Isaiah 10:19

"He will consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, both soul and body. It will be as when a standard bearer faints."

Key Reflection

This verse depicts the total devastation that God will bring upon the Assyrian army, comparing their destruction to the withering of a forest and a fruitful field. The image of a standard-bearer fainting symbolizes the sudden collapse and defeat of what was once powerful and formidable.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

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.

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