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Isaiah 10

Isa. 10:33 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, the Lord
'adown (Hebrew #113)
from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
KJV usage: lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with "Adoni-".
Pronounce: aw-done'
Origin: or (shortened) adon {aw-done'}
, the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
of hosts
tsaba' (Hebrew #6635)
from 6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
KJV usage: appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Pronounce: tsaw-baw'
Origin: or (feminine) tsbadah {tseb-aw-aw'}
, shall lop
ca`aph (Hebrew #5586)
properly, to divide up; but used only as denominative from 5585, to disbranch (a tree)
KJV usage: top.
Pronounce: saw-af'
Origin: a primitive root
the bough
p'orah (Hebrew #6288)
or pu'rah {poo-raw'}; from 6286; properly, ornamentation, i.e. (plural) foliage (including the limbs) as bright green
KJV usage: bough, branch, sprig.
Pronounce: peh-o-raw'
Origin: or pora'h {po-raw'}
with terror
ma`aratsah (Hebrew #4637)
violence
KJV usage: terror.
Pronounce: mah-ar-aw-tsaw'
Origin: from 6206
: and the high ones
ruwm (Hebrew #7311)
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, (X a-)loud, mount up, offer (up), + presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
Pronounce: room
Origin: a primitive root
of stature
qowmah (Hebrew #6967)
height
KJV usage: X along, height, high, stature, tall.
Pronounce: ko-maw'
Origin: from 6965
shall be hewn down
gada` (Hebrew #1438)
to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything
KJV usage: cut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.
Pronounce: gaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
, and the haughty
gaboahh (Hebrew #1364)
from 1361; elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant
KJV usage: haughty, height, high(-er), lofty, proud, X exceeding proudly.
Pronounce: gaw-bo'-ah
Origin: or (fully) gabowahh {gaw-bo'-ah}
shall be humbled
shaphel (Hebrew #8213)
to depress or sink (expec. figuratively, to humiliate, intransitive or transitive)
KJV usage: abase, bring (cast, put) down, debase, humble (self), be (bring, lay, make, put) low(-er).
Pronounce: shaw-fale'
Origin: a primitive root
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Isa. 10:16‑19• 16Therefore shall the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness, and under his glory he shall kindle a burning, like the burning of a fire:
 17and 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 briars in one day,
 18and 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.
 19And the remainder of the trees of his forest shall be few: yea, a child might write them. (Isa. 10:16‑19)
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Isa. 37:24‑36,38• 24By thy servants thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the recesses of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars, the choice of its cypresses; and I will enter into its furthest height, into the forest of its fruitful field.
 25I have digged and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Matsor.
 26Hast thou not heard that long ago I did it, and that from ancient days I formed it? Now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
 27And their inhabitants were powerless, they were dismayed and put to shame; they were as the grass of the field and the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and grain blighted before it be grown up.
 28But I know thine abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.
 29Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest.
 30And this shall be the sign unto thee: there shall be eaten this year such as groweth of itself; and in the second year that which springeth of the same; but in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards and eat the fruit thereof.
 31And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;
 32for out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of mount Zion they that escape: the zeal of Jehovah of hosts shall do this.
 33Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
 34By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith Jehovah.
 35And I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
 36And an angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
 38And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. (Isa. 37:24‑36,38)
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2 Kings 19:21‑37• 21This is the word that Jehovah has spoken against him: The virgin-daughter of Zion despiseth thee, laugheth thee to scorn; The daughter of Jerusalem shaketh her head at thee.
 22Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy one of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high.
 23By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots have I come up To the height of the mountain, to the recesses of Lebanon, And I will cut down its tall cedars, the choice of its cypresses; And I will enter into its furthest lodging-place, into the forest of its fruitful field.
 24I have digged, and have drunk strange waters, And with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Matsor.
 25Hast thou not heard long ago that I have done it? And that from ancient days I formed it? Now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
 26And their inhabitants were powerless, They were dismayed and put to shame; They were as the growing grass, and as the green herb, As the grass on the housetops, and grain blighted before it be grown up.
 27But I know thine abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, And thy raging against me.
 28Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, And I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest.
 29And this shall be the sign unto thee: They shall eat this year such as groweth of itself, And in the second year that which springeth of the same; But in the third year sow ye and reap, And plant vineyards and eat the fruit thereof.
 30And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;
 31For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, And out of mount Zion they that escape: The zeal of Jehovah of hosts shall do this.
 32Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city, Nor shoot an arrow there, Nor come before it with shield, Nor cast a bank against it.
 33By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, And shall not come into this city, saith Jehovah.
 34And I will defend this city, to save it, For mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
 35And it came to pass that night, that an angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
 36And Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and abode at Nineveh.
 37And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. (2 Kings 19:21‑37)
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2 Chron. 32:21• 21And Jehovah sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the princes and the captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. And he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels made him fall there with the sword. (2 Chron. 32:21)
the high ones.
Amos 2:9• 9But I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was as the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; but I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. (Amos 2:9)
and the haughty.
Isa. 2:11‑17• 11The lofty eyes of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
 12For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon everything proud and lofty, and upon everything lifted up, and it shall be brought low;
 13and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan;
 14and upon all the lofty mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up;
 15and upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall;
 16and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant works of art.
 17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day: (Isa. 2:11‑17)
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Job 40:11‑12• 11Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:
 12Look on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their place: (Job 40:11‑12)
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Dan. 4:37• 37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of the heavens, all whose works are truth, and his paths judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. (Dan. 4:37)
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Luke 14:11• 11for every one that exalts himself shall be abased, and he that abases himself shall be exalted. (Luke 14:11)
• {v.33-34} He would seem to be like a great cedar of Lebanon, stretching his mighty bough over the city, but Jehovah of hosts would lop his bough with terror. (“Isaiah 10” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Behold the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, shall lop the boughsc with violenced; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be brought low;

JND Translation Notes

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Great or high branches, making the beauty of a tree.
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Lit. "terror."