Isaiah 10:17

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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;

Complete Jewish Bible:

The light of Isra'el will become a fire and his Holy One a flame, burning and devouring his thorns and briars in a single day.

Berean Standard Bible:

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.

American Standard Version:

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 with Strong’s Numbers:

And the light{H216} of Israel{H3478} shall be for a fire{H784}, and his Holy One{H6918} for a flame{H3852}: and it shall burn{H1197} and devour{H398} his thorns{H7898} and his briers{H8068} in one{H259} day{H3117};

Cross-References (KJV):

Numbers 11:1

  • ¶ And [when] the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard [it]; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed [them that were] in the uttermost parts of the camp.

Numbers 11:3

  • And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.

Isaiah 27:4

  • Fury [is] not in me: who would set the briers [and] thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

Jeremiah 4:4

  • Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench [it], because of the evil of your doings.

Numbers 16:35

  • ¶ And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

Nahum 1:10

  • For while [they be] folden together [as] thorns, and while they are drunken [as] drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

Isaiah 37:23

  • Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted [thy] voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Israel.

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Commentary for Isaiah 10:17

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H216
    There are 191 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אוֹר
    Transliteration: ʼôwr
    Pronunciation: ore
    Description: from אוֹר; illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.); bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
  2. Strong's Number: H3478
    There are 2229 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל
    Transliteration: Yisrâʼêl
    Pronunciation: yis-raw-ale'
    Description: from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
  3. Strong's Number: H784
    There are 549 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֵשׁ
    Transliteration: ʼêsh
    Pronunciation: aysh
    Description: a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively); burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
  4. Strong's Number: H6918
    There are 106 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: קָדוֹשׁ
    Transliteration: qâdôwsh
    Pronunciation: kaw-doshe'
    Description: or קָדֹשׁ; from קָדַשׁ; sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary; holy (One), saint.
  5. Strong's Number: H3852
    There are 19 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: לֶהָבָה
    Transliteration: lehâbâh
    Pronunciation: leh-aw-baw'
    Description: or לַהֶבֶת; feminine of לַהַב, and meaning the same; {a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}; flame(-ming), head (of a spear).
  6. Strong's Number: H1197
    There are 90 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בָּעַר
    Transliteration: bâʻar
    Pronunciation: baw-ar'
    Description: a primitive root; also as denominative from בַּעַר; to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish; be brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set (on fire), waste.
  7. Strong's Number: H398
    There are 825 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אָכַל
    Transliteration: ʼâkal
    Pronunciation: aw-kal'
    Description: a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
  8. Strong's Number: H7898
    There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שַׁיִת
    Transliteration: shayith
    Pronunciation: shah'-yith
    Description: from שִׁית; scrub or trash, i.e. wild growth of weeds or briers (as if put on the field); thorns.
  9. Strong's Number: H8068
    There are 11 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁמִיר
    Transliteration: shâmîyr
    Pronunciation: shaw-meer'
    Description: from שָׁמַר in the original sense of pricking; a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond; adamant (stone), brier, diamond.
  10. Strong's Number: H259
    There are 801 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֶחָד
    Transliteration: ʼechâd
    Pronunciation: ekh-awd'
    Description: a numeral from אָחַד; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first; a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
  11. Strong's Number: H3117
    There are 1931 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יוֹם
    Transliteration: yôwm
    Pronunciation: yome
    Description: from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.