16. Rather, "With fire will Jehovah judge, and with His sword
(He will judge) all flesh." The parallelism and collocation of the
Hebrew words favor this
(Isa 65:12).
all flesh--that is, all who are the objects of His wrath. The
godly shall be hidden by the Lord in a place of safety away from the
scene of judgment
(Isa 26:20, 21;
Ps 31:20;
1Th 4:16, 17).
JFB.
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