Isaiah 66:16 “For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all fl…”

Isaiah 66:16

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

For the LORD will execute judgment by fire and by his sword on all flesh; and those slain by the LORD will be many.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the Lord will iudge with fire, and with his sworde all flesh, and the slaine of the Lord shall be many.

Darby Translation

For by fire and by his sword will Jehovah enter into judgment with all flesh: and the slain of Jehovah shall 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.'

Bible in Basic English

For with fire and sword will the Lord come, judging all the earth, and his sword will be on all flesh: and great numbers will be put to death by him.

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Cross references

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

Ezekiel 39:2–10 Isaiah 27:1 Revelation 19:11–21 Isaiah 34:5–10 Ezekiel 38:21 Ezekiel 38:22

Ezekiel 39:2–10 · BSB

I will turn you around, drive you along, bring you up from the far north, and send you against the mountains of Israel.

Isaiah 27:1 · BSB

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.

Revelation 19:11–21 · BSB

Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.

Isaiah 34:5–10 · BSB

When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.

Ezekiel 38:21 · BSB

And I will summon a sword against Gog on all My mountains, declares the Lord GOD, and every man’s sword will be against his brother.

Ezekiel 38:22 · BSB

I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.

Also

Isaiah 30:30

Isaiah 30:30 · BSB

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.

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

In context

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.

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.

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