Isaiah 10:33
Look how the Lord Almighty is going to chop off the branches with great force. The tall trees will be cut down, the proud trees will be brought crashing down.
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34He will cut down the thick forest with an ax, and Lebanon will fall at the hand of the Mighty One.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 32:21The Lord sent an angel who wiped out every warrior, leader, and commander in the camp of the Assyrian king. So he returned home in disgrace. When he went into the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him with their swords.
Isaiah 2:11Those who look with arrogance will be brought low; those who are proud will be humbled. On that day only the Lord will be lifted high.
Isaiah 2:13He will cut down the cedars of Lebanon, tall and high, and all the great oaks of Bashan,
Isaiah 18:5For before the harvest, after the flower is gone and becomes an unripe grape, he prunes the vine with a knife to take out the shoots and branches.
Isaiah 37:24By your servants you have mocked the Lord. You said: ‘With my many chariots I have ascended to the high mountains, to the farthest peaks of Lebanon. I have chopped down its tallest cedars, the best of its cypress trees. I have reached its most distant heights, its deepest forests.
Jeremiah 22:7I will choose men to come and destroy you, each with his own ax. They will chop down your fine cedars and throw them in the fire.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 10:25-34
Encouragement to Israel. ( b. c. 740.) 24 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt. 25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction. 26 And the Lord of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift… Read the whole commentary →