Isaiah 1:28

"But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed."

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From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And the destruction -Hebrewשׁברsheber- the breaking, or crushing, that is, the punishment which was about to come upon them; compareLamentations 2:11;Lamentations 3:47;Proverbs 16:18. Of the transgressors - “Revolters,” or those that rebel against God. And of the sinners -Of all the sinners in the nation, of all kinds and degrees. Together -At the same time with the redemption of Zion. Shall be consumed -יכלוּyı̂kelû, fromכלהkâlâh, to be completed, or finished; to be consumed, wasted away; to vanish, or disappear. It denotes complete and entire extinction; or the completing of anything.

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