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Isaiah 10:19
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Christian Standard Bible®
The remaining trees of its forestwill be so few in numberthat a child could count them.
The remaining trees of its forestwill be so few in numberthat a child could count them.
Hebrew Names Version
The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.
The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.
King James Version
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
English Standard Version
The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them down.
The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them down.
New American Standard Bible
And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number That a child could write them down.
And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number That a child could write them down.
New Century Version
The trees left standing will be so few that even a child could count them.
The trees left standing will be so few that even a child could count them.
Amplified Bible
And the remaining trees of Assyria's forest will be so few in number That a child could write them down.
And the remaining trees of Assyria's forest will be so few in number That a child could write them down.
World English Bible
The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.
The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the rest of the trees of his forest shalbe fewe, that a childe may tell them.
And the rest of the trees of his forest shalbe fewe, that a childe may tell them.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in numberThat a child could write them down.
And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in numberThat a child could write them down.
Berean Standard Bible
The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.
The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.
Contemporary English Version
There will be so few trees that even a young child can count them.
There will be so few trees that even a young child can count them.
Complete Jewish Bible
So few forest trees will remain that a child could list them.
So few forest trees will remain that a child could list them.
Darby Translation
And the remainder of the trees of his forest shall be few: yea, a child might write them.
And the remainder of the trees of his forest shall be few: yea, a child might write them.
Easy-to-Read Version
There will be a few trees left standing in the forest—so few that even a child could count them.
There will be a few trees left standing in the forest—so few that even a child could count them.
George Lamsa Translation
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be so few that a child may write them down.
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be so few that a child may write them down.
Good News Translation
There will be so few trees left that even a child will be able to count them.
There will be so few trees left that even a child will be able to count them.
Lexham English Bible
And the rest of the trees of his forest will be a small number, and a boy can write them down.
And the rest of the trees of his forest will be a small number, and a boy can write them down.
Literal Translation
And the rest of the trees of the forest shall be few, so that a boy might write them.
And the rest of the trees of the forest shall be few, so that a boy might write them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The trees also of his felde shalbe of soch a nombre, that a childe maye tell them.
The trees also of his felde shalbe of soch a nombre, that a childe maye tell them.
American Standard Version
And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.
And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.
Bible in Basic English
And the rest of the trees of his wood will be small in number, so that a child may put them down in writing.
And the rest of the trees of his wood will be small in number, so that a child may put them down in writing.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them down.
And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them down.
King James Version (1611)
And the rest of the trees of his forrest shall be few, that a child may write them.
And the rest of the trees of his forrest shall be few, that a child may write them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The trees also of his wood whiche remayne shalbe of such a number that a chylde may tell them.
The trees also of his wood whiche remayne shalbe of such a number that a chylde may tell them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they that are left of them shall be a small number, and a child shall write them.
And they that are left of them shall be a small number, and a child shall write them.
English Revised Version
And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the relifs of the tree of his forest schulen be noumbrid for fewnesse, and a child schal write hem.
And the relifs of the tree of his forest schulen be noumbrid for fewnesse, and a child schal write hem.
Update Bible Version
And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.
And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
New English Translation
There will be so few trees left in his forest, a child will be able to count them.
There will be so few trees left in his forest, a child will be able to count them.
New King James Version
Then the rest of the trees of his forest Will be so few in number That a child may write them.
Then the rest of the trees of his forest Will be so few in number That a child may write them.
New Living Translation
Of all that glorious forest, only a few trees will survive— so few that a child could count them!
Of all that glorious forest, only a few trees will survive— so few that a child could count them!
New Life Bible
And the rest of his trees will be so few that a child could write them down.
And the rest of his trees will be so few that a child could write them down.
New Revised Standard
The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them down.
The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them down.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the remnant of his forest-trees, few in number, shall become, - yea, a child, might describe them!
And, the remnant of his forest-trees, few in number, shall become, - yea, a child, might describe them!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they that remain of the trees of his forest shall be so few, that they shall easily be numbered, and a child shall write them down.
And they that remain of the trees of his forest shall be so few, that they shall easily be numbered, and a child shall write them down.
Revised Standard Version
The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them down.
The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them down.
Young's Literal Translation
And the rest of the trees of his forest [are] few, And a youth doth write them.
And the rest of the trees of his forest [are] few, And a youth doth write them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number That a child could write them down.
And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number That a child could write them down.
