‏ Isaiah 66:23-24

23From one month ▼
▼tn Heb “new moon.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
to the next and from one Sabbath to the next, all people ▼
▼tn Heb “all flesh” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV); NAB, NASB, NIV “all mankind”; NLT “All humanity.”
will come to worship me,” ▼
▼tn Or “bow down before” (NASB).
says the Lord.
24“They will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against me, for the maggots that eat them will not die, ▼
▼tn Heb “for their worm will not die.”
and the fire that consumes them will not die out. ▼
▼tn Heb “and their fire will not be extinguished.”
All people will find the sight abhorrent.” ▼
▼tn Heb “and they will be an abhorrence to all flesh.”
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▼sn This verse depicts a huge mass burial site where the seemingly endless pile of maggot-infested corpses are being burned.

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