Isaiah 10:17 meaning and explanation

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.

Isaiah 10:17, Berean Standard Bible

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Isaiah has just pictured Assyria as an axe boasting against the one who swings it (verse 15). Now the prophet answers that image: the Light of Israel, the Holy One himself, becomes a fire and a flame.

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