Isaiah 66:16

For Yahweh executes judgment on mankind by fire and with his sword. Those killed by Yahweh will be many. 1

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For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.

In Context

15For look, Yahweh is coming with fire, and his chariots are coming like the windstorm 1 to bring the heat of his anger and his rebuke with flames of fire. 1

17They consecrate themselves and make themselves pure, so they may enter the gardens, following the one in the middle of those who 1 eat the flesh of pig and abominable things like mice. + 66:17 This verse is very difficult, and modern versions provide various interpretations. 1 “They will come to an end—this is Yahweh's declaration.

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Cross References

Isaiah 27:1On that day Yahweh with his hard, great and fierce sword 1 will punish Leviathan the slithering serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent, 1 and he will kill the monster that is in the sea. 1

Isaiah 34:2For Yahweh is angry with all the nations, and furious against all their armies; 1 he has completely destroyed them, he has handed them over to the slaughter. 1

Ezekiel 28:18Because of your many sins and your dishonest trade, you have defiled your holy places. So I have made fire come out from you; it will consume you. I will turn you into ashes on the earth in the sight of all who look at you.

Ezekiel 38:22Then I will judge him by plague and blood; and overflowing rain and hailstones and burning sulfur I will rain down upon him and his troops and the many nations that are with him.

Revelation 19:11Then I saw heaven open, and I looked and there was a white horse. The one riding it is called faithful and true. It is with justice that he judges and wages war.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 66:16-24

Divine Judgment; Judgment and Mercy; The Enlargement of the Church. ( b. c. 706.) 15 For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many. 17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be… Read the whole commentary →

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