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The lofty trees will be felled, the tall ones will be brought low.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/10.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But look! The Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will chop down the mighty tree of Assyria with great power! He will cut down the proud. That lofty tree will be brought down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, the Lord GOD of hosts will lop the boughs with terrifying power; the great in height will be hewn down, and the lofty will be brought low.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Behold, the Lord, The LORD of hosts, Will lop off the bough with terror; Those of high stature <i>will be</i> hewn down, And the haughty will be humbled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, the Lord, the GOD of armies, will lop off the branches with terrifying power; Those also who are tall in stature will be cut down, And those who are lofty will be brought low.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Behold, the Lord, the GOD of hosts, will lop off the boughs with a terrible crash; Those also who are tall in stature will be cut down And those who are lofty will be abased.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Behold, the Lord, the GOD of hosts, will lop off the boughs with a terrible crash; Those also who are tall in stature will be cut down, And those who are lofty will be abased.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, will lop off the boughs with a terrible crash; Those also who are high in stature will be cut in pieces And those who are lofty will be made low.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Listen carefully, the Lord, the GOD of hosts, will lop off the [beautiful] boughs with terrifying force; The tall in stature will be cut down And the lofty will be abased <i>and</i> humiliated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Look, the Lord GOD of Armies will chop off the branches with terrifying power, and the tall trees will be cut down, the high trees felled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Look, the Lord GOD of Hosts will chop off the branches with terrifying power, and the tall trees will be cut down, the high trees felled. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, will lop the boughs with terror: and the high of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be brought low.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But the LORD All-Powerful will use his fearsome might to bring down the tallest trees and chop off every branch. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the boughs with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be brought low.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Now look! The Almighty LORD of Armies will trim the branches with terrifying power. The highest trees will be cut down. The tallest ones will be brought down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD Almighty will bring them crashing down like branches cut off a tree. The proudest and highest of them will be cut down and humiliated. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies will lop off its boughs with terrifying power; the tallest in height will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Look, the sovereign master, the LORD who commands armies, is ready to cut off the branches with terrifying power. The tallest trees will be cut down, the loftiest ones will be brought low. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Look, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, will lop the boughs with terror. The tall will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts will lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will lop the boughs with terror. The tall will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, the Lord, YHWH of Hosts, "" Is lopping a branch with violence, "" And the high of stature are cut down, "" And the lofty have become low,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is lopping a branch with violence, And the high of stature are cut down, And the lofty are become low,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Behold the Lord Jehovah of armies dividing the bough with sudden violence: and the high of stature hewn down, and the lofty shall be humbled.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Behold the sovereign Lord of hosts shall break the earthen vessel with terror, and the tall of stature shall be cut down, and the lofty shall be humbled. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Behold, the sovereign Lord of hosts will crush the little bottle of wine with terror, and the exalted in stature will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Now the Lord, the LORD of hosts, is about to lop off the boughs with terrible violence; The tall of stature shall be felled, and the lofty ones shall be brought low; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Look, the Sovereign, the LORD of hosts, will lop the boughs with terrifying power; the tallest trees will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Behold, the LORD God of hosts shall overthrow the glorious ones with might; and the high ones of stature shall be humbled, and the haughty shall be brought down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Behold, LORD JEHOVAH God of Hosts demolishes the boastful ones with strength, and exalted ones in stature shall be leveled, and the lifted up shall be brought low<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, Shall lop the boughs with terror; And the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, And the lofty shall be laid low.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will mightily confound the glorious ones; and the haughty in pride shall be crushed, and the lofty shall be brought low:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/10-33.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=2431" 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">A Remnant of Israel Shall Return</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">32</span>Yet today they will halt at Nob, shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem. <span class="reftext">33</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">Behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/113.htm" title="113: hā·’ā·ḏō·wn (Art:: N-ms) -- Lord. Or adon; from an unused root; sovereign, i.e. Controller.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">GOD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts</a> <a href="/hebrew/5586.htm" title="5586: mə·sā·‘êp̄ (V-Piel-Prtcpl-ms) -- To lop off (boughs). A primitive root; properly, to divide up; but used only as denominative from ca'iyph, to disbranch.">will lop off</a> <a href="/hebrew/6288.htm" title="6288: pu·rāh (N-fs) -- A bough. Or pora'h; or pu'rah; from pa'ar; properly, ornamentation, i.e. foliage as bright green.">the branches</a> <a href="/hebrew/4637.htm" title="4637: bə·ma·‘ă·rā·ṣāh (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- An awful shock, a crash. From arats; violence.">with terrifying power.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7311.htm" title="7311: wə·rā·mê (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To be high or exalted, rise. A primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise.">The tall</a> <a href="/hebrew/6967.htm" title="6967: haq·qō·w·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- Height. From quwm; height.">trees</a> <a href="/hebrew/1438.htm" title="1438: gə·ḏū·‘îm (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-mp) -- To hew, hew down or off. A primitive root; to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything.">will be cut down,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1364.htm" title="1364: wə·hag·gə·ḇō·hîm (Conj-w, Art:: Adj-mp) -- High, exalted. Or gabowahh; from gabahh; elevated, powerful, arrogant.">the lofty ones</a> <a href="/hebrew/8213.htm" title="8213: yiš·pā·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To be or become low, to be abased. A primitive root; to depress or sink.">will be felled.