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FOR BY FIRE AND BY HIS SWORD - The sword is an instrument by which
punishment is executed (see the notes at Isaiah 34:5; compare Romans
13:4).
WILL HE PLEAD WITH ALL FLESH - Or rather, he will judge ...
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CHAPTER 66
The Finale: The Two Classes and the Prophecy of Isaiah in a Retrospect
1. _The apostates and their wicked worship (Isaiah 66:1) _ 2. _The
remnant suffering and encouraged (Isaiah 66:5) _ 3...
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ISAIAH 66. Here divisions are hard to define. The theme the coming
punishment of the apostates and the coming glory of the pious is
pursued now on one side, now on the other.
ISAIAH 66:1. AN ATTACK O...
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A11 FLESH. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), for all
mankind....
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In fire and tempest the accompaniments of the theophany Jehovah will
appear to take vengeance on His enemies. There is a connexion with the
last clause of Isaiah 66:14 ; but the passage reads like a
c...
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_by his sword_ See ch. Isaiah 27:1; Isaiah 34:5-6.
_plead_ i.e. "enter into judgement," as Ezekiel 38:22; Joel 3:2. the
slain of the Lord shal
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FOR, BEHOLD, &C.— This passage is wholly figurative, exhibiting God,
as about to take vengeance upon the enemies of his church, under the
figure of a commander and warrior, as well as of a judge, arme...
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3. BUILDING OF ZION
TEXT: Isaiah 66:15-24
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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...
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For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and
the slain of the LORD shall be many.
For by fire, and by his sword, will the Lord plead with all flesh -
`With fire will Yahweh de...
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1. WHERE, etc.] RV 'what manner of house.. what place shall be my
rest.' The v. is a strong rebuke of such as, without a really
religious spirit, idly trusted in the inviolability of Zion, and the
pro...
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PLEAD] i.e. hold judgment....
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God will punish evil behaviour wherever he finds it (see Isaiah 13:11;
Isaiah 30:27-33).
Verse 17b (the second part of verse 17)
To eat such meat was against God’s law (see my notes on Isaiah
65:4b)...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 66
The *Lord divides the ‘people of God’ into two types. There are
those...
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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 Go...
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CHAPTER XXV
A LAST INTERCESSION AND THE JUDGMENT
Isaiah 63:7 through Isaiah 66:1
WE might well have thought, that with the section we have been
considering the prophecy of Israel's Redemption had re...
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ALL FLESH SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD
Isaiah 66:15-24
The prophet makes it clear that, whatever blessings accrue in the
golden future, they will be apportioned to those alone, who are the
Israel of God, n...
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This last chapter is confessedly difficult of interpretation. In it
the prophet seems to look beyond all that he has previously described,
and to deal with destiny. He first announces anew the fact of...
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_Many. Few are chosen. (Haydock) --- All the wicked shall perish
eternally. (Menochius) _...
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The Lord is here speaking of his judgment upon sinners, who despise
his ordinances, and corrupt and pollute them. Mingling ought with them
they become a pollution; Exodus 20:25....
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16._For Jehovah will judge in fire. _Here he brings forward nothing
new, but merely confirms the former statement, and shews that this
judgment will be dreadful; that none may think that it is a matte...
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Chapter 66 speaks of the judgment that introduces it, and consequently
gives us more historical details. The temple is rebuilt in Jerusalem
(Isaiah 66:6), but Jehovah does not own it, man alone being...
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FOR BY FIRE, AND BY HIS SWORD, WILL THE LORD PLEAD WITH ALL FLESH,....
With the Mahometans, the Turks, the Ottoman empire, against whom he
will call for a sword, and will rain upon them fire and brims...
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For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and
the slain of the LORD shall be many.
Ver. 16. _For with fire._] Than which nothing is more formidable.
_ And with his sword._] Wh...
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_For, behold_, &c. Here the prophet comes more particularly to show
the nature of that indignation which should be exercised toward God's
enemies. The passage, it must be observed, is metaphorical,
“e...
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For by fire and by His sword will the Lord plead with all flesh,
carrying out the sentence of His justice upon all men; AND THE SLAIN
OF THE LORD SHALL BE MANY, because all unbelievers make themselves...
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THE HAPPINESS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH...
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15-24 A prophetic declaration is given of the Lord's vengeance on all
enemies of his church, especially that of all antichristian opposers
of the gospel in the latter days. Ver...
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This kind of _rebuking_ is also called _a pleading with them_; so he
threatens to plead against _Gog with pestilence and blood_, EZEKIEL
38:22. God at first pleads with sinners by _words_; but if he c...
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Isaiah 66:16 fire H784 sword H2719 LORD H3068 judge H8199 (H8737)
flesh H1320 slain H2491 LORD H3068 many...
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WHILE THE RIGHTEOUS WILL FLOURISH GOD WILL FINALLY JUDGE THE
UNRIGHTEOUS (ISAIAH 66:14).
Isaiah 66:14
‘And you will see and your heart will rejoice,
And your bones will flourish like the tender gra...
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CONTENTS: Blessings of the coming universal Kingdom.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: Following the day of Christ's vengeance the sorrows of
Israel will be turned into abundant joys. All the Gen...
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Isaiah 66:1. _The heaven is my throne._ This chapter applies to
Isaiah's time, as well as to future times; and though the Lord
rejected the impure worship of the temple, yet he would dwell with the
co...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 66:1 Though the worship of God is violated
now, in the future falsehood will be judged, true worship will spread,
and God will be honored forever.
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 66:16 ALL FLESH. Specifically, “his
enemies” (v. Isaiah 66:14)....
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SECTION XII.—FINAL THREATENINGS AND PROMISES (Isaiah 66:1.).
EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 66:1
THE UNGODLY EXILES REBUKED
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Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my
footstool: where is the house that you build unto me? and where is the
place of my rest? (Isaiah 66:1)
They're going to build a new te...
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Ezekiel 38:21; Ezekiel 38:22; Ezekiel 39:2; Isaiah 27:1; Isaiah 34:5
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Plead — God at first pleads with sinners by words, but if he cannot
so prevail, he will plead with them in a way by which he will
overcome; by fire, pestilence and blood. All flesh — Thus he
threatens...