Isaia 10:16

16 Perciò il Signore, l’Eterno degli eserciti, manderà la consunzione tra i suoi più robusti; e sotto la sua gloria accenderà un fuoco, come il fuoco d’un incendio.

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 la mia mano ha trovato, come un nido, le ricchezze dei popoli; e come uno raccoglie delle uova abbandonate, così ho io raccolta tutta la terra; e nessuno ha mosso l’ala o aperto il becco o mandato un grido".

15 La scure si gloria essa contro colui che la maneggia? la sega si magnifica essa contro colui che la mena? Come se la verga facesse muovere colui che l’alza, come se il bastone alzasse colui che non ne è di legno!

16 Perciò il Signore, l’Eterno degli eserciti, manderà la consunzione tra i suoi più robusti; e sotto la sua gloria accenderà un fuoco, come il fuoco d’un incendio.

17 La luce d’Israele diventerà un fuoco, e il suo Santo una fiamma, che arderà e divorerà i suoi rovi ed i suoi pruni in un sol giorno.

18 E la gloria della sua foresta e della sua ferace campagna egli la consumerà, anima e corpo; sarà come il deperimento d’un uomo che langue.