Isaiah 10:4

Isaiah 10:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
• New International Version (NIV)Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives or fall among the slain. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Without Me they shall bow down among the prisoners, And they shall fall among the slain.” For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.

Context of Isaiah 10:4

2to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans. 3What will you do on judgment day, when destruction arrives from a distant place? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth? You will have no place to go, except to kneel with the prisoners, or to fall among those who have been killed. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again. 5Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead, a cudgel with which I angrily punish. 6I sent him against a godless nation, I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, to take plunder and to carry away loot, to trample them down like dirt in the streets.

Isaiah 10:4 word by word

בִּלְתִּ֤י כָרַע֙ תַּ֣חַת אַסִּ֔יר וְתַ֥חַת הֲרוּגִ֖ים יִפֹּ֑לוּ בְּכָל־זֹאת֙ לֹא־שָׁ֣ב אַפּ֔וֹ וְע֖וֹד יָד֥וֹ נְטוּיָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Without me they shallבִּלְתִּיbiltîy · lestH1115
• bow downכָּרַעkâra‛ · to bowH3766
• under the prisonersאַסִּיר'assîyr · prisonerH616
• and they shall fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
• under the slainהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• For all this his angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• is not turned awayשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725
• but his handיָדyâd · handH3027
• stretched out stillנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186

Cross-references for Isaiah 10:4

• Leviticus 26:17I will set my face against you. You will be struck down before your enemies, those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when there is no one pursuing you.
• Deuteronomy 31:15The Lord appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud that stood above the door of the tent.
• Deuteronomy 32:30How can one man chase a thousand of them, and two pursue ten thousand; unless their Rock had delivered them up, and the Lord had handed them over?
• Jeremiah 37:10For even if you were to defeat all the Babylonian forces fighting against you so badly that only wounded men were left lying in their tents, they would get up and burn this city down.”’”
• Hosea 9:12Even if they raise their children, I will take away every last one of them. Woe to them! For I will turn away from them.
• Isaiah 5:25So the Lord is furious with his people; he lifts his hand and strikes them. The mountains shake, and corpses lie like manure in the middle of the streets. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.
• Isaiah 9:12Syria from the east, and the Philistines from the west, they gobbled up Israelite territory. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

Commentaries on Isaiah 10:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Without me - That is, without my aid: they shall be taken captive even by the captives, and shall be subdued even by the vanquished. "The י yod in בלתי bilti is a pronoun, as in Hosea 13:4." - Kimchi on the place. One MS. has לבלתי lebilti . As the people had hitherto lived without God in worship and obedience; so they should now be without his help, and should perish in their transgressions.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Without me - בלתי biltı̂y There has been a great variety of interpretation affixed to this expression. The sense in which our translators understood it was, evidently, that they should be forsaken of God; and that, as the effect of this, they should bow down under the condition of captives, or among the slain. The Vulgate and the Septuagint, however. and many interpreters understand the word bore as a simple negative. Where will you flee for refuge? Where…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4This prophecy was spoken against the leaders of Judah. They used their positions of authority for personal gain. Instead of serving the people, they made themselves rich. They did this at the people’s expense. God spoke this message to confront their injustice and wrongdoing.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Without me--not having Me to "flee to" (Is 10:3). bow down--Bereft of strength they shall fall; or else, they shall lie down fettered. under ... under--rather, "among" (literally, "in the place of") [Horsley]. The "under" may be, however, explained, "trodden under the (feet of the) prisoners going into captivity," and "overwhelmed under the heaps of slain on the battlefield" [Maurer]. Is 10:5-34 and Is 11:12. Destruction of the Assyrians; Coming of…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 10:4

• Isaiah

In the dictionaries

• Poetry
• Prince
• Visitation
• Canon of the Old Testament
• Esther, the Rest of
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah
• Pekah
• Sanctification
• Yahweh, Yah

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