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18 Its abundant forest and farmland
    will be finished completely,[a]
    as when a sick person wastes away;
19     its forest’s remaining trees will be no more than a child can count.

A few will return

20 On that day, what’s left of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on the one who beat them. Instead, they will faithfully depend on the Lord, the holy one of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 10:18 Syr, Vulg body and soul (that is, completely); MT he will finish

18 The splendor of his forests(A) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,(B)
    as when a sick person wastes away.
19 And the remaining trees of his forests(C) will be so few(D)
    that a child could write them down.

The Remnant of Israel

20 In that day(E) the remnant of Israel,
    the survivors(F) of Jacob,
will no longer rely(G) on him
    who struck them down(H)
but will truly rely(I) on the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel.(J)

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