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.

Therefore shall the Lord ... send among his fat ones - (.) The robust and choice soldiers of Assyria (, where "fattest" answers in the parallelism to 'chosen,' or 'young men,' margin).

Leanness - carrying out the image in "fat ones." Destruction (). Fulfilled ().

Under his glory - Assyria's nobles. So in , margin, .

He shall kindle a burning - a new image from fire consuming quickly dry materials ().

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