Isaiah 10:17
“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;”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And shall consume the glory of his forest,.... The Assyrian army is compared to a "forest", for the number of men in it;…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
And the light of Israel - That is, Yahweh. The word “light” here, אור 'ôr, is used also to denote a “fire,” or that…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 10:5-19
The destruction of the kingdom of Israel by Shalmaneser king of Assyria was foretold in the foregoing chapter, and it…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Isaiah 10:16-19
The destruction of the Assyrian army is described under the two figures of sickness and a conflagration. There is a…
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