‏ Isaiah 66:15

15. (Is 9:5; Psa 50:3; Ha 3:5; 2Th 1:8; 2Pe 3:7).

chariots ... whirlwind--(Jr 4:13).

render--as the Hebrew elsewhere (Job 9:13; Psa 78:38) means to "allay" or "stay wrath." Maurer translates it so here: He stays His anger with nothing but fury," &c.; nothing short of pouring out all His fiery fury will satisfy His wrath.

fury--"burning heat" [Lowth], to which the parallel, "flames of fire," answers.

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