King James Version

Isaiah 10:17

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;

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וְהָיָ֤הvehayahand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.אֽוֹרorbrightאוֹרnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “bright”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.יִשְׂרָאֵל֙yisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.לְאֵ֔שׁleeshto fireאֵשׁpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to fire”, the ordinary formH784fire (literally or figuratively)burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.וּקְדוֹשׁ֖וֹuqedoshvoand saintקָדוֹשׁconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and saint”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6918sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuaryholy (One), saint.לְלֶהָבָ֑הlelehavahto flameלֶהָבָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to flame”, the ordinary formH3852{a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}flame(-ming), head (of a spear).וּבָעֲרָ֗הuvaarahand be brutishבָּעַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be brutish”, a completed action in a sequenceH1197to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutishbe brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set (on fire), waste.וְאָֽכְלָ֛הveakhelahand eatאָכַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and eat”, a completed action in a sequenceH398to 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.שִׁית֥וֹshitvothornsשַׁיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “thorns”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7898scrub or trash, i.e. wild growth of weeds or briers (as if put on the field)thorns.וּשְׁמִיר֖וֹushemirvoand diamondשָׁמִירconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and diamond”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8068a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamondadamant (stone), brier, diamond.בְּי֥וֹםbeyomin as long asיוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a 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) lon…אֶחָֽדechadfirstאֶחָדadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, 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,

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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.

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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.

Young’s Literal Translation

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.

World English Bible

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.

Darby Translation

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 briars in one day,

Douay-Rheims

And the light of Israel shall be as a fire, and the Holy One thereof as a flame: and his thorns and his briers shall be set on fire, and shall be devoured in one day.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and he shall sanctify him with burning fire, and it shall devour the wood as grass.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔσται τὸ φῶς τοῦ Ἰσρὴλ εἰς πῦρ, καὶ ἁγιάσει αὐτὸν ἐν πυρὶ καιομένῳ, καὶ φάγεται ὡσεὶ χόρτον τὴν ὕλην·