Isaiah 10:18

Isaiah 10:18 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)The splendor of his forests and fertile fields it will completely destroy, as when a sick person wastes away.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The glory of his forest and of his fruitful land the Lord will destroy, both soul and body, and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it will consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, Both soul and body; And they will be as when a sick man wastes away.

Context of Isaiah 10:18

16Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, will send a wasting disease among the stout warriors of Assyria; And under his glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame. 17And the Light of Israel will become a fire and His Holy One a flame, And it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and briars in a single day. The Lord will consume the glory of Assyria’s forest and of its fruitful garden, both soul and body, And it will be as when a sick man wastes away. 19And the remaining trees of Assyria’s forest will be so few in number That a child could write them down. 20Now in that day the remnant of Israel, and those of the house of Jacob who have escaped, will never again rely on the one who struck them, but will truly rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 10:18 word by word

וּכְב֤וֹד יַעְרוֹ֙ וְכַרְמִלּ֔וֹ מִנֶּ֥פֶשׁ וְעַד־בָּשָׂ֖ר יְכַלֶּ֑ה וְהָיָ֖ה כִּמְסֹ֥ס נֹסֵֽס׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And shall consumeכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: destroyH3615
• the gloryכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• of his forestיַ֫עַרya‛ar · woodH3293
• and of his fruitful fieldכַּרְמֶלkarmel · plantationH3759
• both soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• and bodyבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• and they shall be as when a standardbearerנָסַסnâsas · to faintH5263
• faintethמָסַסmâsas · to meltH4549

Cross-references for Isaiah 10:18

• Isaiah 10:33Listen carefully, the Lord, the God of hosts, will lop off the [beautiful] boughs with terrifying force; The tall in stature will be cut down And the lofty will be abased and humiliated.
• Isaiah 9:18For wickedness burns like a fire; It consumes briars and thorns, It even sets the forest thickets ablaze; And it swirls upward in a column of smoke.
• 2 Kings 19:23Through your messengers you have taunted and defied the Lord, And have said [boastfully], “With my many chariots I came up to the heights of the mountains, To the remotest parts of Lebanon; I cut down its tall cedar trees and its choicest cypress trees. I entered its most distant lodging, its densest forest.
• Jeremiah 21:14But I will punish you in accordance with the [appropriate] consequences of your decisions and your actions,” says the Lord. “I will kindle a fire in your forest, And it will devour all that is around you.” ’ ”
• Ezekiel 20:47and say to the forest of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of the Lord: thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am about to kindle a fire in you, and it will devour every one of your green trees, as well as every one of your dry trees. The blazing flame will not be quenched and the whole surface from the south to the north will be burned by it.

Commentaries on Isaiah 10:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18The glory of his forest - In these expressions, the army of Sennacherib is compared with a beautiful grove thick set with trees; and as all the beauty of a grove which the fire overruns is destroyed, so, says the prophet, it will be with the army of the Assyrian under the judgments of God. If the briers and thorns‘ Isaiah 10:17 refer to the common soldiers of his army, then the glory of the forest - the tall, majestic trees - refer to the princes and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-19Verses 5-19 See what a change sin made. The king of Assyria, in his pride, thought to act by his own will. The tyrants of the world are tools of Providence. God designs to correct his people for their hypocrisy, and bring them nearer to him; but is that Sennacherib's design? No; he designs to gratify his own covetousness and ambition. The Assyrian boasts what great things he has done to other nations, by his own policy and power. He knows not that it is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-19God 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).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-1817-18. light of Israel--carrying out the image in the end of Is 10:16. Jehovah, who is a light to Israel, shall be the "fire" (De 4:24; He 12:29) that shall ignite the "thorns," (the Assyrians, like dry fuel, a ready prey to flame).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings