Yesaya 66:16

66:16 For the Lord judges all humanity ¹ 

with fire and his sword;

the Lord will kill many. ² 

Yoel 1:19

1:19 To you, O Lord, I call out for help, ³ 

for fire ⁴  has burned up ⁵  the grassy pastures, ⁶ 

flames have razed ⁷  all the trees in the fields.

[66:16]  ¹ tn Heb “flesh” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NIV “upon all men”; TEV “all the people of the world.”

[66:16]  ² tn Heb “many are the slain of the Lord.”

[1:19]  ³ tn The phrase “for help” does not appear in the Hebrew, but is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[1:19]  ⁴ sn Fire here and in v. 20 is probably not to be understood in a literal sense. The locust plague, accompanied by conditions of extreme drought, has left the countryside looking as though everything has been burned up (so also in Joel 2:3).

[1:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “consumed.” This entire line is restated at the end of v. 20.

[1:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “the pastures of the wilderness.”

[1:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “a flame has set ablaze.” This fire was one of the effects of the drought.