Therefore the LORD will send leanness among Assyria's stout warriors, and under his glory a burning will be kindled like the burning of a fire—the announcement that Assyria, though materially prosperous and militarily strong, will be wasted away from within by divine judgment. The internal corruption (leanness among the stout warriors) operates as the instrument of judgment, suggesting that God's judgment often works through internal decay rather than external conquest. This verse reverses the pattern of Assyrian expansion by showing how the mighty empire will be hollowed out from within.

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