Yesaya 66:16

66:16 For the Lord judges all humanity ¹ 

with fire and his sword;

the Lord will kill many. ² 

Yeremia 25:29

25:29 For take note, I am already beginning to bring disaster on the city that I call my own. ³  So how can you possibly avoid being punished? ⁴  You will not go unpunished! For I am proclaiming war against all who live on the earth. I, the Lord who rules over all, ⁵  affirm it!’ ⁶ 

[66:16]  ¹ tn Heb “flesh” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NIV “upon all men”; TEV “all the people of the world.”

[66:16]  ² tn Heb “many are the slain of the Lord.”

[25:29]  ³ tn Heb “which is called by my name.” See translator’s note on 7:10 for support.

[25:29]  ⁴ tn This is an example of a question without the formal introductory particle following a conjunctive vav introducing an opposition. (See Joüon 2:609 §161.a.) It is also an example of the use of the infinitive before the finite verb in a rhetorical question involving doubt or denial. (See Joüon 2:422-23 §123.f, and compare usage in Gen 37:8.)

[25:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “Yahweh of armies.”

[25:29]  sn See the study notes on 2:19 and 7:3 for explanation of this extended title.

[25:29]  ⁶ tn Heb “Oracle of Yahweh of armies.”