Isaiah 65:8

65:8 This is what the Lord says:

“When juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes,

someone says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for it contains juice.’

So I will do for the sake of my servants –

I will not destroy everyone.

Isaiah 66:5

66:5 Hear the word of the Lord,

you who respect what he has to say!

Your countrymen, who hate you

and exclude you, supposedly for the sake of my name,

say, “May the Lord be glorified,

then we will witness your joy.”

But they will be put to shame.


tn Heb “just as.” In the Hebrew text the statement is one long sentence, “Just as…, so I will do….”

tn Heb “for a blessing is in it.”

tn Heb “by not destroying everyone.”

tn Heb “who tremble at his word.”

tn Heb “brothers” (so NASB, NIV); NRSV “Your own people”; NLT “Your close relatives.”

tn Or “so that we might witness your joy.” The point of this statement is unclear.