Isaiah 10:16
The Scripture
(16) Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Isaiah pronounced woe on those who decreed unjust laws and oppressed the poor, then declared that Assyria was merely the rod of God's anger sent to punish Israel's hypocrisy. Because Assyria boasted in its own strength rather than acknowledging the LORD, God promised to judge Assyria's pride and destroy its army after using it as His instrument.
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