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15 The Lord will come down
like a whirlwind
    with his flaming chariots.
He will be furiously angry
and punish his enemies
    with fire.
16 The Lord's fiery sword
    will bring justice
everywhere on this earth
    and execute many people.

A Threat and a Promise

17 Some of you get yourselves ready and go to a garden to worship a foreign goddess.[a] You eat the meat of pigs, lizards, and mice. But I, the Lord, will destroy you for this.

18 I know everything you do and think! The time has now come[b] to bring together the people of every language and nation and to show them my glory

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Footnotes

  1. 66.17 Some … goddess: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  2. 66.18 I … come: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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