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it will waste away like sick people in a plague.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And He will destroy the glory of his forest and of his fruitful garden, both soul and body, And it will be as when a sick person wastes away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />And He will destroy the glory of his forest and of his fruitful garden, both soul and body, And it will be as when a sick man wastes away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And He will destroy the glory of his forest and of his fruitful garden, both soul and body; And it will be as when a sick man wastes away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And He will bring to an end the glory of his forest and of his fruitful orchard, both soul and body, And it will be as when a sick man wastes away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will completely destroy the glory of its forests and orchards as a sickness consumes a person.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will completely destroy the glory of its forests and orchards as a sickness consumes a person. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and it shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The Lord will make your beautiful forests and fertile fields slowly rot. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and it shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The majestic forest and the orchard will destroy both body and soul. They will be like a sick person wasting away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The rich forests and farmlands will be totally destroyed, in the same way that a fatal sickness destroys someone. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The splendor of its forest and its fruitful land the LORD will destroy— both soul and body— and Assyria will be as when a dying man wastes away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The splendor of his forest and his orchard will be completely destroyed, as when a sick man's life ebbs away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He will consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body. It will be as when a standard bearer faints.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He will consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, both soul and body. It will be as when a standard bearer faints. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the glory of his forest, and his fruitful field, "" He consumes from soul even to flesh, "" And it has been as the fainting of a standard-bearer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the honour of his forest, and his fruitful field, From soul even unto flesh He doth consume, And it hath been as the fainting of a standard-bearer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the glory of his forest and his Carmel, from the soul and even to the flesh, he shall finish, and it was as he fainting pined away.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the glory of his forest, and of his beautiful hill, shall be consumed from the soul even to the flesh, and he shall run away through fear. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the glory of his forest and of his beautiful hill will be consumed, from the soul even to the flesh. And he will flee away in terror.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />And the glory of its forests and orchards will be consumed, soul and body, and it will be like a sick man who wastes away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The glory of his forest and his fruitful land the LORD will destroy, both soul and body, and it will be as when an invalid wastes away.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And it shall consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful fields, both soul and body shall perish; and they shall be as if they never had been.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the glory of its forest and of its fruitful field, from the soul and unto the body, will end, and it will be as if it was not<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, He will consume both soul and body; And it shall be as when a sick man wasteth away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />In that day the mountains shall be consumed, and the hills, and the forests, and <i>fire</i> shall devour <i>both</i> soul and body: and he that flees shall be as one fleeing from burning flame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/10-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=2288" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/10.htm">Judgment on Assyria</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3519.htm" title="3519: ū·ḵə·ḇō·wḏ (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Rarely kabod; from kabad; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness.">The splendor</a> <a href="/hebrew/3293.htm" title="3293: ya‘·rōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- From an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure; a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb.">of its forests</a> <a href="/hebrew/3759.htm" title="3759: wə·ḵar·mil·lōw (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- A plantation, garden land, fruit, garden growth. From kerem; a planted field; by implication, garden produce.">and orchards,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: min·ne·p̄eš (Prep-m:: N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">both soul</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: wə·‘aḏ- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: bā·śār (N-ms) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">body,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3615.htm" title="3615: yə·ḵal·leh (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent. A primitive root; to end, whether intransitive or transitived.">it will completely destroy,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4549.htm" title="4549: kim·sōs (Prep-k:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To dissolve, melt. A primitive root; to liquefy; figuratively, to waste, to faint.">as a sickness consumes a man.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5263.htm" title="5263: nō·sês (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To be sick. A primitive root; to wane, i.e. Be sick."></a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-26.htm">2 Kings 19:26</a></span><br />Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-27.htm">Isaiah 37:27</a></span><br />Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-19.htm">Joel 1:19-20</a></span><br />To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field. / Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1</a></span><br />“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/83-14.htm">Psalm 83:14</a></span><br />As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-47.htm">Ezekiel 20:47-48</a></span><br />Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched. / Then all people will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it will not be quenched.