Isaiah 66:2
For all those [things] hath mine hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith the LORD: but to this [man] will I look, [even] to [him that is] poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
For all those things hath mine hand {H3027} made {H6213}, and all those things have been, saith {H5002} the LORD {H3068}: but to this man will I look {H5027}, even to him that is poor {H6041} and of a contrite {H5223} spirit {H7307}, and trembleth {H2730} at my word {H1697}.
Didn't I myself make all these things? This is how they all came to be," says ADONAI. "The kind of person on whom I look with favor is one with a poor and humble spirit, who trembles at my word.
Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
For all these things hath my hand made, and so all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.
Cross-References
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Isaiah 57:15 (43 votes)
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. -
Psalms 34:18 (35 votes)
The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. -
Psalms 51:17 (34 votes)
The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. -
Matthew 5:3 (31 votes)
¶ Blessed [are] the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. -
Matthew 5:4 (31 votes)
Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. -
2 Chronicles 34:27 (26 votes)
Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard [thee] also, saith the LORD. -
2 Chronicles 34:28 (26 votes)
Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.
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