15 (A)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 (B)His sword
The Lord will judge all flesh;
And the slain of the Lord shall be (C)many.

17 “Those(D) who sanctify themselves and purify themselves,
To go to the gardens
[a]After an idol in the midst,
Eating swine’s flesh and the abomination and the mouse,
Shall [b]be consumed together,” says the Lord.

18 “For I know their works and their (E)thoughts. It shall be that I will (F)gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory. 19 (G)I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and [c]Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. (H)And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles. 20 Then they shall (I)bring all your brethren (J)for an offering to the Lord out of all nations, on horses and in chariots and in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord. 21 And I will also take some of them for (K)priests and Levites,” says the Lord.

22 “For as (L)the new heavens and the new earth
Which I will make shall remain before Me,” says the Lord,
“So shall your descendants and your name remain.
23 And (M)it shall come to pass
That from one New Moon to another,
And from one Sabbath to another,
(N)All flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the Lord.

24 “And they shall go forth and look
Upon the corpses of the men
Who have transgressed against Me.
For their (O)worm does not die,
And their fire is not quenched.
They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 66:17 Lit. After one
  2. Isaiah 66:17 come to an end
  3. Isaiah 66:19 So with MT, Tg.; LXX Put (cf. Jer. 46:9)

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