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Lebanon will fall to the Mighty One.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an axe, and Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron <i>axe,</i> And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron axe, And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron <i>axe,</i> And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron <i>axe</i>, And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron <i>axe,</i> And Lebanon (the Assyrian) will fall by the Mighty One.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He is clearing the thickets of the forest with an ax, and Lebanon with its majesty will fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He is clearing the thickets of the forest with an ax, and Lebanon with its majesty will fall. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />With an ax, the glorious Lord will destroy every tree in the forests of Lebanon. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He will cut down the underbrush of the forest with an ax. Lebanon will fall in front of the Mighty One.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD will cut them down as trees in the heart of the forest are cut down with an ax, as even the finest trees of Lebanon fall! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an ax, and Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The thickets of the forest will be chopped down with an ax, and mighty Lebanon will fall. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And He has gone around the thickets of the forest with iron, "" And Lebanon falls by a mighty one!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And He hath gone round the thickets of the forest with iron, And Lebanon by a mighty one falleth!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall with a lofty one.<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 thickets of the forest shall be cut down with iron, and Libanus with its high ones shall fall. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the dense forest will be overturned with iron. And Lebanon, with its exalted ones, will fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He shall hack down the forest thickets with an ax, and Lebanon in its splendor shall fall. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He will hack down the thickets of the forest with an ax, and Lebanon with its majestic trees will fall.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon with its glory shall fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he shall cut the branches of the forest with iron, and Lebanon in its glory shall fall <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And He shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, And Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and the lofty ones shall fall by the sword, and the Libanus shall fall with his lofty ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/10-34.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=2443" 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">33</span>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="reftext">34</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5362.htm" title="5362: wə·niq·qap̄ (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to strike with more or less violence; by implication to knock together, i.e. Surround or circulate.">He will clear</a> <a href="/hebrew/3293.htm" title="3293: hay·ya·‘ar (Art:: N-ms) -- From an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure; a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb.">the forest</a> <a href="/hebrew/5442.htm" title="5442: siḇ·ḵê (N-mpc) -- A thicket. From cabak, a copse.">thickets</a> <a href="/hebrew/1270.htm" title="1270: bab·bar·zel (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Iron. Perhaps from the root of Birzowth; iron; by extension, an iron implement.">with an axe,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3844.htm" title="3844: wə·hal·lə·ḇā·nō·wn (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-fs) -- A wooded mountain range on the N. border of Isr. From lbab; white mountain; Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine.">and Lebanon</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: yip·pō·wl (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">will fall</a> <a href="/hebrew/117.htm" title="117: bə·’ad·dîr (Prep-b:: Adj-ms) -- Majestic. From 'adar; wide or large; figuratively, powerful.">before the Mighty One.</a> </span><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/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="/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="/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="/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="/nahum/1-12.htm">Nahum 1:12-14</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer. / For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.” / The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/74-5.htm">Psalm 74:5-6</a></span><br />like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees / and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.<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="/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="/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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17-24</a></span><br />Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root, / do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. / You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.</p><p class="hdg">cut down</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-18.htm">Isaiah 10:18</a></b></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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/37-24.htm">Isaiah 37:24</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="/jeremiah/22-7.htm">Jeremiah 22:7</a></b></br> And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast <i>them</i> into the fire.</p><p class="hdg">Lebanon</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/11-1.htm">Zechariah 11:1,2</a></b></br> Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars… </p><p class="hdg">by a mighty one.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/31-8.htm">Isaiah 31:8</a></b></br> Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">Isaiah 37:36</a></b></br> Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they <i>were</i> all dead corpses.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/103-20.htm">Psalm 103:20</a></b></br> Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/10-15.htm">Ax</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-15.htm">Axe</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-33.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-33.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-4.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-8.htm">Falleth</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-19.htm">Forest</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-19.htm">Forests</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-10.htm">Iron</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-13.htm">Lebanon</a> <a href="/songs/6-10.htm">Majestic</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-21.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-31.htm">Places</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-5.htm">Round</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-33.htm">Tall</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm">Thickets</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-33.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-19.htm">Wood</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/10-3.htm">Ax</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-12.htm">Axe</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-13.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-22.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-7.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-15.htm">Falleth</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-9.htm">Forest</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-9.htm">Forests</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-12.htm">Iron</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-8.htm">Lebanon</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-30.htm">Majestic</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-15.