Misinterpretations often reduce this passage to a mere prediction of divine judgment on pagan nations without mercy, ignoring the inclusive gathering for glory that invites response and worship; others confine it to historical events like the post-exilic return or early church missions, overlooking its broader prophetic vision of end-time universal ingathering; some erroneously claim it supports forced conversion or ethnocentric exclusion, missing the context of God's glory revealed to all tongues in a new creation.
Isaiah 66:18
King James Version (1769)
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
God, fully aware of humanity's works and thoughts, promises to gather people from every nation and language to witness His glory, emphasizing the universal scope of His redemptive plan where representatives from all backgrounds will come to behold His majesty, see His transformative power, and participate in the worship that fills the new heavens and earth, pointing to the eschatological fulfillment of salvation extended beyond Israel to the whole world.