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Isaiah 10:18

Judgment

16 Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame.

17 And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.

The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.

19 The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.

20 On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.
KJV
And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.
WEB
He will consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, both soul and body. It will be as when a standard bearer faints.
ASV
And he will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and it shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.
DARBY
and it shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body; and they shall be as when a sick man fainteth.
BLB
And the glory of his forest and his orchard He will finish [off] from soul to flesh, and he will become like the melting away of one being sick.
ÅB
Og han skal gjøre ende på hans skogs og hans fruktbare marks herlighet, både rubb og stubb, og det skal gå som når en syk visner bort.
OTB
Han vil ødelegge prakten av hans skog og hans fruktbare marker, både sjel og kropp; det vil være som når en syk person svinner bort.
B1930
Og han skal gjøre ende på hans skogs og hans fruktbare marks herlighet, både rubb og stubb, og det skal gå som når en syk visner bort.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 10:33–34

    Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled.

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  • 2 Kings 19:23

    Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.

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  • Jeremiah 21:14

    I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.’”

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  • Isaiah 9:18

    For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets which roll upward in billows of smoke.

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  • Ezekiel 20:47–48

    Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched.

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  • 2 Kings 19:28

    Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’

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