Isaiah 10:9 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Isaiah 10:9

7 ^aYet he does not mean so,
Nor does his heart think so;
But it is in his heart to destroy,
And cut off not a few nations.

8 ^aFor he says,
‘Are not my princes altogether kings?

9 Is not ^aCalno ^blike Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad?
Is not Samaria ^clike Damascus?

10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols,
Whose carved images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

11 As I have done to Samaria and her idols,
Shall I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?’ ”

12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord has¹ performed all His work ^aon Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, that He will say, ^b“I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks.”

13 ^aFor he says:
“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
And by my wisdom, for I am prudent;
Also I have removed the boundaries of the people,
And have robbed their treasuries;
So I have put down the inhabitants like a¹ valiant man.

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Isaiah 10:9

Is not . . . as—Was there any one of these cities able to withstand me? Not one. So Rab-shakeh vaunts (Isaiah 36:19).

Calno—Calneh, built by Nimrod (Genesis 10:10), once his capital, on the Tigris.

Carchemish—Circesium, on the Euphrates. Taken afterwards by Necho, king of Egypt; and retaken by Nebuchadnezzar: by the Euphrates (Jeremiah 46:2).

Hamath—in Syria, north of Canaan (Genesis 10:18). Taken by Assyria about 753 BC From it colonists were planted by Assyria in Samaria.

Arpad—near Hamath.

Samaria—now overthrown.

Damascus— (Isaiah 17:1, Isaiah 17:3).

Isaiah 10:8-11

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 10:9:

Isaiah 10:5
Isaiah 33:8
Isaiah 36:19
Jeremiah 49:23
Amos 6:2

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