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"There will be so few trees left in his forest, a child will be able to count them."
— Isaiah 10:19, NET Bible
“And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.”
“And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may write them. ”
“The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child could write their number.”
“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.”
“And the rest of the trees of his wood will be small in number, so that a child may put them down in writing.”
“And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.”
For this reason the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will make his healthy ones emaciated. His majestic glory will go up in smoke.
The Light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One will become a flame; it will burn and consume the Assyrian king’s briers and his thorns in one day.
The splendor of his forest and his orchard will be completely destroyed, as when a sick man’s life ebbs away.
There will be so few trees left in his forest, a child will be able to count them.
At that time those left in Israel, those who remain of the family of Jacob, will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them. Instead they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
A remnant will come back, a remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
For though your people, Israel, are as numerous as the sand on the seashore, only a remnant will come back. Destruction has been decreed; just punishment is about to engulf you.