah (Hebrew #4496)
feminine of 4495; repose or (adverbially) peacefully; figuratively, consolation (specifically, matrimony); hence (concretely) an abode
KJV usage: comfortable, ease, quiet, rest(-ing place), still.
Pronounce: men-oo-khaw'
Origin: or mnuchah {men-oo-khaw'}
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2 Chron. 6:18• 18But will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? behold, the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built! (2 Chron. 6:18)
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Matt. 5:34• 34But *I* say unto you, Do not swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God; (Matt. 5:34)
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Acts 17:24• 24The God who has made the world and all things which are in it, *he*, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands, (Acts 17:24)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-4:  The glorious God will be served in humble sincerity.
5-6:  He comforts the humble by shewing the confusion of their enemies;
7-9:  with the marvellous growth,
10-14:  and the gracious benefits of the church.
15-17:  God's severe judgments against the wicked.
18-23:  The Gentiles shall have an holy church;
24:  and see the damnation of the wicked.
The heaven.
1 Kings 8:27• 27But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built! (1 Kings 8:27)
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1 Chron. 28:2• 2And king David stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren and my people! I had in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah and for the footstool of our God, and I have prepared to build. (1 Chron. 28:2)
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2 Chron. 6:18• 18But will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? behold, the heavens and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built! (2 Chron. 6:18)
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Psa. 11:4• 4Jehovah is in the temple of his holiness; Jehovah,--his throne is in the heavens: his eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men. (Psa. 11:4)
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Psa. 99:9• 9Exalt Jehovah our God, and worship at the hill of his holiness; for holy is Jehovah our God. (Psa. 99:9)
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Psa. 132:7• 7Let us go into his habitations, let us worship at his footstool. (Psa. 132:7)
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Matt. 5:34‑35• 34But *I* say unto you, Do not swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God;
 35nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King. (Matt. 5:34‑35)
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Matt. 23:21‑22• 21And he that swears by the temple swears by it and by him that dwells in it.
 22And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him that sits upon it. (Matt. 23:21‑22)
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Acts 17:24• 24The God who has made the world and all things which are in it, *he*, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands, (Acts 17:24)
where is the house.
2 Sam. 7:5‑7• 5Go and say to my servant, to David, Thus saith Jehovah: Wilt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?
 6For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but I went about in a tent and in a tabernacle.
 7In all my going about with all the children of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye me not a house of cedars? (2 Sam. 7:5‑7)
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Jer. 7:4‑11• 4Confide ye not in words of falsehood, saying, Jehovah's temple, Jehovah's temple, Jehovah's temple is this.
 5But if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if ye really do justice between a man and his neighbour,
 6if ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt;
 7then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers from of old even for ever.
 8Behold, ye confide in words of falsehood that cannot profit.
 9What? steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not …
 10then ye come and stand before me, in this house which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered,--in order to do all these abominations!
 11Is this house, which is called by my name, a den of robbers in your eyes? Even I, behold, I have seen it, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 7:4‑11)
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Mal. 1:11• 11For from the rising of the sun even unto its setting my name shall be great among the nations; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure oblation: for my name shall be great among the nations, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 1:11)
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Matt. 24:2• 2And he answering said to them, Do ye not see all these things? Verily I say to you, Not a stone shall be left here upon a stone which shall not be thrown down. (Matt. 24:2)
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John 4:20‑21• 20Our fathers worshipped in this mountain, and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship.
 21Jesus says to her, Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when ye shall neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem worship the Father. (John 4:20‑21)
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Acts 7:48‑50• 48But the Most High dwells not in places made with hands; as says the prophet,
 49The heaven is my throne and the earth the footstool of my feet: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord, or where is the place of my rest?
 50has not my hand made all these things? (Acts 7:48‑50)
• Recognizing this, we are conscious that no earthly house built for Him is anything but a small matter. What is a great matter is the right spiritual state and attitude which should be found in man. (“Isaiah 66” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thus saith Jehovah: The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what is the house that ye will build unto me? and what is the place of my rest?