Isaiah 10:16

Isaiah 10:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will send a wasting disease upon his sturdy warriors; under his pomp a fire will be kindled like a blazing flame.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore the Lord God of hosts will send wasting sickness among his stout warriors, and under his glory a burning will be kindled, like the burning of fire.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Will send leanness among his fat ones; And under his glory He will kindle a burning Like the burning of a fire.

Context of Isaiah 10:16

14I robbed them of their riches, like a person who takes eggs from a bird's nest. I was able to bring all the nations under my power. None of them could stop me. No bird could shake its wing at me, or open its mouth to cry at me!’ 15The Lord says this: ‘The axe has no more power than the person who uses it. A saw is not more important than the person who cuts with it. A stick cannot lift up the man who holds it. No, it is the man that lifts up the stick!’ So the Lord, the Almighty Lord, will punish Assyria's soldiers. They are now fat and healthy, but they will become thin! It will be like a fire that burns them, with all their proud strength. 17The holy God, who is the Light of Israel, will become like a fire. Assyria's soldiers will be like weeds and thorn bushes and the fire will destroy them in one day. 18The Lord will completely destroy Assyria's great forests and its good fields. It will seem like a bad disease is taking away their life.

Isaiah 10:16 word by word

לָ֠כֵן יְשַׁלַּ֨ח הָאָד֜וֹן יְהוָ֧ה צְבָא֛וֹת בְּמִשְׁמַנָּ֖יו רָז֑וֹן וְתַ֧חַת כְּבֹד֛וֹ יֵקַ֥ד יְקֹ֖ד כִּיק֥וֹד אֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore shall the Lordאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• among his fat onesמִשְׁמָןmashmân · fatnessH4924
• leannessרָזוֹןrâzôn · leannessH7332
• and under his gloryכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• he shall kindleיָקַדyâqad · to burnH3344
• a burningיְקוֹדyeqôd · burningH3350
• like the burning of a fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784

Cross-references for Isaiah 10:16

• Isaiah 5:17Then lambs will find good grass to eat, as they do in their own fields. Fat sheep will find food to eat among the stones of the old houses.
• Isaiah 14:24The Lord Almighty promises this: ‘It will happen exactly as I have decided. Yes, it will really happen like that.
• Isaiah 29:5Your enemies will be like an army of dust. The wind will blow away that crowd of cruel men as if they are chaff. That will all happen very suddenly!
• Isaiah 37:6Isaiah said to them, ‘Tell your master that the Lord says this: “Do not let the words that you have heard make you afraid. The servants of the king of Assyria have insulted me, the Lord.
• 2 Chronicles 32:21The Lord God sent an angel to destroy Assyria's army. The angel killed all the soldiers and the army officers in their camp. So the king of Assyria had to return home to his own country. He was very ashamed. He went into the temple of his god. There some of his own sons used their swords to kill him.
• Psalms 106:15He gave them the food that they asked for, but he also sent a bad disease on them.
• Acts 12:23Herod let the people praise him, instead of God. So, immediately, an angel of the Lord God caused him to become very ill. Worms ate his body and later he died.
• Isaiah 9:5Fire will destroy every shoe that the soldiers wore to march into the battle. Their clothes which have the blood of war on them will also go into the fire.
• Isaiah 30:30Then the Lord will shout with royal authority. People will know that he has come with great power to punish his enemies. His anger will be like a fire that burns everything. He will come with a great storm of rain, thunder and hail that destroys everything.
• Isaiah 33:10The Lord says, ‘Now I will stand up to do something. I will show that I am great and powerful.

Commentaries on Isaiah 10:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16The Lord "Jehovah" - For אדני Adonai, fifty-two MSS., eleven editions, and two of my own, ancient, read יהוה , Yehovah, as in other cases. And under his glory - That is, all that he could boast of as great and strong in his army, (Sal. ben Melec in loc.), expressed afterwards, Isaiah 10:18, by the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Therefore shall the Lord - Hebrew, אדון 'ādôn The Lord of hosts - In the present Hebrew text, the original word is also אדני 'ădonāy but fifty-two manuscripts and six editions read Jehovah. On the meaning of the phrase, “the Lord of hosts,” see the note at Isaiah 1:9. This verse contains a threatening of the punishment that would come upon the Assyrian for his insolence and pride, and the remainder of the chapter is mainly occupied with the details of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-19Verses 5-19 See what a change sin made. The king of Assyria, in his pride, thought to act by his own will. The tyrants of the world are tools of Providence. God designs to correct his people for their hypocrisy, and bring them nearer to him; but is that Sennacherib's design? No; he designs to gratify his own covetousness and ambition. The Assyrian boasts what great things he has done to other nations, by his own policy and power. He knows not that it is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16This prophecy was fulfilled in 701 BC. In that year, 185,000 Assyrian soldiers died. They were struck down by a plague and by flaming fire. This event marked a sudden and dramatic defeat for Assyria (see Isaiah 37:36).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. fat ones--(Is 5:17). The robust and choice soldiers of Assyria (Psa 78:31, where "fattest" answers in the parallelism to "chosen," or "young men," Margin). leanness--carrying out the image on "fat ones." Destruction (Psa 106:15). Fulfilled (Is 37:36). his glory--Assyria's nobles. So in Is 5:13, Margin; Is 8:7. kindle--a new image from fire consuming quickly dry materials (Zec 12:6).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 10:16

• Assyria
• Isaiah
• Pride

In the dictionaries

• Lord of Hosts
• Lord; the Lord
• Assyria
• Nineveh
• Prince
• Visitation
• Canon of the Old Testament
• Ezekiel
• God
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Isaiah 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings