Isaiah 66:18-23

Final Judgment and Glory of the Lord

18 "For I know 1 their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming 2 a to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory, 19 and I will set a sign among them. And from them b I will send survivors to the nations, to c Tarshish, d Pul, and d Lud, who draw the bow, to e Tubal and e Javan, f to the coastlands far away, g that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations. 20 h And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations i as an offering to the Lord, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord. 21 j And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the Lord.

22 "For as k the new heavens and the new earth
that I make
shall remain before me, says the Lord,
so l shall your offspring and your name remain.
 23 m From new moon to new moon,
and from Sabbath to Sabbath,
all flesh shall come to worship before me,
declares the Lord.

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 2:2
    It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it.
    Zechariah 14:16
    Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Booths.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 45:20
    Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge who carry about their wooden idols, and keep on praying to a god that cannot save.
  3. Cross References
    1 Kings 10:22
    For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
  4. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:9
    Advance, O horses, and rage, O chariots! Let the warriors go out: men of Cush and Put who handle the shield, men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.
    Ezekiel 27:10
    Persia and Lud and Put were in your army as your men of war. They hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor.
  5. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:9
    Advance, O horses, and rage, O chariots! Let the warriors go out: men of Cush and Put who handle the shield, men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.
    Ezekiel 27:10
    Persia and Lud and Put were in your army as your men of war. They hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor.
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 10:2
    The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
    Ezekiel 27:13
    Javan, Tubal, and Meshech traded with you; they exchanged human beings and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 10:2
    The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
    Ezekiel 27:13
    Javan, Tubal, and Meshech traded with you; they exchanged human beings and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.
  8. Cross References
    Genesis 10:5
    From these the coastland peoples spread in their lands, each with his own language, by their clans, in their nations.
  9. Cross References
    Romans 15:20 - 21
    And thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation.
  10. Cross References
    Isaiah 14:2
    And the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them in the Lord 's land as male and female slaves. They will take captive those who were their captors, and rule over those who oppressed them.
    Isaiah 49:22
    Thus says the Lord God : "Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and raise my signal to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
  11. Cross References
    Romans 15:16
    To be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
  12. Cross References
    Isaiah 61:6
    But you shall be called the priests of the Lord ; they shall speak of you as the ministers of our God; you shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory you shall boast.
    Exodus 19:6
    And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.
    1 Peter 2:9
    But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
    Revelation 1:6
    And made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
  13. Cross References
    Isaiah 65:17
    For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.
  14. Cross References
    Isaiah 53:10
    Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
    Psalms 89:29
    I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
  15. Cross References
    Psalms 86:9
    All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.
    Zechariah 14:16
    Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Booths.
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