Isaiah 66:16
New International Version
For with fire and with his sword the LORD will execute judgment on all people, and many will be those slain by the LORD.

New Living Translation
The LORD will punish the world by fire and by his sword. He will judge the earth, and many will be killed by him.

English Standard Version
For by fire will the LORD enter into judgment, and by his sword, with all flesh; and those slain by the LORD shall be many.

Berean Standard Bible
For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.

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

New King James Version
For by fire and by His sword The LORD will judge all flesh; And the slain of the LORD shall be many.

New American Standard Bible
For the LORD will execute judgment by fire And by His sword on humanity, And those put to death by the LORD will be many.

NASB 1995
For the LORD will execute judgment by fire And by His sword on all flesh, And those slain by the LORD will be many.

NASB 1977
For the LORD will execute judgment by fire And by His sword on all flesh, And those slain by the LORD will be many.

Legacy Standard Bible
For Yahweh will execute judgment by fire And by His sword on all flesh, And those slain by Yahweh will be many.

Amplified Bible
For the LORD will execute judgment by fire And by His sword on all mankind, And those slain by the LORD will be many.

Christian Standard Bible
For the LORD will execute judgment on all humanity with his fiery sword, and many will be slain by the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh with His fiery sword, and many will be slain by the LORD.”

American Standard Version
For by fire will Jehovah execute judgment, and by his sword, upon all flesh; and the slain of Jehovah shall be many.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because LORD JEHOVAH judges in fire, and he proves everybody in it, and the slain of LORD JEHOVAH shall be multiplied

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For with the fire of the Lord all the earth shall be judged, and all flesh with his sword: many shall be slain by the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD's fiery sword will bring justice everywhere on this earth and execute many people.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the Lord shall judge by fire, and by his sword unto all flesh, and the slain of the Lord shall be many.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD will judge with fire, and he will judge all people with his sword. Many people will be struck dead by the LORD.

Good News Translation
By fire and sword he will punish all the people of the world whom he finds guilty--and many will be put to death.

International Standard Version
For with fire and with his sword the LORD will proceed to judgment on all humanity, and those slain by the LORD will be many."

JPS Tanakh 1917
For by fire will the LORD contend, And by His sword with all flesh; And the slain of the LORD shall be many.

Literal Standard Version
For by fire and by His sword, | YHWH does judgment with all flesh. And many have been YHWH’s pierced ones.

Majority Standard Bible
For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.

New American Bible
For with fire the LORD shall enter into judgment, and, with his sword, against all flesh; Those slain by the LORD shall be many.

NET Bible
For the LORD judges all humanity with fire and his sword; the LORD will kill many.

New Revised Standard Version
For by fire will the LORD execute judgment, and by his sword, on all flesh; and those slain by the LORD shall be many.

New Heart English Bible
For by fire will the LORD execute judgment, and by his sword, on all flesh; and the slain of the LORD shall be many.

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

World English Bible
For Yahweh will execute judgment by fire and by his sword on all flesh; and those slain by Yahweh will be many.

Young's Literal Translation
For by fire and by His sword, Doth Jehovah do judgment with all flesh. And many have been Jehovah's pierced ones.'

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Context
God's Final Judgments Against the Wicked
15For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire. 16For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD. 17“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD.…

Cross References
Isaiah 3:13
The LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people.

Isaiah 10:4
Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

Isaiah 27:1
In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent--Leviathan the coiling serpent--and He will slay the dragon of the sea.

Isaiah 30:30
And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.

Isaiah 31:8
"Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.

Isaiah 65:12
I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight."

Jeremiah 25:31
The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,'" declares the LORD.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Isaiah 27:1
In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

Isaiah 34:5-10
For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment…

Ezekiel 38:21,22
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother…

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Isaiah 66
1. The glorious God will be served in humble sincerity
5. He comforts the humble by showing the confusion of their enemies
7. With the marvelous growth
10. And the gracious benefits of the church
15. God's severe judgments against the wicked
18. The Gentiles shall have an holy church
24. And see the damnation of the wicked














(16) Will the Lord plead . . .--Better, will the Lord hold judgment. The thoughts of the seer pass on to the retributive side of the Divine righteousness. Fire and sword have been used by the enemies of God against His people, and shall, in turn, be the instruments of His vengeance. The "sword" may, however, be the symbol of the Divine judgment, apart from any reference to its human instrument (Deuteronomy 32:41; Revelation 1:16).

Verse 16. - By fire and by his sword (see the introductory paragraph). The "sword of Jehovah" is spoken of also in Isaiah 27:1 and Isaiah 34:5, 6 (comp. Revelation 19:15, 21). Will the Lord plead with all flesh; rather, will the Lord judge all flesh (comp. Jeremiah 25:31, where the same phrase occurs).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

by fire
בָאֵשׁ֙ (ḇā·’êš)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

and by His sword,
וּבְחַרְבּ֖וֹ (ū·ḇə·ḥar·bōw)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

the LORD
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

will execute judgment
נִשְׁפָּ֔ט (niš·pāṭ)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

on
אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Preposition
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

flesh,
בָּשָׂ֑ר (bā·śār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

and many
וְרַבּ֖וּ (wə·rab·bū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7231: To cast together, increase, in number, to multiply by the myriad

will be slain
חַֽלְלֵ֥י (ḥal·lê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2491: Pierced, polluted

by the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


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