New English Translation
Isaiah 10:16
16For this reason the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, will make his healthy ones emaciated. His majestic glory will go up in smoke.
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
14My hand discovered the wealth of the nations, as if it were in a nest, as one gathers up abandoned eggs, I gathered up the whole earth. There was no wing flapping, or open mouth chirping.” 15Does an ax exalt itself over the one who wields it, or a saw magnify itself over the one who cuts with it? As if a scepter should brandish the one who raises it, or a staff should lift up what is not made of wood! For this reason the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, will make his healthy ones emaciated. His majestic glory will go up in smoke. 17The light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One will become a flame; it will burn and consume the Assyrian king’s briers and his thorns in one day. 18The splendor of his forest and his orchard will be completely destroyed, as when a sick man’s life ebbs away.
Read all of Isaiah 10Isaiah 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 5:17Lambs will graze as if in their pastures, amid the ruins the rich sojourners will graze.
- Isaiah 14:24The Lord who commands armies makes this solemn vow: “Be sure of this: Just as I have intended, so it will be; just as I have planned, it will happen.
- Isaiah 29:5But the horde of invaders will be like fine dust, the horde of tyrants like chaff that is blown away. It will happen suddenly, in a flash.
- Isaiah 37:6Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master this: ‘This is what the Lord says: “Don’t be afraid because of the things you have heard – these insults the king of Assyria’s servants have hurled against me.
- 2 Chronicles 32:21The Lord sent a messenger and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib returned home humiliated. When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.
- Psalms 106:15He granted their request, then struck them with a disease.
- Acts 12:23Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- Isaiah 9:5Indeed every boot that marches and shakes the earth and every garment dragged through blood is used as fuel for the fire.
- Isaiah 30:30The Lord will give a mighty shout and intervene in power, with furious anger and flaming, destructive fire, with a driving rainstorm and hailstones.
- Isaiah 33:10“Now I will rise up,” says the Lord. “Now I will exalt myself; now I will magnify myself.
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
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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
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