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Isaiah 10:17

And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.

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ASV

And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.

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;

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָיָ֤הve.ha.Yahand it will becomeH1961 →
אֽוֹר־'or-[the] light ofH216 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
לְאֵ֔שׁle.'Esh<into> a fireH784 →
וּקְדוֹשׁ֖וֹu.ke.do.Shoand holy [one] itsH6918 →
לְלֶהָבָ֑הle.le.ha.Vah<into> a flameH3852 →
וּבָעֲרָ֗הu.va.'a.Rahand it will burnH1197 →
וְאָֽכְלָ֛הve.'a.khe.Lahand it will consumeH398 →
שִׁית֥וֹshi.Tobush[es] hisH7898 →
וּשְׁמִיר֖וֹu.she.mi.Roand thorn[s] hisH8068 →
בְּי֥וֹםbe.Yomin a dayH3117 →
אֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadoneH259 →

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Isaiah 27:4I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.Obadiah 1:18Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble—Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken.Isaiah 47:14Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.Jeremiah 7:20Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.Revelation 22:5There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.Numbers 11:1–3Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.Isaiah 37:23Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!Jeremiah 4:4Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”Nahum 1:10For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.Numbers 16:35And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.Nahum 1:5–6The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.Psalms 27:1The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”Psalms 97:3Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side.Isaiah 30:27–28Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.Isaiah 64:1–2If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,Hebrews 12:29“For our God is a consuming fire.”

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About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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