“Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.”
The voice of those trembling at YHWH's word announces judgment against those who hate and exclude the faithful: YHWH's glory will appear and the enemies will be shamed. The identification of the faithful as those trembling at YHWH's word echoes 66:2, establishing that the saved are the humble and spiritually alert. The promise that enemies will be shamed indicates divine vindication of the righteous through enemy humiliation. The emergence of YHWH's glory indicates that divine presence becomes visible as salvation. This verse positions the faithful as the community to whom divine favor is directed and against whom judgment falls on enemies.
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