The strong shall become like tinder and their work like a spark; they and their work shall burn together, with no one to quench them.
Isaiah 66:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following the one in the center, eating the flesh of pigs, vermin, and rodents, shall come to an end together, says the Lord, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Those who [attempt to] sanctify themselves and cleanse themselves to enter [and sacrifice to idols] in the gardens, following after one in the midst, eating hog's flesh and the abomination [creeping things] and the [mouse–their works and their thoughts] shall come to an end together, says the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go unto the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together, saith Jehovah. Common English Bible Those who became holy and purify themselves, following their leader into the gardens, who eat pork, detestable animals, and mice, will meet their end together, says the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version Those who were sanctified, who thought themselves to be clean in the gardens behind the inner gate, who were eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse: they will be consumed all at once, says the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They that were sanctified and thought themselves clean in the gardens behind the gate within, they that did eat swine's flesh and the abomination and the mouse: they shall be consumed together, saith the Lord. |
The strong shall become like tinder and their work like a spark; they and their work shall burn together, with no one to quench them.
See, the day of the Lord is coming, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger, to make the earth a desolation and to destroy its sinners from it.
Then I said, “Ah Lord God! I have never defiled myself; from my youth up until now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by animals, nor has carrion flesh come into my mouth.”
“These are unclean for you among the creatures that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, the mouse, lizards of every kind,