Isaiah 66:6

66:6 The sound of battle comes from the city;

the sound comes from the temple!

It is the sound of the Lord paying back his enemies.

Isaiah 66:14-16

66:14 When you see this, you will be happy, ¹ 

and you will be revived. ² 

The Lord will reveal his power to his servants

and his anger to his enemies. ³ 

66:15 For look, the Lord comes with fire,

his chariots come like a windstorm, ⁴ 

to reveal his raging anger,

his battle cry, and his flaming arrows. ⁵ 

66:16 For the Lord judges all humanity ⁶ 

with fire and his sword;

the Lord will kill many. ⁷ 

[66:14]  ¹ tn “and you will see and your heart will be happy.”

[66:14]  ² tn Heb “and your bones like grass will sprout.”

[66:14]  ³ tn Heb “and the hand of the Lord will be made known to his servants, and anger to his enemies.”

[66:15]  ⁴ sn Chariots are like a windstorm in their swift movement and in the way that they kick up dust.

[66:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “to cause to return with the rage of his anger, and his battle cry [or “rebuke”] with flames of fire.”

[66:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “flesh” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NIV “upon all men”; TEV “all the people of the world.”

[66:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “many are the slain of the Lord.”