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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)You will stumble along as prisoners or lie among the dead. But even then the Lord’s anger will not be satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike.

Context of Isaiah 10:4

2to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless. 3What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches? 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. 5“Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath! 6I send him against a godless nation, I dispatch him against a people who anger me, to seize loot and snatch plunder, and to trample them down like mud 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 so that you will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even when no one is pursuing you.
• Deuteronomy 31:15Then the Lord appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.
• Deuteronomy 32:30How could one man chase a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the Lord had given them up?
• Jeremiah 37:10Even if you were to defeat the entire Babylonian army that is attacking you and only wounded men were left in their tents, they would come out and burn this city down.”
• Hosea 9:12Even if they rear children, I will bereave them of every one. Woe to them when I turn away from them!
• Isaiah 5:25Therefore the Lord’s anger burns against his people; his hand is raised and he strikes them down. The mountains shake, and the dead bodies are like refuse in the streets. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.
• Isaiah 9:12Arameans from the east and Philistines from the west have devoured Israel with open mouth. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.

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

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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