Isa 10:33-34 | JFB | STEP | 33. bough —literally, the "beauty" of the tree; "the beautiful branch." high ones of stature —"the upright stem, " as distinguished from the previous "boughs" [HORSLEY ].

Isaiah 10:33-34

33. bough—literally, the "beauty" of the tree; "the beautiful branch."

high ones of stature—"the upright stem," as distinguished from the previous "boughs" [HORSLEY].

34. This verse and Isa 10:33 describe the sudden arrest and overthrow of Sennacherib in the height of his success; Isa 10:18, 19; Eze 31:3, 14, &c., contain the same image; "Lebanon" and its forest are the Assyrian army; the "iron" axe that fells the forest refers to the stroke which destroyed the one hundred and eighty-five thousand Assyrians (2Ki 19:35). The "Mighty One" is Jehovah (Isa 10:21; Isa 9:6).