Contextual Overview
5"Doom to Assyria, weapon of my anger. My wrath is a cudgel in his hands! I send him against a godless nation, against the people I'm angry with. I command him to strip them clean, rob them blind, and then push their faces in the mud and leave them. But Assyria has another agenda; he has something else in mind. He's out to destroy utterly, to stamp out as many nations as he can. Assyria says, ‘Aren't my commanders all kings? Can't they do whatever they like? Didn't I destroy Calno as well as Carchemish? Hamath as well as Arpad? Level Samaria as I did Damascus? I've eliminated kingdoms full of gods far more impressive than anything in Jerusalem and Samaria. So what's to keep me from destroying Jerusalem in the same way I destroyed Samaria and all her god-idols?'" 12When the Master has finished dealing with Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he'll say, "Now it's Assyria's turn. I'll punish the bragging arrogance of the king of Assyria, his high and mighty posturing, the way he goes around saying, "‘I've done all this by myself. I know more than anyone. I've wiped out the boundaries of whole countries. I've walked in and taken anything I wanted. I charged in like a bull and toppled their kings from their thrones. I reached out my hand and took all that they treasured as easily as a boy taking a bird's eggs from a nest. Like a farmer gathering eggs from the henhouse, I gathered the world in my basket, And no one so much as fluttered a wing or squawked or even chirped.'" Does an ax take over from the one who swings it? Does a saw act more important than the sawyer? As if a shovel did its shoveling by using a ditch digger! As if a hammer used the carpenter to pound nails! Therefore the Master, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, will send a debilitating disease on his robust Assyrian fighters. Under the canopy of God's bright glory a fierce fire will break out. Israel's Light will burst into a conflagration. The Holy will explode into a firestorm, And in one day burn to cinders every last Assyrian thornbush. God will destroy the splendid trees and lush gardens. The Assyrian body and soul will waste away to nothing like a disease-ridden invalid. A child could count what's left of the trees on the fingers of his two hands. And on that Day also, what's left of Israel, the ragtag survivors of Jacob, will no longer be fascinated by abusive, battering Assyria. They'll lean on God , The Holy—yes, truly. The ragtag remnant—what's left of Jacob—will come back to the Strong God. Your people Israel were once like the sand on the seashore, but only a scattered few will return. Destruction is ordered, brimming over with righteousness. For the Master, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, will finish here what he started all over the globe. Therefore the Master, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, says: "My dear, dear people who live in Zion, don't be terrorized by the Assyrians when they beat you with clubs and threaten you with rods like the Egyptians once did. In just a short time my anger against you will be spent and I'll turn my destroying anger on them. I, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, will go after them with a cat-o'-nine-tails and finish them off decisively—as Gideon downed Midian at the rock Oreb, as Moses turned the tables on Egypt. On that day, Assyria will be pulled off your back, and the yoke of slavery lifted from your neck." Assyria's on the move: up from Rimmon, on to Aiath, through Migron, with a bivouac at Micmash. They've crossed the pass, set camp at Geba for the night. Ramah trembles with fright. Gibeah of Saul has run off. Cry for help, daughter of Gallim! Listen to her, Laishah! Do something, Anathoth! Madmenah takes to the hills. The people of Gebim flee in panic. The enemy's soon at Nob—nearly there! In sight of the city he shakes his fist At the mount of dear daughter Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. But now watch this: The Master, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, swings his ax and lops the branches, Chops down the giant trees, lays flat the towering forest-on-the-march. His ax will make toothpicks of that forest, that Lebanon-like army reduced to kindling. 14You Who Legislate Evil Doom to you who legislate evil, who make laws that make victims— Laws that make misery for the poor, that rob my destitute people of dignity, Exploiting defenseless widows, taking advantage of homeless children. What will you have to say on Judgment Day, when Doomsday arrives out of the blue? Who will you get to help you? What good will your money do you? A sorry sight you'll be then, huddled with the prisoners, or just some corpses stacked in the street. Even after all this, God is still angry, his fist still raised, ready to hit them again. "Doom to Assyria, weapon of my anger. My wrath is a cudgel in his hands! I send him against a godless nation, against the people I'm angry with. I command him to strip them clean, rob them blind, and then push their faces in the