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Isaiah 10

Isaiah 10:19

Judgment on Assyria · Isaiah 10:5–19
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Translations

Modern
The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.
Traditional
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
Literal
And the remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child could count them!
Latin
Et reliquiæ ligni saltus ejus præ paucitate numerabuntur, et puer scribet eos.

Original

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

Notes

Isaiah 10:5–19

God announced judgment on Assyria for several reasons:

  • They destroyed other nations without mercy (Isaiah 10:7).

  • They spoke with pride and dishonored God. They boasted about their own power (Isaiah 10:12).

  • They oppressed other peoples and took what did not belong to them (Isaiah 10:13–14).

  • They believed they were acting on their own. They did not recognize that God was using them (Isaiah 10:15).

Isaiah 10:5–11:16

Isaiah 9:8–10:4 shows that the Lord’s moral law is supreme. This means God’s standards of right and wrong stand above every nation and ruler. The next section explains what this truth means:

  1. Assyria was only a tool in God’s hands. Because of this, Assyria was also responsible to God. Like every other nation, it would face judgment for its sin (Isaiah 10:5–19, 28–34).

  2. Those among God’s people who trusted in him and obeyed his covenant would be rescued (Isaiah 10:20–27).

  3. God would establish his kingdom on earth (Isaiah 11).

Isaiah 7:1–12:6

These prophecies occurred when Assyria rose to power. Syria and Israel formed an alliance against Judah (Isaiah 7:1–2; see 2 Kings 16:5). God used Assyria as a tool to punish Syria, Israel, and Judah (Isaiah 7–10).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah Salvation in Isaiah The Remnant

Events

Glossary

Branch Isaiah, Book of Jesse (Person)

Topics

Assyria: Predictions Respecting: Destruction of Assyria: Prophecies Concerning Isaiah: Prophecies, Reproofs, and Exhortations of Foretells the Destruction of Sennacherib's Armies Trees: Different Kinds of Mentioned of the Forest