</a> </span><span class="reftext">34</span>He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.…<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="/isaiah/37-24.htm">Isaiah 37:24</a></span><br />Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-12.htm">Isaiah 2:12-13</a></span><br />For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled— / against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-8.htm">Isaiah 14:8</a></span><br />Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">Isaiah 37:36-38</a></span><br />Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies! / So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. / One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/31-3.htm">Ezekiel 31:3-14</a></span><br />Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds. / The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field. / Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/46-22.htm">Jeremiah 46:22-23</a></span><br />Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees. / They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/11-1.htm">Zechariah 11:1-2</a></span><br />Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars! / Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!<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="/2_kings/19-23.htm">2 Kings 19:23</a></span><br />Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/29-5.htm">Psalm 29:5</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/46-8.htm">Psalm 46:8-9</a></span><br />Come, see the works of the LORD, who brings devastation upon the earth. / He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/83-13.htm">Psalm 83:13-18</a></span><br />Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind. / As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze, / so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm. ...<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="/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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.</p><p class="hdg">lop</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-16.htm">Isaiah 10:16-19</a></b></br> Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/37-24.htm">Isaiah 37:24-36,38</a></b></br> By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, <i>and</i> the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, <i>and</i> the forest of his Carmel… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/19-21.htm">2 Kings 19:21-37</a></b></br> This <i>is</i> the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, <i>and</i> laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee… </p><p class="hdg">the high ones</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9</a></b></br> Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height <i>was</i> like the height of the cedars, and he <i>was</i> strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.</p><p class="hdg">and the haughty</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/2-11.htm">Isaiah 2:11-17</a></b></br> The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/40-11.htm">Job 40:11,12</a></b></br> Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one <i>that is</i> proud, and abase him… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/4-37.htm">Daniel 4:37</a></b></br> Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works <i>are</i> truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/5-15.htm">Abased</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-26.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-26.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/judges/9-49.htm">Bough</a> <a href="/songs/7-8.htm">Boughs</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-14.htm">Branch</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-6.htm">Branches</a> <a href="/psalms/77-18.htm">Crash</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-7.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-7.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-15.htm">Falling</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-10.htm">Felled</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-3.htm">Great</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-12.htm">Haughty</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-11.htm">Height</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-10.htm">Hewn</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-31.htm">High</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-26.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-15.htm">Humbled</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-28.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-5.htm">Lop</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-5.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-16.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-2.htm">Power</a> <a href="/songs/7-7.htm">Stature</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-21.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-13.htm">Tall</a> <a href="/songs/6-10.htm">Terrible</a> <a href="/job/15-21.htm">Terrifying</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-21.htm">Terror</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-19.htm">Trees</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/lamentations/1-9.htm">Abased</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-4.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-6.htm">Bough</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-11.htm">Boughs</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-1.htm">Branch</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-8.htm">Branches</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-13.htm">Crash</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-34.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-34.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-13.htm">Falling</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-2.htm">Felled</a> <a href="/isaiah/12-6.htm">Great</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm">Haughty</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-3.htm">Height</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-16.htm">Hewn</a> <a href="/isaiah/12-4.htm">High</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-4.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-8.htm">Humbled</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-12.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-5.htm">Lop</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-4.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-6.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-2.htm">Power</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-14.htm">Stature</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-4.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-34.htm">Tall</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm">Terrible</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-1.htm">Terrifying</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-14.htm">Terror</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-34.htm">Trees</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 the context of Isaiah, it is a divine alert, emphasizing the certainty and importance of God's forthcoming action. This word sets the stage for a dramatic revelation, inviting us to witness the power and justice of God.<p><b>the Lord GOD of Hosts</b><br />This phrase combines two powerful titles for God: "Adonai" (Lord) and "YHWH" (GOD), along with "Tzevaot" (of Hosts). "Adonai" signifies God's sovereign authority, while "YHWH" is His covenant name, representing His eternal and unchanging nature. "Tzevaot" refers to the heavenly armies, underscoring God's supreme command over all celestial and earthly forces. This title reassures believers of God's omnipotence and His ability to execute His will.<p><b>will lop off the branches</b><br />The imagery of lopping off branches suggests a pruning or cutting away, which in the Hebrew context often symbolizes judgment or removal of what is unfruitful or proud. This action by God is not arbitrary but purposeful, aimed at purifying and restoring righteousness. It reflects God's role as a just judge who removes the arrogant and those who oppose His will.