Isaiah 10:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

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;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָה אוֹר־יִשְׂרָאֵל לְאֵשׁ וּקְדוֹשׁוֹ לְלֶהָבָה וּבָעֲרָה וְאָכְלָה שִׁיתוֹ וּשְׁמִירוֹ בְּיוֹם אֶחָד

Transliteration

wehāyāh ʾôr-yiśrāʾēl leʾēš ûqedôšô lelehābāh ûbāʿărāh weʾāḵelāh šîtô ûšemîrô beyôm ʾeḥād

Grammar Details

• *wehāyāh*: waw conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and will be
• *ʾôr*: noun, masculine singular construct - light of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *leʾēš*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - for a fire
• *ûqedôšô*: waw conjunction + noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his Holy One
• *lelehābāh*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - for a flame
• *ûbāʿărāh*: waw conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - and it will burn
• *weʾāḵelāh*: waw conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - and it will devour
• *šîtô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his thorns
• *ûšemîrô*: waw conjunction + noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his briers
• *beyôm*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - in day
• *ʾeḥād*: numeral, masculine singular - one

Word Meanings

• *ʾôr*: light/luminary/flame
• *qādôš*: holy one/sacred one
• *lehābāh*: flame/blaze
• *bāʿar*: burn/consume/kindle
• *ʾāḵal*: eat/devour/consume
• *šît*: thorns/thistles/briars
• *šāmîr*: briers/thorns/brambles

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The Light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One a flame; it will burn and devour his thorns and briars in a single day.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version 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}{(H8804)} and devour{H398}{(H8804)} his thorns{H7898} and his briers{H8068} in one{H259} day{H3117};

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But the light of Israel shalbe yt fyre, and his Sanctuary shalbe the flame, and it shal kyndle, and burne vp his thornes and breyers in one daye,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the light of Israel shalbe as a fire, and the Holy one thereof as a flame, and it shall burne, and deuoure his thornes & his briers in one day:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the light of Israel shalbe that fire, and his holy one shalbe the flambe: and it shall kindle and burne vp his thornes and bryers in one day.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  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.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the light of Israel hath been for a fire, And his Holy One for a flame, And it hath burned, and devoured his thorn And his brier in one day.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: wasting and burning up his thorns in one day.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One will become a flame; it will burn and consume the Assyrian king’s briers and his thorns in one day.

Referenced Verses

• Num 11:1-3 : 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 burned among them, and consumed those who were in the outermost parts of the camp. 2 And the people cried to Moses; and when Moses prayed to the LORD, the fire was quenched. 3 And he called the name of the place Taberah, because the fire of the LORD burned among them.
• Isa 27:4 : 4 Fury is not in Me: who would set briers and thorns against Me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
• Isa 37:23 : 23 Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
• Nah 1:10 : 10 For while they are entangled like thorns and while they are drunken like drunkards, they shall be devoured as fully dry stubble.
• Jer 4:4 : 4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.
• Jer 7:20 : 20 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, my anger and my fury will be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it will burn, and will not be quenched.
• Nah 1:5-6 : 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yes, the world and all who dwell in it. 6 Who can stand before his indignation? And who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
• Mal 4:1-3 : 1 For behold, the day comes that shall burn like an oven, and all the proud, yes, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that comes shall burn them up, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But to you who fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings, and you shall go forth and grow up like stall-fed calves. 3 And you shall tread down the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I do this, says the LORD of hosts.
• Matt 3:12 : 12 His winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
• 2 Thess 1:7-9 : 7 And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
• Heb 12:29 : 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
• Rev 21:23 : 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it; for the glory of God illuminated it, and the Lamb is its light.
• Rev 22:5 : 5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no lamp, nor light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light: and they shall reign forever and ever.
• Isa 37:36 : 36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and struck down in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
• Isa 60:19 : 19 The sun shall no longer be your light by day, nor shall the moon give light to you by night; but the LORD shall be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory.
• Isa 64:1-2 : 1 Oh that you would rend the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might flow down at your presence, 2 As when the melting fire burns, the fire causes the waters to boil, to make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence!
• Isa 66:15-16 : 15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
• Isa 66:24 : 24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the corpses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, nor shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.
• Isa 30:27-28 : 27 Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire: 28 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the middle of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
• Isa 31:9 : 9 And he shall pass over to his stronghold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the banner, says the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and His furnace in Jerusalem.
• Isa 33:14 : 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness has surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
• Num 16:35 : 35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
• Ps 18:8 : 8 Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth: coals were kindled by it.
• Ps 21:9 : 9 You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall consume them.
• Ps 27:1 : 1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
• Ps 50:3 : 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent: a fire shall devour before Him, and it shall be very stormy around Him.
• Ps 83:14-15 : 14 As the fire burns a forest, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire; 15 So pursue them with your tempest, and make them afraid with your storm.
• Ps 84:11 : 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
• Ps 97:3 : 3 A fire goes before him and burns up his enemies all around.
• Isa 9:18 : 18 For wickedness burns like the fire; it will devour the briers and thorns and will kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they will mount up like the lifting up of smoke.