Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
found—unable to resist me: hath overcome (so Psalms 21:8).
and whose—rather, "and their." This clause, down to "Samaria," is parenthetical.
excel—were more powerful. He regards Jerusalem as idolatrous, an opinion which it often had given too much ground for: Jehovah was in his view the mere local god of Judea, as Baal of the countries where it was adored, nay, inferior in power to some national gods (Isaiah 36:19-20; Isaiah 37:12). See in opposition, Isaiah 37:20; Isaiah 46:1.
As my hand . . . shall I not, as I have—a double protasis. Agitation makes one accumulate sentences.
Vauntings of the Assyrians. Illustrated by the self-laudatory inscriptions of Assyria deciphered by HINCKS.
princes . . . kings—Eastern satraps and governors of provinces often had the title and diadem of kings. Hence the title, "King of kings," implying the greatness of Him who was over them (Ezekiel 26:7; Ezra 7:12).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 10:11:
Isaiah 7:12
Isaiah 10:5
Isaiah 36:20
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