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Isaiah 66:1

Isaiah 66:1
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?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Thus saith the Lord, the heaven is my throne,.... The third heaven, the heaven of heavens, where angels and glorified saints are, and some in bodies, as Enoch and Elijah, and where now Christ is in…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The heaven is my throne - (See the notes at Isa 57:15). Here he is represented as having his seat or throne there. He speaks as a king. heaven is the place where he holds his court; from where he…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 66:1-4

Here, I. The temple is slighted in comparison with a gracious soul, Isa 66:1, Isa 66:2. The Jews in the prophet's time, and afterwards in Christ's time, gloried much in the temple and promised…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Isaiah 66:1-2

Jehovah, who fills and has created heaven and earth, "dwelleth not in temples made with hands." Comp. the citation in Act 7:48 ff., also 1Ki 8:27; Jer 23:24.

The heavenis my throne Psa 11:4; Psa…