Isaiah 66:16
King James VersionSource notes
“For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.”
Context
13As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
14And when ye see your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and indignation toward his enemies.
15For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
18For I their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, Tubal, and Javan, the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.