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Isaiah 10:34

He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.

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ASV

And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

KJV

And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְנִקַּ֛ףve.ni.Kafand he will cut downH5362 →
סִֽבְכֵ֥יsiv.Khei[the] thickets ofH5442 →
הַיַּ֖עַרhai.Ya.'arthe forestH3293 →
בַּבַּרְזֶ֑לba.bar.Zelwith <the> iron [axe]H1270 →
וְהַלְּבָנ֖וֹןve.ha.le.va.Nonand the LebanonH3844 →
בְּאַדִּ֥ירbe.'a.Dirby a mighty [one]H117 →
יִפּֽוֹל׃ סyi.Polit will fallH5307 →

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Isaiah 37:24Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.Psalms 103:20Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.Jeremiah 48:2There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.Jeremiah 46:22–23Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees.2 Peter 2:11Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.Nahum 1:12This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer.Revelation 18:21Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.Zechariah 11:1–2Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!2 Thessalonians 1:7and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angelsDaniel 4:13–14As I lay on my bed, I also saw in the visions of my mind a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven.Isaiah 10:18The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.Isaiah 31:8“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.Revelation 10:1Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!Jeremiah 22:7I will appoint destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire.Daniel 4:23And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, and a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’Joel 3:11Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.2 Kings 6:5As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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