16For by fire will Jehovah execute judgment, and by his sword, upon all flesh; and the slain of Jehovah shall be many.


In Context

13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

14 And ye shall see it , and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the tender grass: and the hand of Jehovah shall be known toward his servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies.

15 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.

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

17 They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go unto the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together, saith Jehovah.

18 For I know their works and their thoughts: the time cometh, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and shall see my glory.

Isaiah 66:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

66:16For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

66:16For with fire and with his sword the Lord will execute judgment upon all men, and many will be those slain by the Lord .

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

66:16For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

66:16For the Lord shall judge by fire, and by his sword unto all flesh, and the slain of the Lord shall be many.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

66:16For by fire and by his sword will Jehovah enter into judgment with all flesh: and the slain of Jehovah shall be many.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

66:16For by fire will the LORD plead, and by his sword, with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

66:16For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

66:16For by fire will Yahweh execute judgment, and by his sword, on all flesh; and the slain of Yahweh shall be many.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

66:16For by fire and by His sword, Doth Jehovah do judgment with all flesh. And many have been Jehovah's pierced ones.'