Verse Lens · Context pointer
Isaiah 66:19 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 19. 19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
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Role in This Section
The universalizing poetic vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto…” at Isaiah 66:19 as part of “Fire, Gathered Nations, New Creation, Worship, and Corpses Close the Book.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 66:15–24
Keep Isaiah 66:19 with the thought unit titled “Fire, Gathered Nations, New Creation, Worship, and Corpses Close the Book.” The universalizing poetic vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto…” at Isaiah 66:19 as part of “Fire, Gathered Nations, New Creation, Worship, and Corpses Close the Book.” The relevant historical horizon and literary form govern its use.
Why It Needs Context
The verse is a premise, action, image, response, or transition within Isaiah 66:15–24, not an independent maxim. The universalizing poetic vision carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto…” at Isaiah 66:19 as part of “Fire, Gathered Nations, New Creation, Worship, and Corpses Close the Book.”
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Isaiah 66:15–24 — Fire, Gathered Nations, New Creation, Worship, and Corpses Close the BookSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 66:15–24, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 66:15–24 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
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