Isaiah 66:21
What does Isaiah 66:21 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 66:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And of them also will I take for priests and for Levites, saith Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the Lord.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And of them also will I take for priests and for Levites, saith Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And some of them will I take for priests and Levites, says the Lord.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And also of them I take for priests, For Levites, said Jehovah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I will take of them to be priests, and Levites, saith the Lord.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I will also take of them for priests [and] for Levites, saith Jehovah.
Context
v.20And they shall bring all your brethren out of all the nations for an oblation unto Jehovah, upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith Jehovah, as the children of Israel bring their oblation in a clean vessel into the house of Jehovah.
v.21This passage
v.22For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith Jehovah, so shall your seed and your name remain.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 61:6
But ye shall be named the priests of Jehovah; men shall call you the ministers of our God: ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
- 1 Peter 2:5
ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- 1 Peter 2:9
But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
- Revelation 5:10
and madest them to be unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they reign upon the earth.
- Revelation 1:6
and he made us to be a kingdom, to be priests unto his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
- Jeremiah 13:18
Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your headtires are come down, even the crown of your glory.
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