Isa 66:15 | KingComments | STEP | The blessing of the previous verses is the result of defeating their enemies against whom the LORD will act with indignation ( ). To this end He will appear in consuming glory. In the LORD deals with those of His people who have corrupted themselves and become worse than the nations. They practice things that are horrible in the eye of the LORD. Their sanctification and cleansing is an idolatrous ritual. “Gardens” are the areas where they commit idolatry ( ). “One in the center” is some idol to which they sacrifice and which is central to their lives. The sacrificial meal they have in the process consists of food that God has declared abominable ( ). They will disappear. They will share in the fate of the followers of the antichrist. The judgment that will come on them will take place in “the great wine press of the wrath of God” ( ).

‏ Isaiah 66:15

The LORD Comes to Judge

The blessing of the previous verses is the result of defeating their enemies against whom the LORD will act with indignation (Isa 66:15-16). To this end He will appear in consuming glory.

In Isa 66:17 the LORD deals with those of His people who have corrupted themselves and become worse than the nations. They practice things that are horrible in the eye of the LORD. Their sanctification and cleansing is an idolatrous ritual. “Gardens” are the areas where they commit idolatry (Isa 65:3-4). “One in the center” is some idol to which they sacrifice and which is central to their lives. The sacrificial meal they have in the process consists of food that God has declared abominable (Lev 11:41-42).

They will disappear. They will share in the fate of the followers of the antichrist. The judgment that will come on them will take place in “the great wine press of the wrath of God” (Rev 14:19).