The earth is my footdtool

Isaiah 66:1-2 These are the words of the Lord: The heavens are My throne and the earth is My footstool. All this is My own making and belongs to Me. Those who revere My word are oppressed and afflicted.
Isaiah 66:3-4 People have adopted loathsome practices, so I shall bring to them that which they fear. No one listened to Me and they chose what displeased Me.
Isaiah 66:5 Hear the word of the Lord, you that revere His word: Your kinsmen hate you because you follow My ways. They say: “Let the Lord show His glory. We do not believe in God”. 2Peter 3:3-4 But they will be put to shame. Amos 9:10
Isaiah 66:6 The noise and distress you hear is the Lord, dealing retribution to His foes.

Isaiah 66:7-9 Zion has been born a son, before any labour pains. Who has heard of such a thing? Can a nation be born in a single day? Shall I bring to the point of birth and not deliver? I, the Lord, will deliver her children.
Isaiah 66:10-11 Rejoice with Jerusalem, all you who love her, for you will be comforted and shall delight in her abundance. Obadiah 19-21
Isaiah 66:12-14 These are the words of the Lord; I shall make prosperity flow over her, like a river and the wealth of the nations will come to her. I will comfort and uphold you. My people will be glad and will flourish like the grass in springtime. The Lord will make His power known among His servants and His indignation felt among His enemies. Reference: REB some verses abridged

My comments:

V1-2 God is the maker and owner of all things. Those people who love Him and follow His ways are oppressed and afflicted. As is the situation in many parts of the world today.
V 3-6 The enemies of the Lord will be judged and punished. His righteous people will rejoice at the sight. Psalm 58:10-11
V 7-9 “Can a nation be born in a single day?” This passage has been quoted extensively about the current Jewish State of Israel. It cannot apply to them, as it took at least 50 years for Israel to come to fruition, with great expense and difficulties.
To say that the present Jewish State was formed in one day, the day it was declared, is a pretentious statement. But the prophecies, yet to be fulfilled, about how His people – righteous Israel, will return to the Land, confirms that these verses belong to them. Jer 30:8,
Isaiah 29:5-6...suddenly in an instant, your enemies will be destroyed.
Isaiah 30:26.....on that Day, I will save My people.
Deuteronomy 30:1-14 Moses tells the Israelites, that when they turn back to Y’hovah and obey His commands and Laws. THEN, He will bring ALL of them back to their Land. They will be more prosperous that originally. Y’hovah will rejoice over them and do them good. Bruce McKerras March 2011