The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:19
The rest of the trees ; i.e. these that escape the burning—shall be few; literally, a number ; i.e. so few that their number shall be apparent. read more
以賽亞書 10:17-19 Rcuvts
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:17
And the light of Israel - That is, Yahweh. The word “light” here, אור 'ôr, is used also to denote a “fire,” or that which causes light and heat; see Ezekiel 5:2; Isaiah 44:16; Isaiah 47:14. Here it is used in the same sense, denoting that Yahweh would be “the fire” אור 'ôr that would cause the “flame” (אשׁ 'êsh) which would consume the Assyrian. Jehovah is often compared to a burning flame, or fire; Deuteronomy 4:24; Deuteronomy 9:3; Hebrews 12:29.Shall be for a fire - By his power and his... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:18
The glory of his forest - In these expressions, the army of Sennacherib is compared with a beautiful grove thick set with trees; and as all the beauty of a grove which the fire overruns is destroyed, so, says the prophet, it will be with the army of the Assyrian under the judgments of God. If the ‘briers and thorns’ Isaiah 10:17 refer to the common soldiers of his army, then the glory of the forest - the tall, majestic trees - refer to the princes and nobles. But this mode of interpretation... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:19
And the rest of the trees ... - Keeping up still the image of a large and once dense forest, to which he had likened the Assyrian army. ‘The rest’ here means that which shall be left after the threatened judgment shall come upon them.That a child may write them - That a child shall be able to number them, or write their names; that is, they shall be very few. A child can number or count but few; yet the number of those who would be left, would be so very small that even a child could count them... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 10:16-19
Isaiah 10:16-19. Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts The sovereign Lord and General of his and of all other armies; send among his fat ones leanness Strip him, and all his great princes and commanders, of all their wealth, and might, and glory. And under his glory he shall kindle, &c. He will destroy his numerous and victorious army, and that suddenly and irrecoverably, as the fire doth those combustible things which are cast into it; which was fulfilled 2 Kings 19:25. And... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 10:5-34
Assyria’s pride and punishment (10:5-34)God is angry with the rebellious people of Israel and has used Assyria to punish them (5-6). Assyria, however, has no concern for God’s purposes and thinks it has won its victories by its own might. It therefore decides to attack Jerusalem, confident that it will conquer Judah as it has conquered other nations (7-9). It thinks that because the gods of other nations have not been able to save them from Assyria’s might, the God of Judah will not be able to... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 10:17
in one day. So it was (2 Kings 19:35 ), read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 10:18
body = flesh. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6 , for the whole body. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 10:19
child = lad. write = reckon. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:18
Forest … fruitful field . "Forest" and "fruitful field" ( carmel ) 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. Both soul and body. Here metaphor is suddenly dropped, and Isaiah shows that he is speaking of the Assyrian people , not of the land or its... read more