10:17 The light of Israel 1 will become a fire,
their Holy One 2 will become a flame;
it will burn and consume the Assyrian king’s 3 briers
and his thorns in one day.
37:36 The Lord’s messenger 4 went out and killed 185,000 troops 5 in the Assyrian camp. When they 6 got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses! 7
1 tn In this context the “Light of Israel” is a divine title (note the parallel title “his holy one”). The title points to God’s royal splendor, which overshadows and, when transformed into fire, destroys the “majestic glory” of the king of Assyria (v. 16b).
2 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
3 tn Heb “his.” In vv. 17-19 the Assyrian king and his empire is compared to a great forest and orchard that are destroyed by fire (symbolic of the Lord).
4 tn Traditionally, “the angel of the Lord” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
5 tn The word “troops” is supplied in the translation for smoothness and clarity.
6 tn This refers to the Israelites and/or the rest of the Assyrian army.
7 tn Heb “look, all of them were dead bodies”; NLT “they found corpses everywhere.”