Isaiah 10:17

And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and he shall sanctify him with burning fire, and it shall devour the wood as grass.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;

In Context

16but the Lord of hosts shall send dishonor upon thine honor, and burning fire shall be kindled upon thy glory.

18In that day the mountains shall be consumed, and the hills, and the forests, and fire shall devour both soul and body: and he that flees shall be as one fleeing from burning flame.

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Cross References

Numbers 11:1And the people murmured sinfully before the Lord; and the Lord heard them and was very angry; and fire was kindled among them from the Lord, and devoured a part of the camp.

Deuteronomy 4:24For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Psalms 21:9He hoped in the Lord: let him deliver him, 1 Let him save him, because he takes pleasure in him. 1

Psalms 50:3Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy great mercy; 1 And according to the multitude of thy compassions blot out my transgression. 1

Psalms 84:11Mercy and truth are met together: 1 Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 1

Isaiah 9:18The whole earth is set on fire because of the fierce anger of the Lord, and the people shall be as men burned by fire: no man shall pity his brother.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 10:6-20

The Pride of the King of Assyria; Sennacherib's Pride Rebuked; Destruction of the King of Assyria. ( b. c. 740.) 5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. 6 I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations… Read the whole commentary →

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