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Isaiah 10:17

Judgment

15 Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!

16 Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame.

And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.

18 The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.

19 The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.
KJV
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;
WEB
The light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.
ASV
And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.
DARBY
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 briars in one day,
BLB
And the Light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame, and it will burn and devour his thorn and his brier in one day.
ÅB
Israels lys skal bli til en ild, og dets Hellige til en flamme, og den skal brenne og fortære hans torn og tistel, alt på en dag.
OTB
Israels lys vil bli en ild, og deres Hellige en flamme; den vil brenne og fortære hans torner og tistler på en enkelt dag.
B1930
Israels lys skal bli til en ild, og dets Hellige til en lue, og den skal brenne og fortære hans torn og tistel, alt på en dag.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 27:4

    I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.

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  • Isaiah 37:23

    Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

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  • Revelation 22:5

    There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.

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  • Jeremiah 7:20

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.

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  • Numbers 11:1–3

    Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

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  • Numbers 16:35

    And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.

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  • Jeremiah 4:4

    Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”

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  • Nahum 1:10

    For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.

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