Isaia 10:16

16 Perciò, il Signore, il Signor degli eserciti, manderà la magrezza ne’ grassi di esso; e sotto la sua gloria accenderà un incendio, simile ad un incendio di fuoco.

Isaia 10:16 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 10:16

Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts
Because of the pride, and arrogance, and vain boasting of the Assyrian monarch, which was resented by the Lord, he is threatened with what follows; and in order to humble him, and to show that God is above him, these titles are used; "the Lord", the Lord of the whole earth, and the King of kings, and Lord of lords; "the Lord of hosts", of armies above and below, of more and greater armies than what the king of Assyria was lord of; and therefore he might be assured that what is hereafter threatened would be fulfilled, namely, send among his fat ones leanness;
the Targum is, among his princes, who abounded in riches and honour; or his army, and the chiefs in it, the mighty and strong; and by "leanness" is meant destruction and death, which came upon his army, and the great men of it, immediately from the hand of God; see ( Psalms 106:15 ) compared with ( Numbers 11:33 ) : and under his glory he shall kindle a burning, like the burning of
a fire;
that is, under his army, which was great and glorious, very numerous, and well accoutred with clothes and arms, and made a very splendid and glittering show, and of which the Assyrian monarch gloried; this army the Jews say was destroyed by fire, and that the bodies of the men were burnt, and their clothes untouched; but Jarchi interprets this glory of their garments, which give a man glory, and says these were burnt; the Targum calls them their vessels of glory; perhaps meaning their glittering arms, which were burnt along with them.

Isaia 10:16 In-Context

14 E la mia mano ha ritrovate, come un nido, le ricchezze de’ popoli; e come si raccolgono le uova lasciate, così ho raccolta tutta la terra; e non vi è stato alcuno che abbia mossa l’ala, od aperto il becco e pigolato.

15 Glorierassi la scure contro a colui che taglia con essa? magnificherassi la sega contro a colui che la mena? come se la verga movesse quelli che l’alzano, e come se il bastone si elevasse da sè, quasi come non fosse legno.

16 Perciò, il Signore, il Signor degli eserciti, manderà la magrezza ne’ grassi di esso; e sotto la sua gloria accenderà un incendio, simile ad un incendio di fuoco.

17 E la luce d’Israele sarà come un fuoco, e il suo Santo come una fiamma; e arderà, e divorerà le vepri, ed i pruni di esso, in un giorno.

18 Ed anche consumerà la gloria del suo bosco, e il suo Carmel; consumerà ogni cosa, dall’anima infino alla carne; e sarà di lui come quando il banderaro è messo in rotta.