Isaiah 66:18 - Exposition

For I know their works . There is no verb in the Hebrew text, from which something has evidently fallen out. Mr. Cheyne supplies, "I will punish;" Gratz, "I have seen." "I know" is supported by the Targums, the Syriac Version, several manuscripts of the Septuagint, and the authorities of Saadiya, Vitringa, and Gesenius. And their thoughts; i.e. I know, not only their works, but even the thoughts from which the works proceeded. It shall some; i.e. "the time shall come." (For the full phrase, see Jeremiah 51:33 ; Ezekiel 7:7 , Ezekiel 7:12 .) All nations and tongues. This expression has been corn-pared with Daniel's "kindreds and nations and languages" ( Daniel 3:4 , Daniel 3:7 , Daniel 3:29 ; Daniel 4:1 ; Daniel 5:19 , etc.), and has been regarded as a sign of late authorship. But "nations' and "tongues" are coupled together in Scripture as early as Genesis ( Genesis 10:5 , Genesis 10:20 ). They shall come, and see my glory ; i.e. "see the glory that I shall get me upon my enemies" (verses 15-17).