Isaiah 10:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶Therefore 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.

Isaiah 10:16 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 32:21
And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.
Acts 12:23
And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Psalms 106:15
And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
Isaiah 5:17
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
Isaiah 17:4
And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.

Topics

Ambition Armies Arrogance Asshur Assyria Conceit Haughtiness Heart

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 5-19)

The destruction of the kingdom of Israel by Shalmaneser king of Assyria was foretold in the foregoing chapter, and it had its accomplishment in the sixth year of Hezekiah, 2 Kgs. 18:10. It was total and final, head and tail were all cut off. Now the correction of the kingdom of Judah by Sennacherib king of Assyria is foretold in this chapter; and this prediction was fulfilled in the fourteenth yea…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 16)

16. 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).