Isaiah 10:17

Isaiah 10:17 in other versions

• King James Version (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;
• New International Version (NIV)The Light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One a flame; in a single day it will burn and consume his thorns and his briers.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The light of Israel will become a fire, and his Holy One a flame, and it will burn and devour his thorns and briers in one day.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the Light of Israel will be for a fire, And his Holy One for a flame; It will burn and devour His thorns and his briers in one day.

Context of Isaiah 10:17

15Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it? Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it? That would be like a club wielding those who lift it, Or like a rod lifting him who is not wood. 16Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, will send a wasting disease among his stout warriors; And under his glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame. And the light of Israel will become a fire and his Holy One a flame, And it will burn and devour his thorns and his briars in a single day. 18And He will destroy the glory of his forest and of his fruitful garden, both soul and body, And it will be as when a sick man wastes away. 19And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number That a child could write them down.

Isaiah 10:17 word by word

וְהָיָ֤ה אֽוֹר־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְאֵ֔שׁ וּקְדוֹשׁ֖וֹ לְלֶהָבָ֑ה וּבָעֲרָ֗ה וְאָֽכְלָ֛ה שִׁית֥וֹ וּשְׁמִיר֖וֹ בְּי֥וֹם אֶחָֽד׃Read the interlinear

• lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• will becomeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• a fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• Holyקָדוֹשׁqâdôsh qâdôsh · holyH6918
• Oneקָדוֹשׁqâdôsh qâdôsh · holyH6918
• a flameלֶהָבָהlehâbâh lahebeth · flameH3852
• burnבָּעַרbâ‛ar · to burn: burnH1197
• and devourאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• his thornsשַׁ֫יִתshayith · thornbushH7898
• and his briarsשָׁמִירshâmîyr · thornH8068
• in a singleאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Isaiah 10:17

• Isaiah 60:19No longer will you have the sun for light by day, Nor for brightness will the moon give you light; But you will have the Lord for an everlasting light, And your God for your glory.
• Psalms 27:1The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?
• Psalms 84:11For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
• Revelation 21:23And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
• Revelation 22:5And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign forever and ever.
• Isaiah 30:27Behold, the name of the Lord comes from a remote place; Burning is His anger and dense is His smoke; His lips are filled with indignation And His tongue is like a consuming fire;
• Isaiah 33:14Sinners in Zion are terrified; Trembling has seized the godless. “Who among us can live with the consuming fire? Who among us can live with continual burning?”
• Isaiah 64:1Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down, That the mountains might quake at Your presence--
• Isaiah 66:15For behold, the Lord will come in fire And His chariots like the whirlwind, To render His anger with fury, And His rebuke with flames of fire.
• Numbers 11:1Now the people became like those who complain of adversity in the hearing of the Lord; and when the Lord heard it, His anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
• Numbers 16:34All Israel who were around them fled at their outcry, for they said, “The earth may swallow us up!”
• Psalms 18:8Smoke went up out of His nostrils, And fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it.
• Psalms 21:9You will make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger; The Lord will swallow them up in His wrath, And fire will devour them.
• Psalms 50:3May our God come and not keep silence; Fire devours before Him, And it is very tempestuous around Him.
• Psalms 83:14Like fire that burns the forest And like a flame that sets the mountains on fire,
• Jeremiah 4:4Circumcise yourselves to the Lord And remove the foreskins of your heart, Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Or else My wrath will go forth like fire And burn with none to quench it, Because of the evil of your deeds.”

Commentaries on Isaiah 10:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17And it shall burn and devour his thorns "And he shall burn and consume his thorn" - The briers and thorns are the common people; the glory of his forest are the nobles and those of highest rank and importance. See note on Isaiah 9:17, and compare Ezekiel 20:47. The fire of God's wrath shall destroy them, both great and small; it shall consume them from the soul to the flesh; a proverbial expression; soul and body, as we say; it shall consume them entirely…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17And the light of Israel - That is, Yahweh. The word “light” here, אור 'ôr is used also to denote a “fire,” or that which causes light and heat; see Ezekiel 5:2; Isaiah 44:16; Isaiah 47:14. Here it is used in the same sense, denoting that Yahweh would be “the fire” אור 'ôr that would cause the “flame” (אשׁ 'êsh ) which would consume the Assyrian. Jehovah is often compared to a burning flame, or fire; Deuteronomy 4:24; Deuteronomy 9:3; Hebrews 12:29…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. 5-19God announced judgment on Assyria for several reasons: They destroyed other nations without mercy (Isaiah 10:7). They spoke with pride and dishonored God. They boasted about their own power (Isaiah 10:12). They oppressed other peoples and took what did not belong to them (Isaiah 10:13–14). They believed they were acting on their own. They did not recognize that God was using them (Isaiah 10:15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-1817-18. light of Israel--carrying out the image in the end of Is 10:16. Jehovah, who is a light to Israel, shall be the "fire" (De 4:24; He 12:29) that shall ignite the "thorns," (the Assyrians, like dry fuel, a ready prey to flame).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 10:17

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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