Isaiah 10:33

33 Behold, the Lord, the GOD of hosts, will lop off the boughs with a terrible crash; Those also who are ¹tall in stature will be cut down And those who are lofty will be abased.

Isaiah 10:33 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 10:33

Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough
with terror
Cut off the king of Assyria and his army, in a most terrible manner; "the glory" of it, as in ( Isaiah 10:18 ) the word signifies that which is the ornament, the beauty and glory, of the tree. The Septuagint render it, "the glorious ones"; and the Arabic version, "the nobles", the generals, and principal officers of the army; the Targum is,

``behold, the Lord of the world, the Lord of hosts, shall cast forth the slain in his camp, as grapes that are trod in a winepress.''

And the high ones of stature [shall] be hewn down;
the princes of Assyria, so boasted of as kings, ( Isaiah 10:8 ) comparable to tall trees, to oaks and cedars:

and the haughty shall be humbled;
who, like their monarch, boasted of their wisdom and strength, ( Isaiah 10:12-14 ) but now both he and they will be brought very low.

Isaiah 10:33 In-Context

31 Madmenah has fled. The inhabitants of Gebim have sought refuge.

32 Yet today he will halt at Nob; He shakes his fist at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

33 Behold, the Lord , the GOD of hosts, will lop off the boughs with a terrible crash; Those also who are tall in stature will be cut down And those who are lofty will be abased.

34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron axe, And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.

Cross References

• 1. Is 37:24, 36-38; Ezekiel 31:3; Amos 2:9

Footnotes

• [a] Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD