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15 The Lord will come with fire. He will ride on the wings of a storm to punish those he is angry with. 16 By fire and sword he will punish all the people of the world whom he finds guilty—and many will be put to death.

17 The Lord says, “The end is near for those who purify themselves for pagan worship, who go in procession to sacred gardens,[a] and who eat pork and mice and other disgusting foods.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 66:17 See 1.29.

15 See, the Lord is coming with fire,(A)
    and his chariots(B) are like a whirlwind;(C)
he will bring down his anger with fury,
    and his rebuke(D) with flames of fire.
16 For with fire(E) and with his sword(F)
    the Lord will execute judgment(G) on all people,
    and many will be those slain(H) by the Lord.

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

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