<p><b>with terrifying power</b><br />The Hebrew word for "terrifying" is "בְּעָרִיץ" (be'aritz), conveying a sense of awe-inspiring might and authority. This phrase highlights the overwhelming and undeniable strength of God's actions. It serves as a reminder of the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom, and calls believers to reverence and humility before His majestic power.<p><b>The tall trees</b><br />In biblical symbolism, "tall trees" often represent powerful leaders or nations. Their height signifies pride and self-exaltation. By targeting these "tall trees," God demonstrates His opposition to human arrogance and His commitment to humbling those who elevate themselves above His authority. This serves as a warning against pride and a call to seek humility.<p><b>will be cut down</b><br />The act of cutting down signifies a decisive and complete removal. In the historical context, this can be seen as God's judgment against Assyria, a nation that had exalted itself and oppressed others. Spiritually, it serves as a metaphor for God's ability to bring low the proud and to dismantle structures of sin and rebellion.<p><b>and the lofty will be felled</b><br />The "lofty" refers to those who are high and mighty in their own eyes, often associated with arrogance and self-reliance. To be "felled" means to be brought down or humbled. This phrase reinforces the theme of divine justice, where God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. It is a call to recognize our dependence on God and to submit to His sovereign will.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(33) <span class= "bld">Behold, . . . the Lord of hosts . . .</span>--The sudden change of tone indicates another pressure of the "strong hand" of Jehovah (<a href="/isaiah/8-11.htm" title="For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,">Isaiah 8:11</a>), another burst of intensest inspiration. So far shalt thou go, the prophet says to Sargon, as he said afterwards to Sennacherib (<a href="/context/isaiah/37-28.htm" title="But I know your stayed, and your going out, and your coming in, and your rage against me.">Isaiah 37:28-32</a>), and no farther. In the "boughs" that are to be lopped, and the "thickets of the forest" that are to be cut down, we have the same imagery as in <a href="/context/isaiah/10-17.htm" title="And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;">Isaiah 10:17-19</a>. The constant boasts of the Assyrian kings that they cut down the forests of the nations they conquered, gave a special fitness to this emblem of the work of the Divine Nemesis. High as the cedars of Lebanon might rise in their majesty, the "Mighty One" of Israel (better, <span class= "ital">Glorious One; </span>comp. <a href="/isaiah/10-18.htm" title="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.">Isaiah 10:18</a>, <a href="/isaiah/33-21.htm" title="But there the glorious LORD will be to us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.">Isaiah 33:21</a>; <a href="/psalms/93-4.htm" title="The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yes, than the mighty waves of the sea.">Psalm 93:4</a>) would lay them low. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 33.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The Lord... shall lop the bough with terror</span>. A check to the Assyrian arms is intended, but of what nature is not clear. The "lopping of the bough <span class="accented">with terror"</span> might indicate a panic, such as that which seized the Syrians and made Benhadad II. raise the siege of Samaria (<a href="/2_kings/7-6.htm">2 Kings 7:6, 7</a>). But the expressions used later on," hewn down," "cut down," "shall fall," rather imply a defeat. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/10-33.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">Behold,</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנֵּ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Lord</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָדוֹן֙</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·ḏō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_113.htm">Strong's 113: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sovereign, controller</span><br /><br /><span class="word">GOD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Hosts</span><br /><span class="heb">צְבָא֔וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will lop off</span><br /><span class="heb">מְסָעֵ֥ף</span> <span class="translit">(mə·sā·‘êp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5586.htm">Strong's 5586: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lop off (boughs)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the branches</span><br /><span class="heb">פֻּארָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(pu·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6288.htm">Strong's 6288: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ornamentation, foliage, as bright green</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with terrifying power.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמַעֲרָצָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ma·‘ă·rā·ṣāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4637.htm">Strong's 4637: </a> </span><span class="str2">An awful shock, a crash</span><br /><br /><span class="word">The tall</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרָמֵ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rā·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7311.htm">Strong's 7311: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be high actively, to rise, raise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">trees</span><br /><span class="heb">הַקּוֹמָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(haq·qō·w·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6967.htm">Strong's 6967: </a> </span><span class="str2">Height</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be cut down,</span><br /><span class="heb">גְּדוּעִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(gə·ḏū·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1438.htm">Strong's 1438: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fell a, tree, to destroy anything</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the lofty ones</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַגְּבֹהִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hag·gə·ḇō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1364.htm">Strong's 1364: </a> </span><span class="str2">Elevated, powerful, arrogant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be felled.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׁפָּֽלוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·pā·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8213.htm">Strong's 8213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be or become low, to be abased</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/10-33.htm">Isaiah 10:33 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/10-33.htm">Isaiah 10:33 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/10-33.htm">Isaiah 10:33 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/10-33.htm">Isaiah 10:33 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/10-33.htm">Isaiah 10:33 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/10-33.htm">Isaiah 10:33 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/10-33.htm">Isaiah 10:33 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/10-33.htm">Isaiah 10:33 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/10-33.htm">Isaiah 10:33 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/10-33.htm">Isaiah 10:33 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/10-33.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 10:33 Behold the Lord Yahweh of Armies will (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/10-32.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 10:32"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 10:32" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/10-34.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 10:34"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 10:34" /></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>