Isaiah 66:5

God comforts those who tremble at his word and are mocked by their own brothers, promising that the scoffers will be put to shame. It matters because it assures the faithful that God vindicates them.

Cross-references · 23

• John 15:18–20If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
• Isa 66:2Has 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.
• Matt 5:10–12Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Ps 38:20Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
• Matt 10:22You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
• 1 Jn 3:13So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.
• John 9:34They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.
• Luke 6:22–23Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
• Isa 5:19to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
• Jer 36:16When they had heard all these words, they turned to one another in fear and said to Baruch, “Surely we must report all these words to the king.”
• Song 1:6Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.
• Luke 13:17When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.
• Prov 13:13He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.
• Acts 26:9–10So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
• Jer 36:23–25And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.
• 1 Pet 4:12–14Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.
• Titus 2:13as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
• John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
• Heb 9:28so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
• 2 Th 1:6–10After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
• 1 Th 2:15–16who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
• Acts 2:33–47Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
• Isa 60:15Whereas you have been forsaken and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from age to age.

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