Ezekiel 38:21; Ezekiel 38:22; Ezekiel 39:2-10; Isaiah 27:1; Isaiah 34:5-10; Revelation 19:11-21
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 )...
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...
a11 flesh. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), for all mankind.
16. For Jehovah will judge in fire. Here he brings forward nothing new, but merely confirms the former statement, and shews that this judgme...
For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
For, behold, &c.— This passage is wholly figurative, exhibiting God, as about to take vengeance upon the enemies of his church, under the figur...
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...
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,...
Plead ] i.e. hold judgment.
Will the Lord plead... — Better, will the Lord hold judgment. The thoughts of the seer pass on to the retributive side of the Divine righteousnes...
CHAPTER XXV A LAST INTERCESSION AND THE JUDGMENT Isaiah 63:7 through Isaiah 66:1-24 WE might well have thought, that with the section we hav...
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...
This last chapter is confessedly difficult of interpretation. In it the prophet seems to look beyond all that he has previously described, and to dea...
The Lord is here speaking of his judgment upon sinners, who despise his ordinances, and corrupt and pollute them. Mingling ought with them they becom...
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 cal...
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 not...
For, behold , &c. Here the prophet comes more particularly to show the nature of that indignation which should be exercised toward God's enemies...
Divine Judgment; Judgment and Mercy; The Enlargement of the Church. B. C. 706....
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 . G...
While The Righteous Will Flourish God Will Finally Judge The Unrighteous ( Isaiah 66:14-16 ). Isaiah 66:14-16 ‘And you will see and your heart...
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...
SECTION XII .— FINAL THREATENINGS AND PROMISES ( Isaiah 66:1-23 .). EXPOSITION Isaiah 66:1-23 THE UNGODLY EXILES REBUKED...
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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 sh...
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...
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.