Isaiah 66:16

כִּי בָאֵשׁ יְהוָה נִשְׁפָּט וּבְחַרְבּוֹ אֶת ־ כָּל ־ בָּשָׂר וְרַבּוּ חַֽלְלֵי יְהוָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

15כִּֽי ־ הִנֵּה יְהוָה בָּאֵשׁ יָבוֹא וְכַסּוּפָה מַרְכְּבֹתָיו לְהָשִׁיב בְּחֵמָה אַפּוֹ וְגַעֲרָתוֹ בְּלַהֲבֵי ־ אֵֽשׁ ׃

17הַמִּתְקַדְּשִׁים וְהַמִּֽטַּהֲרִים אֶל ־ הַגַּנּוֹת אַחַר אחד בַּתָּוֶךְ אֹֽכְלֵי בְּשַׂר הַחֲזִיר וְהַשֶּׁקֶץ וְהָעַכְבָּר יַחְדָּו יָסֻפוּ נְאֻם ־ יְהוָֽה ׃

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Cross References

Isaiah 27:1בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִפְקֹד יְהוָה בְּחַרְבוֹ הַקָּשָׁה וְהַגְּדוֹלָה וְהַֽחֲזָקָה עַל לִוְיָתָן נָחָשׁ בָּרִחַ וְעַל לִוְיָתָן נָחָשׁ עֲקַלָּתוֹן וְהָרַג אֶת ־ הַתַּנִּין אֲשֶׁר בַּיָּֽם ׃ ס

Isaiah 34:2כִּי קֶצֶף לַֽיהוָה עַל ־ כָּל ־ הַגּוֹיִם וְחֵמָה עַל ־ כָּל ־ צְבָאָם הֶחֱרִימָם נְתָנָם לַטָּֽבַח ׃

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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