What is the meaning of Isaiah 66:2? Has not My hand made all these things? God opens the verse by reminding His people that He alone is the Creator. Everything in heaven and on earth exists because He fashioned it (Genesis 1:1; John 1:3). Like a loving Father pointing to the work of His own hands, He underscores His unmatched authority. When Acts 17:24–25 echoes that “He Himself gives all men life and breath and everything else,” it reinforces that the Lord is neither dependent on temples nor limited by human achievements. Isaiah is pressing the point: since God made all, He owns all, and every claim to self-sufficiency crumbles in His presence. And so they came into being Creation was not merely God’s idea—it materialized by His spoken word (Psalm 33:6–9). Hebrews 11:3 reminds us that “the universe was formed at God’s command,” so visible reality rests on His invisible power. This clause rebukes any notion that human hands could build something God somehow needs. Revelation 4:11 praises Him because “by Your will they exist,” stressing that all of existence owes its ongoing life to His sustaining will. This is the one I will esteem Amid all the grandeur He could highlight, the Lord pinpoints the kind of person who captures His delight. He “will esteem” a certain heart posture, not grand structures or rituals (1 Samuel 16:7). Psalm 147:10–11 says He “takes no pleasure in the strength of the horse… but in those who fear Him.” Jesus echoes this priority: “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted” (Matthew 23:12). God’s value system flips ours upside down—He honors the lowly. He who is humble and contrite in spirit Humility here is not self-hatred but clear-eyed honesty about our dependence on God. “Contrite” speaks of a heart broken over sin, like David’s “broken and contrite heart” that God “will not despise” (Psalm 51:17). Isaiah uses the same pairing in 57:15, where the High and Holy One dwells with the contrite to revive them. Luke 18:13-14 illustrates it in the tax collector who beat his breast, recognized his unworthiness, and left justified. God esteems those who admit their need and turn from pride. Who trembles at My word To tremble is to treat Scripture with reverent awe, recognizing it as the very voice of God. Ezra 9:4 describes those who “trembled at the words of the God of Israel,” gathering to confess sin. Psalm 119:120 confesses, “My flesh trembles in awe of You.” This is not paralyzing fear but worshipful submission: hearing, believing, and obeying without negotiation (James 1:22). Philippians 2:12 urges believers to “work out your salvation with fear and trembling,” a posture that honors the holy authority of God’s revelation. summary Isaiah 66:2 sets God’s limitless creative power beside His intimate concern for the humble. The One who made and sustains all things delights not in human monuments but in broken, repentant hearts that revere His word. He promises His special regard to those who: • acknowledge His creator-rights over everything, • confess their own sinfulness and need, • submit to Scripture with trembling obedience. Such people receive the Lord’s esteem, a privilege far greater than any earthly accolade. |
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