English Standard Version
Isaiah 10:19
19The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them down.
Isaiah 10:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
- New International Version (NIV)And the remaining trees of his forests will be so few that a child could write them down.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then the rest of the trees of his forest Will be so few in number That a child may write them.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Of all that glorious forest, only a few trees will survive— so few that a child could count them!
Context of Isaiah 10:19
17The light of Israel will become a fire, and his Holy One a flame, and it will burn and devour his thorns and briers in one day. 18The 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. The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them down. 20In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean on him who struck them, but will lean on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. 21A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
Read all of Isaiah 10Isaiah 10:19 word by word
וּשְׁאָ֥ר עֵ֛ץ יַעְר֖וֹ מִסְפָּ֣ר יִֽהְי֑וּ וְנַ֖עַר יִכְתְּבֵֽם׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 10:19
Commentaries on Isaiah 10:19
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19And the rest of the trees - Keeping up still the image of a large and once dense forest, to which he had likened the Assyrian army. The rest‘ here means that which shall be left after the threatened judgment shall come upon them. That a child may write them - That a child shall be able to number them, or write their names; that is, they shall be very few. A child can number or count but few; yet the number of those who would be left, would be so very…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. 1919. rest--those who shall survive the destruction of the host. his forest--same image as in Is 10:18, for the once dense army. child ... write--so few that a child might count them.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
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