17 They that sanctify [a]themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst eating [b]swine’s flesh, and such abomination, even the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.

18 For I will visit their works, and their imaginations, for it shall come that I will gather all nations, and tongues, and they shall come, and see my [c]glory.

19 And I will set a [d]sign among them, and will send those that [e]escape of them unto the nations of [f]Tarshish, [g]Pul, and [h]Lud, and to them that draw the [i]bow, to [j]Tubal and [k]Javan, isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory, and [l]they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 66:17 Meaning, the hypocrites.
  2. Isaiah 66:17 Whereby are meant them that did maliciously transgress the Law, by eating beasts forbidden, even to the mouse, which nature abhoreth.
  3. Isaiah 66:18 The Gentiles shall be partakers of that glory, which before I showed to the Jews.
  4. Isaiah 66:19 I will make these that I chose, that they perish not with the rest of the infidels: whereby he alludeth to the marking of the posts of his people, whom he preserved, Exod. 12:7.
  5. Isaiah 66:19 I will scatter the rest of the Jews, which escaped destruction, into divers nations.
  6. Isaiah 66:19 That is, Cilicia.
  7. Isaiah 66:19 Meaning Africa.
  8. Isaiah 66:19 To wit, Lydia, or Asia minor.
  9. Isaiah 66:19 Signifying the Parthians.
  10. Isaiah 66:19 Italy.
  11. Isaiah 66:19 Greece.
  12. Isaiah 66:19 Meaning, the Apostles, Disciples, and others, which he did first choose of the Jews to preach unto the Gentiles.

17 “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens,(A) following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs,(B) rats(C) and other unclean things—they will meet their end(D) together with the one they follow,” declares the Lord.

18 “And I, because of what they have planned and done,(E) am about to come[a] and gather the people of all nations(F) and languages, and they will come and see my glory.(G)

19 “I will set a sign(H) among them, and I will send some of those who survive(I) to the nations—to Tarshish,(J) to the Libyans[b] and Lydians(K) (famous as archers), to Tubal(L) and Greece,(M) and to the distant islands(N) that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory.(O) They will proclaim my glory among the nations.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 66:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
  2. Isaiah 66:19 Some Septuagint manuscripts Put (Libyans); Hebrew Pul