Isaiah 66:2

My hand made them; ¹  that is how they came to be,” ²  says the Lord. I show special favor ³  to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say. ⁴ 

Ge 1:1-31; 2Ki 22:19,20; 2Ch 34:27,28; Ezr 9:4; Ezr 10:3; Ps 34:18; Ps 51:17; Ps 119:120,161; Ps 138:6; Pr 28:14; Isa 40:26; Isa 57:15; Isa 61:1; Isa 66:5; Jer 31:19,20; Eze 9:4-6; Hab 3:16; Mt 5:3,4; Lu 18:13,14; Ac 9:6; Ac 16:29,30; Php 2:12; Col 1:17; Heb 1:2,3

¹ tn Heb “all these.” The phrase refers to the heavens and earth, mentioned in the previous verse.

² tn Heb “and all these were.” Some prefer to emend וַיִּהְיוּ (vayyihyu, “and they were”) to וְלִי הָיוּ (vÿli hayu, “and to me they were”), i.e., “and they belong to me.”

³ tn Heb “and to this one I look” (KJV and NASB both similar).

⁴ tn Heb “to the humble and the lowly in spirit and the one who trembles at my words.”