Isaiah 66:6

A voice of the people from the city! A voice from the temple! The voice of the Lord repaying retribution to his enemies!

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In The King James Version

A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.

In Context

5Listen to the word of the Lord, you who tremble at his word. Your brothers, who hate you and who cast you out because of my name, have said: “Let the Lord be glorified, and we will see by your rejoicing.” But they themselves will be confounded.

7Before she was in labor, she gave birth. Before her time arrived for delivery, she gave birth to a male child.

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Cross References

Isaiah 26:21For behold, the Lord will go forth from his place, so that he may visit the iniquity of each inhabitant of the earth against him. And the earth will reveal its blood, and it will no longer cover its slain.

Isaiah 59:18This was for vindication, as a repayment of indignation to his adversaries, and as a sudden reversal for his enemies. He will repay the islands in their turn.

Joel 3:7Behold, I will raise them up from the place into which you have sold them, and I will turn back your retribution on your own head.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 66:6-15

Encouragement to the Persecuted; The Enlargement of the Church. ( b. c. 706.) 5 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. 6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord that rendereth recompence to his enemies. 7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. 8… Read the whole commentary →

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