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-21.htm">Places</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-5.htm">Round</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-2.htm">Tall</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-14.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-9.htm">Thickets</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-8.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-8.htm">Wood</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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The imagery of clearing forest thickets with an axe suggests a thorough and decisive action. In the context of Isaiah, this represents God's judgment against Assyria, which had been used as an instrument of His wrath against Israel but had become arrogant. The axe is a metaphor for God's tool of judgment, emphasizing His control over nations and leaders. This imagery is consistent with other biblical passages where God is depicted as a divine warrior or judge, such as in <a href="/isaiah/9-5.htm">Isaiah 9:5</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/46-22.htm">Jeremiah 46:22-23</a>.<p><b>and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One</b><br>Lebanon, known for its majestic cedar trees, often symbolizes strength and pride in the Bible. The fall of Lebanon signifies the humbling of the proud and powerful. The "Mighty One" refers to God, underscoring His supreme authority and ability to bring down even the most formidable entities. This phrase connects to other scriptures where God is portrayed as the ultimate power who humbles the proud, such as in <a href="/isaiah/2-12.htm">Isaiah 2:12-13</a> and <a href="/psalms/29-5.htm">Psalm 29:5</a>. The reference to Lebanon also has eschatological implications, pointing to the ultimate triumph of God's kingdom over earthly powers, a theme echoed in <a href="/revelation/18-21.htm">Revelation 18:21</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_mighty_one.htm">The Mighty One</a></b><br>This refers to God, who is depicted as powerful and sovereign, capable of bringing down the proud and mighty.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/l/lebanon.htm">Lebanon</a></b><br>Known for its majestic cedar trees, Lebanon symbolizes strength and pride. In this context, it represents the powerful nations or entities that stand against God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/forest_thickets.htm">Forest Thickets</a></b><br>Symbolic of complexity and entanglement, representing the intricate and seemingly impenetrable systems of human pride and opposition to God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_ax.htm">The Ax</a></b><br>A tool of judgment and clearing, symbolizing God's decisive action against those who oppose Him.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/assyria.htm">Assyria</a></b><br>Though not mentioned directly in this verse, the broader context of <a href="/bsb/isaiah/10.htm">Isaiah 10</a> addresses the Assyrian empire, which God uses as an instrument of judgment but also promises to judge for its arrogance.<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 power is too great for Him to humble.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_pride.htm">The Danger of Pride</a></b><br>Just as the cedars of Lebanon fall, so too will those who exalt themselves against God. Pride leads to downfall.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_judgment_is_certain.htm">Divine Judgment is Certain</a></b><br>God's judgment is depicted as an ax, swift and decisive. We must live in awareness of His righteous standards.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_power.htm">Trust in God's Power</a></b><br>In times of personal or national crisis, trust in God's ability to clear away obstacles and bring about His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_humility.htm">Repentance and Humility</a></b><br>Recognize areas of pride in our lives and seek God's forgiveness, aligning ourselves with His will.<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/peace_or_division__jesus'_intent.htm">Did Jesus come to bring peace or division? (Luke 2:14 vs. Matthew 10:34)</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_does_isaiah_34_10-11_claim_desolation.htm">Why does the text in Isaiah 34:10-11 claim permanent desolation when other biblical passages speak of possible restoration?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_jesus_say_he_brings_a_sword.htm">If Jesus is the Prince of Peace, why does He say, 'I have not come to bring peace, but a sword' (Matthew 10:34)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 34.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He shall cut down</span>; or, <span class="accented">one shall eat down</span>; Jehovah being, no doubt, intended. Lebanon (comp. <a href="/ezekiel/31-3.htm">Ezekiel 31:3</a>, "Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon"). Here the comparison is enlarged, and <span class="accented">Assyria</span> appears as Lebanon itself with all its cedar woods. <span class="cmt_word">By a mighty one</span>; rather, <span class="accented">a glorious one</span> (comp. <a href="/isaiah/33-21.htm">Isaiah 33:21</a>, where the word here used <span class="accented">- adir - is</span> an epithet of Jehovah). <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/10-34.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">He will clear</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִקַּ֛ף</span> <span class="translit">(wə·niq·qap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5362.htm">Strong's 5362: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike, to knock together, surround, circulate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the forest</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיַּ֖עַר</span> <span class="translit">(hay·ya·‘ar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - 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">thickets</span><br /><span class="heb">סִֽבְכֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(siḇ·ḵê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5442.htm">Strong's 5442: </a> </span><span class="str2">A thicket</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with an ax,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּבַּרְזֶ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(bab·bar·zel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1270.htm">Strong's 1270: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iron, an iron implement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Lebanon</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַלְּבָנ֖וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hal·lə·ḇā·nō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3844.htm">Strong's 3844: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lebanon -- a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will fall</span><br /><span class="heb">יִפּֽוֹל׃</span> <span class="translit">(yip·pō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before the Mighty One.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאַדִּ֥יר</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ad·dîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_117.htm">Strong's 117: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wide, large, powerful</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/10-34.htm">Isaiah 10:34 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/10-34.htm">Isaiah 10:34 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/10-34.htm">Isaiah 10:34 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/10-34.htm">Isaiah 10:34 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/10-34.htm">Isaiah 10:34 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/10-34.htm">Isaiah 10:34 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/10-34.htm">Isaiah 10:34 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/10-34.htm">Isaiah 10:34 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/10-34.htm">Isaiah 10:34 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/10-34.htm">Isaiah 10:34 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/10-34.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 10:34 He will cut down the thickets (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/10-33.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 10:33"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 10:33" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/11-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 11:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 11:1" /></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>