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English Standard Version

Isaiah 10:19

The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them down.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Assyria;   Isaiah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Assyria;   Trees;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Cedar;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Nation;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Assyria;   Forest;   Nineveh;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Assur;   Cedar;   Shepherd;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Arpad;   Isaiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah, Book of;   Writing;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Assyria ;   Nineveh ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Assyria;   Cedar;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Assyr'ia, as'shur,;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Trees;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Cedar;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Child;   Education;   Isaiah;   Remnant;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The remaining trees of its forestwill be so few in numberthat a child could count them.
Hebrew Names Version
The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.
King James Version
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
New American Standard Bible
And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number That a child could write them down.
New Century Version
The trees left standing will be so few that even a child could count them.
Amplified Bible
And the remaining trees of Assyria's forest will be so few in number That a child could write them down.
World English Bible
The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the rest of the trees of his forest shalbe fewe, that a childe may tell them.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in numberThat a child could write them down.
Berean Standard Bible
The remaining trees of its forests will be so few that a child could count them.
Contemporary English Version
There will be so few trees that even a young child can count them.
Complete Jewish Bible
So few forest trees will remain that a child could list them.
Darby Translation
And the remainder of the trees of his forest shall be few: yea, a child might write them.
Easy-to-Read Version
There will be a few trees left standing in the forest—so few that even a child could count them.
George Lamsa Translation
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be so few that a child may write them down.
Good News Translation
There will be so few trees left that even a child will be able to count them.
Lexham English Bible
And the rest of the trees of his forest will be a small number, and a boy can write them down.
Literal Translation
And the rest of the trees of the forest shall be few, so that a boy might write them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The trees also of his felde shalbe of soch a nombre, that a childe maye tell them.
American Standard Version
And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.
Bible in Basic English
And the rest of the trees of his wood will be small in number, so that a child may put them down in writing.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them down.
King James Version (1611)
And the rest of the trees of his forrest shall be few, that a child may write them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The trees also of his wood whiche remayne shalbe of such a number that a chylde may tell them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they that are left of them shall be a small number, and a child shall write them.
English Revised Version
And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the relifs of the tree of his forest schulen be noumbrid for fewnesse, and a child schal write hem.
Update Bible Version
And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
New English Translation
There will be so few trees left in his forest, a child will be able to count them.
New King James Version
Then the rest of the trees of his forest Will be so few in number That a child may write them.
New Living Translation
Of all that glorious forest, only a few trees will survive— so few that a child could count them!
New Life Bible
And the rest of his trees will be so few that a child could write them down.
New Revised Standard
The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them down.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the remnant of his forest-trees, few in number, shall become, - yea, a child, might describe them!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they that remain of the trees of his forest shall be so few, that they shall easily be numbered, and a child shall write them down.
Revised Standard Version
The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them down.
Young's Literal Translation
And the rest of the trees of his forest [are] few, And a youth doth write them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number That a child could write them down.

Contextual Overview

5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger; the staff in their hands is my fury! 6 Against a godless nation I send him, and against the people of my wrath I command him, to take spoil and seize plunder, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 But he does not so intend, and his heart does not so think; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few; 8 for he says: "Are not my commanders all kings? 9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? 10 As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols, whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria, 11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and her idols as I have done to Samaria and her images?" 12 When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. 13 For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding; I remove the boundaries of peoples, and plunder their treasures; like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones. 14 My hand has found like a nest the wealth of the peoples; and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken, so I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved a wing or opened the mouth or chirped."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

few: Heb. number, Isaiah 37:36

Reciprocal: Psalms 29:9 - discovereth Isaiah 21:17 - the mighty Jeremiah 20:2 - the stocks Jeremiah 21:14 - in the Jeremiah 44:28 - a small Ezekiel 12:16 - a few men

Cross-References

Genesis 10:1
These are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
Genesis 10:2
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
Genesis 10:7
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
Genesis 10:8
Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man.
Genesis 10:10
The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 10:15
Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth,
Genesis 10:17
the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
Genesis 10:18
the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the clans of the Canaanites dispersed.
Genesis 10:21
To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, children were born.
Genesis 10:24
Arpachshad fathered Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few,.... Which were left unconsumed, that escaped this destruction, those of the Assyrian army that fled with Sennacherib their king; which, the Rabbins say r, were no more than ten, as Jarchi and Kimchi observe; yea, some say there were but five left who escaped, and name them, Sennacherib and his two sons, Nebuchadnezzar and Nebuzaradan:

that a child may write them; count them, and take down their names; and it may be understood of a military muster, and the sense be, that the army should be reduced to so small a number by this stroke upon them, that there would be no need of an able muster master to take the account of them, a child would be equal to such a task. The Targum is,

"and the rest of his warriors shall fail, that the people shall be a small number, and shall be reckoned a weak kingdom.''

r T. Bab. ib. fol. 95. 2. Praefat. Echa Rabbati, fol. 41. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 with ease. It is probable that a few of the army of Sennacherib escaped (see the note at Isaiah 37:37); and compared with the whole army, the remnant might bear a striking resemblance to the few decaying trees of a once magnificent forest of cedars.


 
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