16For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD 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 when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.

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

17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.

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

Isaiah 66:16 in Other Translations

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 Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.'