Isaiah 10:16

Therefore the Lord Yahweh of hosts will send emaciation among his elite warriors; 1 and under his glory there will be kindled a burning like fire. 1

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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

15Will the ax boast about itself against the one who wields it? 1 Will the saw praise itself more than the one who cuts with it? 1 It is as if a rod could lift up those who raise it, or as if a wooden club could lift up a person. 1

17The light of Israel will become a fire, and his Holy One a flame; 1 it will burn and devour his thorns and briers in one day. 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:21Yahweh sent an angel, who killed the fighting men, the commanders, and the officers of the king in the camp. So Sennacherib returned to his own land with shame on his face. When he had gone into the house of his god, some of his own children killed him there with the sword.

Isaiah 5:17Then the sheep will feed as in their own pasture, and in the ruins, lambs will graze as foreigners. + 5:17 Some modern versions have and in the ruins of the rich, lambs will graze . 1

Isaiah 9:4For the yoke of his burden, the beam across his shoulder, 1 the rod of his oppressor, you have shattered as on the day of Midian. 1

Isaiah 10:18Yahweh will consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful land, both soul and body; 1 it will be like when a sick man's life wastes away. 1

Isaiah 17:4It will come about on that day 1 that the glory of Jacob will become thin, and the fatness of his flesh will become lean. 1

Isaiah 29:5The great number of your invaders will become like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones as chaff that passes away. 1 It will happen suddenly, in an instant. 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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