Commentary for Isaiah 66:24

their worm The worm that consumes their flesh.

And look round Jerusalem, where Topheth is; from this verse all the learned⁴⁴See Rashi, Kimchi, and Midrash Yalkut ad locum. gather that there will be a day of judgment in Jerusalem. Neither shall their fire be quenched. Many discover here an allusion to the fact, that the soul, when it leaves the body, remains within the sphere of fire, if it does not deserve to join the angels of the Lord. The ancients said, that this would take place after the resurrection of the dead, and supported this opinion by a reference to Daniel (12:12), who asserts, that all the wicked, when called to life again, will be to an everlasting abhorring. All this is quite true.⁴⁵By this remark I. E. indicates that he does not think that the prophet intended to express these opinions in this verse, but that he has nothing to say against them. Comp. I. E. on 51:6.

and their fire in Gehinnom.