Yesaya 47:14

47:14 Look, they are like straw,

which the fire burns up;

they cannot rescue themselves

from the heat ¹  of the flames.

There are no coals to warm them,

no firelight to enjoy. ² 

Yesaya 66:16

66:16 For the Lord judges all humanity ³ 

with fire and his sword;

the Lord will kill many. ⁴ 

[47:14]  ¹ tn Heb “hand,” here a metaphor for the strength or power of the flames.

[47:14]  ² tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “there is no coal [for?] their food, light to sit before it.” Some emend לַחְמָם (lakhmam, “their food”) to לְחֻמָּם (lÿkhummam, “to warm them”; see HALOT 328 s.v. חמם). This statement may allude to Isa 44:16, where idolaters are depicted warming themselves over a fire made from wood, part of which was used to form idols. The fire of divine judgment will be no such campfire; its flames will devour and destroy.

[66:16]  ³ tn Heb “flesh” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NIV “upon all men”; TEV “all the people of the world.”

[66:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “many are the slain of the Lord.”