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-10.htm">Nahum 1:10</a></span><br />For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/21-14.htm">Jeremiah 21:14</a></span><br />I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm">Jeremiah 11:16</a></span><br />The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9</a></span><br />Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-10.htm">Matthew 3:10</a></span><br />The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-9.htm">Luke 3:9</a></span><br />The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/6-8.htm">Hebrews 6:8</a></span><br />But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-19.htm">Matthew 7:19</a></span><br />Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-6.htm">John 15:6</a></span><br />If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer faints.</p><p class="hdg">consume</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-33.htm">Isaiah 10:33,34</a></b></br> Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature <i>shall be</i> hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm">Isaiah 9:18</a></b></br> For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up <i>like</i> the lifting up of smoke.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/19-23.htm">2 Kings 19:23,28</a></b></br> By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, <i>and</i> the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, <i>and into</i> the forest of his Carmel… </p><p class="hdg">both soul and body.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/nehemiah/1-11.htm">Bearer</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-6.htm">Body</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-17.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-7.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-16.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-7.htm">End</a> <a href="/psalms/143-4.htm">Fainteth</a> <a href="/psalms/143-4.htm">Faints</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Fertile</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-3.htm">Field</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-11.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-20.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm">Forest</a> <a href="/psalms/29-9.htm">Forests</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Fruitful</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-7.htm">Garden</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-16.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-16.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-2.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-9.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-14.htm">Splendor</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-26.htm">Standard</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-16.htm">Wasted</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-3.htm">Wastes</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-3.htm">Wasteth</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm">Woods</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/9-54.htm">Bearer</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-18.htm">Body</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-11.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-9.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-11.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-23.htm">End</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-4.htm">Fainteth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-31.htm">Faints</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-10.htm">Fertile</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-10.htm">Field</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-8.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-4.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-19.htm">Forest</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-19.htm">Forests</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-1.htm">Fruitful</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-10.htm">Garden</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-10.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-10.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-7.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-10.htm">Sick</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-4.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Splendor</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-12.htm">Standard</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-11.htm">Wasted</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-9.htm">Wastes</a> <a href="/job/14-10.htm">Wasteth</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-9.htm">Woods</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/10-1.htm">The woe of tyrants</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Assyria, the rod of hypocrites, for its pride shall be broken</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/10-20.htm">A remnant of Israel shall be saved</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/10-23.htm">Judah is comforted with promise of deliverance from Assyria</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical times, forests and orchards were signs of prosperity and abundance. The Assyrians were known for their military might and expansive territory, which brought them great riches. The imagery of forests and orchards is often used in Scripture to depict the glory and strength of a nation (e.g., <a href="/ezekiel/31-3.htm">Ezekiel 31:3-9</a>). The destruction of these symbolizes the downfall of Assyria, a theme consistent with God's judgment against nations that oppose His will.<p><b>both soul and body</b><br>This indicates a total and comprehensive destruction. The phrase "soul and body" suggests that the judgment will affect every aspect of the Assyrian empire, both its physical might and its spiritual essence. In biblical terms, the soul often represents the life force or the inner being, while the body represents the physical presence. This duality emphasizes the thoroughness of God's judgment, leaving nothing untouched. It reflects the biblical principle that God's judgments are complete and just (<a href="/matthew/10-28.htm">Matthew 10:28</a>).<p><b>it will completely destroy</b><br>The certainty of destruction is underscored here. The use of "completely" indicates that there will be no remnant or recovery for Assyria. This aligns with the prophetic nature of Isaiah's message, where God's decrees are absolute and inevitable. The historical context shows that Assyria, despite its power, eventually fell to the Babylonians, fulfilling this prophecy. This serves as a reminder of the sovereignty of God over nations and His ability to bring about His purposes despite human pride and power (<a href="/isaiah/14-24.htm">Isaiah 14:24-27</a>).<p><b>as a sickness consumes a man</b><br>The comparison to sickness suggests a gradual but unstoppable decline. Just as a disease can weaken and eventually lead to the death of a person, so too will Assyria's power be eroded. This metaphor highlights the inevitability and natural progression of God's judgment. In the cultural context, sickness was often seen as a sign of divine displeasure or judgment. The imagery here is vivid, illustrating the debilitating effect of God's wrath on those who oppose Him. This can also be seen as a type of Christ, who bore the sickness of sin on behalf of humanity, offering healing and restoration (<a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4-5</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/assyria.htm">Assyria</a></b><br>The nation being addressed in this passage. Assyria was a powerful empire known for its military might and oppression of Israel and Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who delivered this message. He was a major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his prophecies concerning judgment and redemption.