Isaiah 10 · Verse 34

Isaiah 10:34

And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
Isaiah 10:34, King James Version

Isaiah 10:34 in other translations

BSBHe will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.
WEBHe will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.
ASVAnd he will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
YLTAnd He hath gone round the thickets of the forest with iron, And Lebanon by a mighty one falleth!
DARBYand he shall make clearings in the thickets of the forest with iron; and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
BBEAnd he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down.
WebsterAnd he shall cut down the thickets of the forests with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

What does Isaiah 10:34 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
34. This verse and Is 10:33 describe the sudden arrest and overthrow of Sennacherib in the height of his success; Is 10:18, 19; Eze 31:3, 14, &c., contain the same image; "Lebanon" and its forest are the Assyrian army; the "iron" axe that fells the forest refers to the stroke which destroyed the one hundred and eighty-five thousand Assyrians (2Ki 19:35). The "Mighty One" is Jehovah (Is 10:21; Is 9:6).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 34 Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one - באדיר beaddir, the angel of the Lord, who smote them, Kimchi. And so Vitringa understands it. Others translate, "The high cedars of Lebanon shall fall:" but the king of Assyria is the person who shall be overthrown.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 10:20-34

By our afflictions we may learn not to make creatures our confidence. Those only can with comfort stay upon God, who return to him in truth, not in pretence and profession only. God will justly bring this wasting away on a provoking people, but will graciously set bounds to it. It is against the mind and will of God, that his people, whatever happens, should give way to fear. God's anger against his people is but…

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Isaiah 10:34 in the original Hebrew

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וְנִקַּ֛ףve.ni.Kafand he will cut downH5362
סִֽבְכֵ֥יsiv.Khei[the] thickets ofH5442
הַיַּ֖עַרhai.Ya.'arthe forestH3293
בַּבַּרְזֶ֑לba.bar.Zelwith <the> iron [axe]H1270
וְהַלְּבָנ֖וֹןve.ha.le.va.Nonand the LebanonH3844
בְּאַדִּ֥ירbe.'a.Dirby a mighty [one]H117
יִפּֽוֹל\׃\ \סyi.Polit will fallH5307

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Cross references for Isaiah 10:34

  • Isaiah 37:24

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

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:7

    And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

  • Nahum 1:12

    Thus saith the Lord; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

  • Daniel 4:23

    And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;

  • Psalms 103:20

    Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

  • Zechariah 11:1-2

    Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.

  • Isaiah 37:36

    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 were all dead corpses.

  • 2 Peter 2:11

    Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 48:2

    There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.

  • Revelation 10:1

    And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

  • Jeremiah 22:7

    And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.

  • Daniel 4:13-14

    I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
cut down.
18; 37:24; Jer 22:7; 46:22,23; 48:2; Na 1:12
Lebanon.
Zec 11:1,2
by a mighty one. or, mightily.
31:8; 37:36; Ps 103:20; Da 4:13,14,23; 2Th 1:7; 2Pe 2:11; Re 10:1
Re 18:21

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Context

  • Isaiah 10:33

    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.

  • Isaiah 10:34

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

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Isaiah 10:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y cortará con hierro la espesura del bosque, y el Líbano caerá con fortaleza.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et il éclaircira avec le fer les épais taillis de la forêt, et le Liban tombera par un puissant.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er schlägt die Dickichte des Waldes nieder mit dem Eisen, und der Libanon fällt durch einen Mächtigen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et subvertentur condensa saltus ferro; et Libanus cum excelsis cadet.