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Isaiah 10:16-19

King James Version (KJV)

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16. 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. 17. 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; 18. And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth. 19. And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.

Isaiah 10:16-19 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 10:16

Theological / Devotional

Fat ones. For the symbolic use of the word translated “fat,” see on Gen. 49:20; Eze. 34:16-18. In Judges 3:29 the word is translated “lusty.” Obviously the “men of valour” there mentioned, that is, warriors, were not all literally “fat,” but rather, sturdy and vigorous. Here the “fat ones” are the well-fleshed rulers of Assyria, and, perhaps, the Assyrian army also. God will lay His hand upon them and leave them emaciated and gaunt. In other words, Assyrian power would vanish away.

Fire. God would set their glorious palaces afire and make them a heap of smoking ruins (see Amos 1:4). A century after Isaiah uttered this declaration the Assyrian Empire lay in ruins. Nineveh was a mass of ashes, and Asshur, Calah, and Dur Sharrukin were being covered by the desert sands.

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