King James Version
Isaiah 10:19 in the King James Version says “And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them. few: Heb. number” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them. few: Heb. number”
Isaiah 10:19 · KJV
And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth. both: Heb. from the soul, and even to the flesh
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them. few: Heb. number
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of his forest”
H3293a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
“shall be few”
H4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“that a child”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
“may write”
H3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
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