Isaiah 10 · Verse 18

Isaiah 10:18

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.
Isaiah 10:18, King James Version

Isaiah 10:18 in other translations

BSBThe splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.
WEBHe 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.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd 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.
DARBYand it shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body; and they shall be as when a sick man fainteth.
BBEAnd he will put an end to the glory of his woods and of his planted fields, soul and body together; and it will be as when a man is wasted by disease.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Isaiah 10:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 10:17-18

17-18. light of Israel--carrying out the image in the end of Is 10:16. Jehovah, who is a light to Israel, shall be the "fire" (De 4:24; He 12:29) that shall ignite the "thorns," (the Assyrians, like dry fuel, a ready prey to flame).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 10:5-19

See what a change sin made. The king of Assyria, in his pride, thought to act by his own will. The tyrants of the world are tools of Providence. God designs to correct his people for their hypocrisy, and bring them nearer to him; but is that Sennacherib's design? No; he designs to gratify his own covetousness and ambition. The Assyrian boasts what great things he has done to other nations, by his own policy and…

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Isaiah 10:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּכְב֤וֹדu.khe.Vodand [the] splendor ofH3519
יַעְרוֹ֙ya'.Roforest hisH3293
וְכַרְמִלּ֔וֹve.khar.mi.Loand orchard hisH3759
מִנֶּ֥פֶשׁmi.Ne.feshfrom breathH5315
וְעַד\־ve.'ad-and untoH5704
בָּשָׂ֖רba.SarfleshH1320
יְכַלֶּ֑הye.kha.Lehit will bring to an endH3615
וְהָיָ֖הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
כִּמְסֹ֥סkim.Sosas wastes awayH4549
נֹסֵֽס\׃no.Ses[one who] is sickH5263

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 10:18

  • Isaiah 10:33-34

    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. And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

  • 2 Kings 19:23

    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, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.

  • Jeremiah 21:14

    But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the Lord: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.

  • Isaiah 9:18

    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 like the lifting up of smoke.

  • Ezekiel 20:47-48

    And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. And all flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

  • 2 Kings 19:28

    Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

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consume.
33,34; 9:18; 2Ki 19:23,28; Jer 21:14; Eze 20:47,48
both soul and body. Heb. from the soul and even to theflesh.

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Context

  • Isaiah 10:17

    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 10:18

    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.

  • Isaiah 10:19

    And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.

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Isaiah 10:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		La gloria de su bosque y de su campo fértil consumirá, desde el alma hasta la carne: y vendrá á ser como abanderado en derrota.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et il consumera la gloire de sa forêt et de son champ fertile, depuis l’âme jusqu’à la chair; et il en sera comme d’un malade qui va dépérissant.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er wird die Herrlichkeit seines Waldes und seines Fruchtgefildes von der Seele bis zum Fleische vernichten, daß es sein wird, wie wenn ein Kranker hinsiecht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et gloria saltus ejus, et carmeli ejus, ab anima usque ad carnem consumetur; et erit terrore profugus.