mud and leave them. But Assyria has another agenda; he has something else in mind. He's out to destroy utterly, to stamp out as many nations as he can. Assyria says, ‘Aren't my commanders all kings? Can't they do whatever they like? Didn't I destroy Calno as well as Carchemish? Hamath as well as Arpad? Level Samaria as I did Damascus? I've eliminated kingdoms full of gods far more impressive than anything in Jerusalem and Samaria. So what's to keep me from destroying Jerusalem in the same way I destroyed Samaria and all her god-idols?'" When the Master has finished dealing with Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he'll say, "Now it's Assyria's turn. I'll punish the bragging arrogance of the king of Assyria, his high and mighty posturing, the way he goes around saying, "‘I've done all this by myself. I know more than anyone. I've wiped out the boundaries of whole countries. I've walked in and taken anything I wanted. I charged in like a bull and toppled their kings from their thrones. I reached out my hand and took all that they treasured as easily as a boy taking a bird's eggs from a nest. Like a farmer gathering eggs from the henhouse, I gathered the world in my basket, And no one so much as fluttered a wing or squawked or even chirped.'" 15Does an ax take over from the one who swings it? Does a saw act more important than the sawyer? As if a shovel did its shoveling by using a ditch digger! As if a hammer used the carpenter to pound nails! Therefore the Master, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, will send a debilitating disease on his robust Assyrian fighters. Under the canopy of God's bright glory a fierce fire will break out. Israel's Light will burst into a conflagration. The Holy will explode into a firestorm, And in one day burn to cinders every last Assyrian thornbush. God will destroy the splendid trees and lush gardens. The Assyrian body and soul will waste away to nothing like a disease-ridden invalid. A child could count what's left of the trees on the fingers of his two hands.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
few: Heb. number, Isaiah 37:36
Reciprocal: Psalms 29:9 - discovereth Isaiah 21:17 - the mighty Jeremiah 20:2 - the stocks Jeremiah 21:14 - in the Jeremiah 44:28 - a small Ezekiel 12:16 - a few men
Cross-References
Genesis 10:1
This is the family tree of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. After the flood, they themselves had sons.
This is the family tree of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. After the flood, they themselves had sons.
Genesis 10:2
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, Tiras.
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, Tiras.
Genesis 10:7
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba, Dedan.
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba, Dedan.
Genesis 10:8
Cush also had Nimrod. He was the first great warrior on Earth. He was a great hunter before God . There was a saying, "Like Nimrod, a great hunter before God ." His kingdom got its start with Babel; then Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the country of Shinar. From there he went up to Asshur and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.
Cush also had Nimrod. He was the first great warrior on Earth. He was a great hunter before God . There was a saying, "Like Nimrod, a great hunter before God ." His kingdom got its start with Babel; then Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the country of Shinar. From there he went up to Asshur and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.
Genesis 10:15
Canaan had Sidon his firstborn, Heth, the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanites spread out, going from Sidon toward Gerar, as far south as Gaza, and then east all the way over to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and on to Lasha.
Canaan had Sidon his firstborn, Heth, the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanites spread out, going from Sidon toward Gerar, as far south as Gaza, and then east all the way over to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and on to Lasha.
Genesis 10:21
Shem, the older brother of Japheth, also had sons. Shem was ancestor to all the children of Eber.
Shem, the older brother of Japheth, also had sons. Shem was ancestor to all the children of Eber.
Genesis 10:24
Arphaxad had Shelah and Shelah had Eber. Eber had two sons, Peleg (so named because in his days the human race divided) and Joktan.
Arphaxad had Shelah and Shelah had Eber. Eber had two sons, Peleg (so named because in his days the human race divided) and Joktan.
Genesis 18:20
God continued, "The cries of the victims in Sodom and Gomorrah are deafening; the sin of those cities is immense. I'm going down to see for myself, see if what they're doing is as bad as it sounds. Then I'll know."
God continued, "The cries of the victims in Sodom and Gomorrah are deafening; the sin of those cities is immense. I'm going down to see for myself, see if what they're doing is as bad as it sounds. Then I'll know."
