Isaiah 10:8

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).

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 10:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

he saith . he will say. altogether . all of them.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 pri...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? -Vauntings of the Assyrians. Illustrated by the self-laudatory inscriptions of Assyria deci...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

5. And the staff in their hand] RV 'the staff in whose hand': Jehovah speaks, declaring the Assyrian the minister of His wrath.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Altogether] RV 'all of them.'
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 in...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For he saith, [are] not my princes altogether kings ?] Meaning either the kings which he had conquered, which were become his princes and subjects;...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 ;...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 sub...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Pride of the King of Assyria; Sennacherib's Pride Rebuked; Destruction of the King of Assyria....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Equal for power, and wealth, and glory to the kings of other nations, though my subjects and servants.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter Isaiah 10:5-34 Assyria Will Advance And Conquer As A Judgment On God's People But Will Finally Be Brought Down, For Final Deliverance Is C...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAN PROPOSES, GOD DISPOSES Isaiah 10:7-15 . Howbeit He meaneth not so, &c. “Man appoints, but God disappoints,” “Man proposes, but God dispo...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

Howbeit he meaneth not so Man proposes, but God disposes “He meaneth not so. ” 1. The wise God often makes even the sinful passions and pro...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 10:1-23 The prophecy begun in Isaiah 9:8 terminates with this stanza, which contains a warning against injustice and op...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Woe Against Assyria
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? Assyria was a world-power, and even its provinces had the extent and the might of kingdoms, so tha...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 18:24 ; 2 Kings 19:10 ; Daniel 2:37 ; Ezekiel 26:7 ; Isaiah 36:8
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Kings — Equal for power and wealth, and glory, to the kings of other nations.

⁸ For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 10:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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