Isaiah 66:21-22 - Compare All Versions

Isaiah 66:21-22 NIV (New International Version)

And I will select some of them also to be priests and Levites,” says the LORD. “As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me,” declares the LORD, “so will your name and descendants endure.

Isaiah 66:21-22 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the LORD. “For as the new heavens and the new earth that I make shall remain before me, says the LORD, so shall your offspring and your name remain.

Isaiah 66:21-22 NLT (New Living Translation)

“And I will appoint some of them to be my priests and Levites. I, the LORD, have spoken! “As surely as my new heavens and earth will remain, so will you always be my people, with a name that will never disappear,” says the LORD.

Isaiah 66:21-22 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

I will also take some of them as priests and Levites,”  says the LORD. “For just as the new heavens and the new earth,  which I will make, will remain before me” — this is the  LORD’s declaration — “so your offspring and your name will remain.

Isaiah 66:21-22 KJV (King James Version)

And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD. For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.

Isaiah 66:21-22 NKJV (New King James Version)

And I will also take some of them for priests and Levites,” says the LORD. “For as the new heavens and the new earth Which I will make shall remain before Me,” says the LORD, “So shall your descendants and your name remain.

Isaiah 66:18-23 MSG (The Message)

“I know everything they’ve ever done or thought. I’m going to come and then gather everyone—all nations, all languages. They’ll come and see my glory. I’ll set up a station at the center. I’ll send the survivors of judgment all over the world: Spain and Africa, Turkey and Greece, and the far-off islands that have never heard of me, who know nothing of what I’ve done nor who I am. I’ll send them out as missionaries to preach my glory among the nations. They’ll return with all your long-lost brothers and sisters from all over the world. They’ll bring them back and offer them in living worship to GOD. They’ll bring them on horses and wagons and carts, on mules and camels, straight to my holy mountain Jerusalem,” says GOD. “They’ll present them just as Israelites present their offerings in a ceremonial vessel in the Temple of GOD. I’ll even take some of them and make them priests and Levites,” says GOD. “For just as the new heavens and new earth that I am making will stand firm before me” —GOD’s Decree— “So will your children and your reputation stand firm. Month after month and week by week, everyone will come to worship me,” GOD says.

Isaiah 66:21-22 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

I will also take some of them as priests and Levites,” says the LORD. “For just as the new heavens and the new earth, Which I make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “So will your descendants and your name endure.

Isaiah 66:21-22 AMP (Amplified Bible)

I will also take some of them as priests and Levites,” says the LORD. “For just as the new heavens and the new earth Which I make will remain and endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “So your offspring and your name will remain and endure.

Isaiah 66:21-22 NET (New English Translation)

And I will choose some of them as priests and Levites,” says the LORD. “For just as the new heavens and the new earth I am about to make will remain standing before me,” says the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will remain.