Isaiah 66:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?”
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“This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Thus saith Jehovah, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will ye build unto me? and what place shall be my rest?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Thus said Jehovah: The heavens <FI>are<Fi> My throne, And the earth My footstool, Where <FI>is<Fi> this--the house that ye build for Me? And where <FI>is<Fi> this--the place--My rest?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 66:1 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 7:5“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?
- 2 Samuel 7:7In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
- 1 Kings 8:27But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
- 1 Chronicles 28:2Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it,
- 2 Chronicles 2:5The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
- 2 Chronicles 6:18But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
- Psalms 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
- Psalms 99:9Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.
- Psalms 132:7Let us go to His dwelling place; let us worship at His footstool.
- Isaiah 60:13The glory of Lebanon will come to you— its cypress, elm, and boxwood together— to adorn the place of My sanctuary, and I will glorify the place of My feet.
- Jeremiah 7:4Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’
- Malachi 1:11For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- Matthew 5:34But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
- Matthew 23:21And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.
- Matthew 24:2“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
- John 4:20Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
- Acts 7:48However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
- Acts 17:24The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
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