14 You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice;
    (A)your bones shall flourish like the grass;
and (B)the hand of the Lord shall be known to his servants,
    and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.

Final Judgment and Glory of the Lord

15 “For behold, (C)the Lord will come in fire,
    and (D)his chariots like the whirlwind,
to render his anger in fury,
    and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For (E)by fire (F)will the Lord enter into judgment,
    and by his sword, with all flesh;
    and those slain by the Lord shall be many.

17 (G)“Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one in the midst, (H)eating pig's flesh and the abomination and mice, shall come to an end together, declares the Lord.

18 “For I know[a] their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming[b] (I)to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory, 19 and I will set a sign among them. And from them (J)I will send survivors to the nations, to (K)Tarshish, (L)Pul, and (M)Lud, who draw the bow, to (N)Tubal and (O)Javan, (P)to the coastlands far away, (Q)that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations. 20 (R)And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations (S)as an offering to the Lord, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord. 21 (T)And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the Lord.

22 “For as (U)the new heavens and the new earth
    that I make
shall remain before me, says the Lord,
    so (V)shall your offspring and your name remain.
23 (W)From new moon to new moon,
    and from Sabbath to Sabbath,
all flesh shall come to worship before me,
declares the Lord.

24 “And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For (X)their worm shall not die, (Y)their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 66:18 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew lacks know
  2. Isaiah 66:18 Hebrew and it is coming

14 When you see this, your heart will rejoice(A)
    and you will flourish(B) like grass;
the hand(C) of the Lord will be made known to his servants,(D)
    but his fury(E) will be shown to his foes.
15 See, the Lord is coming with fire,(F)
    and his chariots(G) are like a whirlwind;(H)
he will bring down his anger with fury,
    and his rebuke(I) with flames of fire.
16 For with fire(J) and with his sword(K)
    the Lord will execute judgment(L) on all people,
    and many will be those slain(M) by the Lord.

17 “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens,(N) following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs,(O) rats(P) and other unclean things—they will meet their end(Q) together with the one they follow,” declares the Lord.

18 “And I, because of what they have planned and done,(R) am about to come[a] and gather the people of all nations(S) and languages, and they will come and see my glory.(T)

19 “I will set a sign(U) among them, and I will send some of those who survive(V) to the nations—to Tarshish,(W) to the Libyans[b] and Lydians(X) (famous as archers), to Tubal(Y) and Greece,(Z) and to the distant islands(AA) that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory.(AB) They will proclaim my glory among the nations. 20 And they will bring(AC) all your people, from all the nations, to my holy mountain(AD) in Jerusalem as an offering to the Lord—on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,”(AE) says the Lord. “They will bring them, as the Israelites bring their grain offerings, to the temple of the Lord in ceremonially clean vessels.(AF) 21 And I will select some of them also to be priests(AG) and Levites,” says the Lord.

22 “As the new heavens and the new earth(AH) that I make will endure before me,” declares the Lord, “so will your name and descendants endure.(AI) 23 From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath(AJ) to another, all mankind will come and bow down(AK) before me,” says the Lord. 24 “And they will go out and look on the dead bodies(AL) of those who rebelled(AM) against me; the worms(AN) that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched,(AO) and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 66:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
  2. Isaiah 66:19 Some Septuagint manuscripts Put (Libyans); Hebrew Pul