Isaiah 66:5

Hear the word of the Lord, you who respect what he has to say! ¹  Your countrymen, ²  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.” ³  But they will be put to shame.

Ps 38:20; Pr 13:13; So 1:6; Isa 5:19; Isa 66:2; Jer 36:16,23-25; Mt 5:10-12; Mt 10:22; Lu 6:22,23; Joh 9:34; Joh 15:18-20; Joh 16:2; Ac 2:33-47; Ac 26:9,10; 1Th 2:15,16; 2Th 1:6-10; Tit 2:13; Heb 9:28; 1Pe 4:12-14; 1Jo 3:13

¹ tn Heb “who tremble at his word.”

² tn Heb “brothers” (so NASB, NIV); NRSV “Your own people”; NLT “Your close relatives.”

³ tn Or “so that we might witness your joy.” The point of this statement is unclear.