Komentarz do Izajasza 66:18

And I - their deeds and their thoughts have come etc. And I What am I to do? Their deeds and their thoughts have come to Me. And that forces Me to gather all the heathens (nations [Mss. and K’li Paz]), and to let them know that their deeds are vanity and the thoughts they are thinking, “For the sake of my name, the Lord shall be glorified,” let them understand that it is false. And where is the gathering? It is the gathering that Zechariah prophesied (14:2): “And I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem.”

ואנכי מעשיהם ומחשבתיהם And I am their works and their thoughts.³²A. V., For I know their works and their thoughts. It has the same meaning as the rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and against His anointed (Ps. 2:2),

and they shall see My glory When I wage war with them with the plague of the following description (ibid. 14:12): “Their flesh shall disintegrate...and their eyes...and their tongue.”

באה The time hath come.³³A. V., It shall come. Supply עת time. The meaning of the whole verse is, When they intend to rebel against me, then the time is come to assemble all nations round Jerusalem, etc.

And see my glory. I shall punish them till they will declare my glory to all people. This passage refers to the war of Gog and Magog.³⁴Comp. c. 24:14, note 18.