Isaiah 66:15 “For behold, the LORD will come with fire— His chariots are like a whir…”

Isaiah 66:15

For 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and his chariots will be like the whirlwind; to give his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

American Standard Version

For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

Geneva Bible 1599

For beholde, the Lord will come with fire, and his charets like a whirlewinde, that he may recompence his anger with wrath, and his indignation with the flame of fire.

Darby Translation

For behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

Young's Literal Translation

For, lo, Jehovah in fire cometh, And as a hurricane His chariots, To refresh in fury His anger, And His rebuke in flames of fire.

Bible in Basic English

For the Lord is coming with fire, and his war-carriages will be like the storm-wind; to give punishment in the heat of his wrath, and his passion is like flames of fire.

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Cross references

“the Lord”

Isaiah 30:33 2 Thessalonians 1:6–9 2 Peter 3:10–12 Matthew 22:7 Psalm 11:6 Psalm 21:9

Isaiah 30:33 · BSB

For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.

2 Thessalonians 1:6–9 · BSB

After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

2 Peter 3:10–12 · BSB

But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.

Matthew 22:7 · BSB

The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.

Psalm 11:6 · BSB

On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.

Psalm 21:9 · BSB

You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.

“with his”

Jeremiah 4:3 Daniel 11:40

Jeremiah 4:3 · BSB

For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.

Daniel 11:40 · BSB

At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them lik…

Also

Psalm 68:17

Psalm 68:17 · BSB

The chariots of God are tens of thousands— thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.

16For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.

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