Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 43:17

"who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick):" — Isaiah 43:17 (ASV)

Quenched as tow — that is, as the wick of a lamp going out. (See Note on Isaiah 42:3.)