Isaiah 10:16

Therefore shall HaAdon Hashem Tzva'os 1 send among his fat ones leanness; 1 and instead of his kavod there will be kindled a burning 1 like the blazing of eish. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.

In Context

15Shall the garzen (axe) boast itself against Him that cuts therewith? 1 Or shall the masor (saw) magnify itself against Him that useth it? 1 As if the shevet (rod) should shake itself against them that lift it up, 1 or as if the matteh (staff) should lift up itself, 1 as if it were not etz. 1

17And the Ohr Yisroel shall become an eish, 1 and His Kadosh a flame; 1 and shall burn and consume its thistles 1 and its thorns in Yom Echad; 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:21And Hashem sent a malach, which destroyed all the fighting gibborim, and the nagid and sar in the machaneh of the melech Assyria. So he withdrew in boshet panim (shamefaced disgrace) to his own land. And when he was entered the bais elohav, they that came forth of his own loins + 32:21 i.e., his sons cut him down there with the cherev.

Isaiah 5:17Then shall the kevasim feed as upon their pasture, 1 and the gerim (sojourners) will eat in the ruins of the rich. 1

Isaiah 9:4For every boot of the tramping warrior in the battleʼs tumult, 1 and simlah (garments) megolalah (rolled) in damim (blood) 1 shall be for burning and 1 ma'acholet eish (food for fire). 1

Isaiah 10:18And shall consume the kavod of his forest and his fertile land, 1 even to nefesh and basar; 1 and shall be as a sick man wasting away. 1

Isaiah 17:4And in that day it shall come to pass, 1 that the kavod Ya'akov shall fade, 1 and the fatness of his basar shall waste away. 1

Isaiah 29:5Moreover the multitude of thy foes shall be like fine dust, 1 and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as motz (chaff) that in passing bloweth away; indeed, 1 it shall be at an instant suddenly. 1

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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