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah_and_israel.htm">Judah and Israel</a></b><br>The kingdoms that were under threat from Assyria. Isaiah's prophecies often addressed both kingdoms.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_forest_and_orchard.htm">The Forest and Orchard</a></b><br>Symbolic representations of Assyria's strength and prosperity, which are prophesied to be destroyed.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a></b><br>The event being described, where God will bring destruction upon Assyria as a consequence of their pride and oppression.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>God is in control of all nations and their destinies. No empire, regardless of its power, is beyond His reach or judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_pride.htm">The Consequences of Pride</a></b><br>Assyria's downfall serves as a warning against pride and self-reliance. Nations and individuals alike must recognize their dependence on God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_justice.htm">The Certainty of God's Justice</a></b><br>God's justice may seem delayed, but it is certain. Believers can trust that God will ultimately right all wrongs.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_temporary_nature_of_earthly_power.htm">The Temporary Nature of Earthly Power</a></b><br>Earthly splendor and power are fleeting. True security and significance are found in a relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_for_the_oppressed.htm">Hope for the Oppressed</a></b><br>For those who are oppressed, this passage offers hope that God sees their plight and will act in His perfect timing.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_'every_spiritual_blessing'.htm">Is Jesus the prophesied Messiah?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_prosperity_gospel_teach.htm">What does the prosperity gospel teach?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_claim_no_prophet_like_moses_arose.htm">How can Deut. 34:10 claim no prophet like Moses ever arose when other prophets performed significant miracles too?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_healing_prayers_match_chance.htm">Why do prayers for healing work at the same rate as random chance?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">Both soul and body.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">from the soul even to the flesh. </span>The metaphor is for a moment dropped, and the reality is unveiled.<p><span class= "bld">As when a standardbearer fainteth.</span>--The Authorised version represents the extremity of misery and exhaustion. The "standard-bearer" was chosen for his heroic strength and stature. When he "fainted" and gave way, what hope was there that others would survive? A more correct rendering, however, gives <span class= "ital">As a sick man pineth away.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Forest... fruitful field</span>. "Forest" and "fruitful field" (<span class="accented">carmel</span>) are sometimes united together, sometimes contrasted. Literally, they denote wild and cultivated woodland. Used symbolically, as here, they are not so much intended to designate different parts of Assyria's glory, as to convey the idea that the destruction will be universal. <span class="cmt_word">Both soul and body.</span> Here metaphor is suddenly dropped, and Isaiah shows that he is speaking of the Assyrian <span class="accented">people</span>, not of the land or its products. Their destruction, wicked as they were, would be one both of body and soul. <span class="cmt_word">As when a standard-bearer fainteth</span>; rather, <span class="accented">as when one that is faint fainteth</span>. Utter prostration and exhaustion is indicated, whichever way the passage is translated. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/10-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The splendor</span><br /><span class="heb">וּכְב֤וֹד</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḵə·ḇō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3519.htm">Strong's 3519: </a> </span><span class="str2">Weight, splendor, copiousness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of its forests</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעְרוֹ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ya‘·rōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3293.htm">Strong's 3293: </a> </span><span class="str2">A copse of bushes, a forest, honey in the comb</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and orchards,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכַרְמִלּ֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵar·mil·lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3759.htm">Strong's 3759: </a> </span><span class="str2">A plantation, garden land, fruit, garden growth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">both soul</span><br /><span class="heb">מִנֶּ֥פֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(min·ne·p̄eš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">and body,</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּשָׂ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(bā·śār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it will completely destroy,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְכַלֶּ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḵal·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3615.htm">Strong's 3615: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as a sickness consumes a man.</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּמְסֹ֥ס</span> <span class="translit">(kim·sōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4549.htm">Strong's 4549: </a> </span><span class="str2">To liquefy, to waste, to faint</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/10-18.htm">Isaiah 10:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/10-18.htm">Isaiah 10:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/10-18.htm">Isaiah 10:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/10-18.htm">Isaiah 10:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/10-18.htm">Isaiah 10:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/10-18.htm">Isaiah 10:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/10-18.htm">Isaiah 10:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/10-18.htm">Isaiah 10:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/10-18.htm">Isaiah 10:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/10-18.htm">Isaiah 10:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/10-18.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 10:18 He will consume the glory of his (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/10-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 10:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 10:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/10-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 10:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 10:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>