Isaiah 66:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For, 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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ בָּאֵ֣שׁ יָב֔וֹא וְכַסּוּפָ֖ה מַרְכְּבֹתָ֑יו לְהָשִׁ֤יב בְּחֵמָה֙ אַפּ֔וֹ וְגַעֲרָת֖וֹ בְּלַהֲבֵי־אֵֽשׁ׃

Transliteration

For-behold YHWH in-ʾēš yāḇôʾ, and-like-sûp̄â markĕḇōtāyw; to-hāšîḇ in-ḥēmâ ʾappô, and-gaʿărātô in-lahăḇê-ʾēš.

Grammar Details

*kî-hinnēh*: conjunction + interjection - for behold
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*bā-ʾēš*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - in fire
*yāḇôʾ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will come
*wĕ-ḵa-sûp̄â*: conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine singular - and like a whirlwind
*markĕḇōtāyw*: noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his chariots
*lĕ-hāšîḇ*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to return/render
*bĕ-ḥēmâ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - in fury
*ʾappô*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his anger
*wĕ-gaʿărātô*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his rebuke
*bĕ-lahăḇê-ʾēš*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + noun, feminine singular - in flames of fire

Word Meanings

*yāḇôʾ*: he will come/arrive/appear
*ʾēš*: fire/flame
*sûp̄â*: whirlwind/storm/tempest
*markĕḇōtāyw*: his chariots/war vehicles
*hāšîḇ*: to return/render/repay
*ḥēmâ*: fury/wrath/rage
*ʾappô*: his anger/wrath/face
*gaʿărātô*: his rebuke/reproof/threatening
*lahăḇê-ʾēš*: flames of fire/fiery flames

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Referenced Verses

Ps 68:17 : 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
Isa 30:33 : 33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
2 Thess 1:6-9 : 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
2 Pet 3:10-12 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
Jer 4:3 : 3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Dan 11:40 : 40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
Amos 7:4 : 4 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
Matt 22:7 : 7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
Ps 97:3 : 3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
Isa 30:27-28 : 27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: 28 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
Ps 11:6 : 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
Ps 21:9 : 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
Ps 50:3 : 3 Our God shall come{H8799)}, and shall not keep silence{H8799)}: a fire shall devour{H8799)} before him, and it shall be very tempestuous{H8738)} round about him.

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