Isaiah 66:6

Modern

Hear the uproar from the city; listen to the voice from the temple! It is the voice of the LORD, repaying His enemies what they deserve!

Traditional

A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord that rendereth recompence to his enemies.

Literal

The voice of uproar from the city, a voice from the temple—it is the voice of YHWH, repaying recompence to His enemies!

Latin

Vox populi de civitate, vox de templo, vox Domini reddentis retributionem inimicis suis.

Hebrew

English

Hear the uproar from the city; listen to the voice from the temple! It is the voice of the LORD, repaying His enemies what they deserve!

listen to the voice from the temple: This is similar to the situation in Ezekiel 9 when God's executioner began to destroy the wicked people of Jerusalem.
repaying His enemies what they deserve!: God would punish the members of his own people who refused to obey him. He would give them the judgment they deserved.
Because they continued in sin and rejected God, they had become his enemies.

Here, the Lord responds to the prayer in Isaiah 63:7–64:12.

Theme notes and profiles

Joel 3:7–16
Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.
Isaiah 34:8
For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Amos 1:2
He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”
Isaiah 59:18
So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.
Isaiah 65:5–7
They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.