“ For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? ”
For he saith - This verse, and the subsequent verses to Isaiah 10:11 , contain the vaunting of the king of Assyria, and the descriptions of his own confidence of success. Are not my princes a...
Assyria's Boastfulness and Its Punishment. This prophecy, so far as it is Isaiah's, must be later than the capture of Carchemish in 717 and before Sennacherib's invasion in 701. Narrower limits can...
he saith . he will say. altogether . all of them.
8. For he will say. He explains the reason why the Assyrian will not think that he is the rod of God. It is because, being blinded by pride, he acknowledges no authority superior to his o...
For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
Howbeit, he meaneth not so, &c.— The prophet had taught the pious in what light they should consider the Assyrian, leading a large army with a splendid apparatus, and bringing under his power t...
For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? -Vauntings of the Assyrians. Illustrated by the self-laudatory inscriptions of Assyria deciphered by Hincks. Verse 8. (Are) not my princes...
5. And the staff in their hand] RV 'the staff in whose hand': Jehovah speaks, declaring the Assyrian the minister of His wrath.
Are not my princes altogether kings? — So Tiglath-pileser names the twenty-three kings (Ahaz and Pekah among them) who came to do homage and pay tribute at Damascus ( Records of the Past, v. 5-26)...
CHAPTER IX ATHEISM OF FORCE AND ATHEISM OF FEAR ABOUT 721 B.C. Isaiah 10:5-34 IN chapter 28 Isaiah, speaking in the year 725 when Salmanassar IV was marching on Samaria, had explained to the...
the Mighty Laid Low Isaiah 10:5-19 This question is addressed to the Assyrian invader, described as God's staff and rod. He was the means of inflicting deserved penalty on the world of that age...
This is a prophecy of judgment on Assyria, and is full of interest. Assyria is the power which Jehovah is using for the punishment of His people, but because it fails to understand its true relation...
I pray the Reader to remark with me, how the Lord taketh to himself the whole of the destruction of Judah. If the Assyrian destroy the kingdom, it is because the Lord hath commissioned and appointed...
For he saith, [are] not my princes altogether kings ?] Meaning either the kings which he had conquered, which were become his princes and subjects; or rather, such were the greatness and glory of hi...
For he saith, [Are] not my princes altogether kings? Ver. 8. For he saith. ] Sennacherib saith. See Isaiah 36:9 ; Isaiah 36:15 ; Isaiah 36:18 ; Isaiah 36:20 ; Isaiah 37:10 ; Isaiah 37:13 ;...
For he saith, Are not my princes , &c. Are they not equal for power, and wealth, and glory, to the kings of other nations, though they be my subjects and servants? Is not Calno as Carchemish?...
The Pride of the King of Assyria; Sennacherib's Pride Rebuked; Destruction of the King of Assyria. B. C. 740....
Equal for power, and wealth, and glory to the kings of other nations, though my subjects and servants.
1). God First Calls On His Selected Instrument To Act But Then Rebukes Him For Overreacting ( Isaiah 10:5-15 ). In this vivid illustration Assyria is depicted as being the rod of God's anger. Assy...
THE ASSYRIAN INVASION OF JUDAH Isaiah 10:5-34 . O Assyrian, the rod of Mine anger, &c. This prophecy may be used to illustrate the following truths of abiding interest. I. The power of em...
The first four verses, are properly a part of the preseding chapter, and contain a severe reproof of the magistrates who wrested the judgment of the poor and needy. Isaiah 10:5 . Oh Assyrian. Heb...
O Assyrian “O Assyrian” “Ho Asshur,” the name both of the people and its national god. ( Prof. J. Skinner, D. D. ) The judgment of the world power The leading idea of the passage is the co...
EXPOSITION Isaiah 10:1-23 The prophecy begun in Isaiah 9:8 terminates with this stanza, which contains a warning against injustice and oppression, addressed to Israel and Judah equally, a...
Woe Against Assyria
2 Kings 18:24 ; 2 Kings 19:10 ; Daniel 2:37 ; Ezekiel 26:7 ; Isaiah 36:8
Kings — Equal for power and wealth, and glory, to the kings of other nations.