Genesis 20:1
Abraham traveled from there south to the Negev and settled down between Kadesh and Shur. While he was camping in Gerar, Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She's my sister." So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her. But God came to Abimelech in a dream that night and told him, "You're as good as dead—that woman you took, she's a married woman." Now Abimelech had not yet slept with her, hadn't so much as touched her. He said, "Master, would you kill an innocent man? Didn't he tell me, ‘She's my sister'? And didn't she herself say, ‘He's my brother'? I had no idea I was doing anything wrong when I did this." God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know your intentions were pure, that's why I kept you from sinning against me; I was the one who kept you from going to bed with her. So now give the man's wife back to him. He's a prophet and will pray for you—pray for your life. If you don't give her back, know that it's certain death both for you and everyone in your family." Abimelech was up first thing in the morning. He called all his house servants together and told them the whole story. They were shocked. Then Abimelech called in Abraham and said, "What have you done to us? What have I ever done to you that you would bring on me and my kingdom this huge offense? What you've done to me ought never to have been done." Abimelech went on to Abraham, "Whatever were you thinking of when you did this thing?" Abraham said, "I just assumed that there was no fear of God in this place and that they'd kill me to get my wife. Besides, the truth is that she is my half sister; she's my father's daughter but not my mother's. When God sent me out as a wanderer from my father's home, I told her, ‘Do me a favor; wherever we go, tell people that I'm your brother.'" Then Abimelech gave Sarah back to Abraham, and along with her sent sheep and cattle and servants, both male and female. He said, "My land is open to you; live wherever you wish." And to Sarah he said, "I've given your brother a thousand pieces of silver—that clears you of even a shadow of suspicion before the eyes of the world. You're vindicated." Then Abraham prayed to God and God healed Abimelech, his wife and his maidservants, and they started having babies again. For God had shut down every womb in Abimelech's household on account of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
Abraham traveled from there south to the Negev and settled down between Kadesh and Shur. While he was camping in Gerar, Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She's my sister." So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her. But God came to Abimelech in a dream that night and told him, "You're as good as dead—that woman you took, she's a married woman." Now Abimelech had not yet slept with her, hadn't so much as touched her. He said, "Master, would you kill an innocent man? Didn't he tell me, ‘She's my sister'? And didn't she herself say, ‘He's my brother'? I had no idea I was doing anything wrong when I did this." God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know your intentions were pure, that's why I kept you from sinning against me; I was the one who kept you from going to bed with her. So now give the man's wife back to him. He's a prophet and will pray for you—pray for your life. If you don't give her back, know that it's certain death both for you and everyone in your family." Abimelech was up first thing in the morning. He called all his house servants together and told them the whole story. They were shocked. Then Abimelech called in Abraham and said, "What have you done to us? What have I ever done to you that you would bring on me and my kingdom this huge offense? What you've done to me ought never to have been done." Abimelech went on to Abraham, "Whatever were you thinking of when you did this thing?" Abraham said, "I just assumed that there was no fear of God in this place and that they'd kill me to get my wife. Besides, the truth is that she is my half sister; she's my father's daughter but not my mother's. When God sent me out as a wanderer from my father's home, I told her, ‘Do me a favor; wherever we go, tell people that I'm your brother.'" Then Abimelech gave Sarah back to Abraham, and along with her sent sheep and cattle and servants, both male and female. He said, "My land is open to you; live wherever you wish." And to Sarah he said, "I've given your brother a thousand pieces of silver—that clears you of even a shadow of suspicion before the eyes of the world. You're vindicated." Then Abraham prayed to God and God healed Abimelech, his wife and his maidservants, and they started having babies again. For God had shut down every womb in Abimelech's household on account of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
Genesis 26:1
There was a famine in the land, as bad as the famine during the time of Abraham. And Isaac went down to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, in Gerar.
There was a famine in the land, as bad as the famine during the time of Abraham. And Isaac went down to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, in Gerar.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few,.... Which were left unconsumed, that escaped this destruction, those of the Assyrian army that fled with Sennacherib their king; which, the Rabbins say r, were no more than ten, as Jarchi and Kimchi observe; yea, some say there were but five left who escaped, and name them, Sennacherib and his two sons, Nebuchadnezzar and Nebuzaradan:
that a child may write them; count them, and take down their names; and it may be understood of a military muster, and the sense be, that the army should be reduced to so small a number by this stroke upon them, that there would be no need of an able muster master to take the account of them, a child would be equal to such a task. The Targum is,
"and the rest of his warriors shall fail, that the people shall be a small number, and shall be reckoned a weak kingdom.''
r T. Bab. ib. fol. 95. 2. Praefat. Echa Rabbati, fol. 41. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And 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 small that even a child could count them with ease. It is probable that a few of the army of Sennacherib escaped (see the note at Isaiah 37:37); and compared with the whole army, the remnant might bear a striking resemblance to the few decaying trees of a once magnificent forest of cedars.
