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17 Those who set themselves apart and make themselves pure to go to the gardens, following one in the center, who eat pig’s flesh, hated things, and mice, will come to an end together,” says the Lord. 18 “For I know their works and their thoughts. The time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they will come and see My shining-greatness. 19 I will put something special among them. And I will send some of them who are left alive to the nations: Tarshish, Put, Lud, Mashech, Rosh, Tubal, and Javan, to the far islands that have not heard of My name or seen My greatness. And they will make My greatness known among the nations.

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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.

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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