Heaven Is My Throne

The LORD declares that heaven is His throne and earth His footstool, so no house built by human hands can serve as though it contained or completed Him. Instead, He looks with favor on the one who is humble, contrite in spirit, and trembling at His word, making inward reverence the true mark of the worshiper He receives.

T¹his is what the LORD says: ²Has not My hand made all these things?

Ritual acts offered by those who choose their own ways are exposed as abhorrent, equivalent to violence and idolatry rather than acceptable worship. Because they refused God's call and delighted in what He hates, He chooses for them their terrors; meanwhile those who tremble at His word but are mocked and excluded by religious pretenders are told that the LORD will appear to their joy and to the shame of their enemies, even as the sound of recompense rises from city and temple.

³Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; ⁴So I will choose their punishment ⁵You who tremble at His word, ⁶Hear the uproar from the city;