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Eternal Reward and Punishment

22 As the new heavens and the new earth
    that I am making
will endure before me, says the Lord,
    so will your descendants and your name endure.
23 From new moon to new moon
    and from one Sabbath to another,
all mankind will come to worship before me,
    says the Lord.
24 And as they go out,
    they will see the corpses
    of those who rebelled against me.
For their worm will never die,
    nor will their fire be quenched,
    and they will be abhorrent to all humanity.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 66:24 A reference to the Valley of Ben-hinnom (Gehenna) outside the walls of ancient Jerusalem. In Mk 9:48, the images of the worm and the fire are used to signify an eternal punishment.