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Isaiah 10:8-10
New English Translation
Isaiah 10:8-10
New English Translation
8 Indeed,[a] he says:
‘Are not my officials all kings?
9 Is not Calneh like Carchemish?
Hamath like Arpad?
Samaria like Damascus?[b]
10 I overpowered kingdoms ruled by idols,[c]
whose carved images were more impressive than Jerusalem’s or Samaria’s.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 10:8 tn Or “For” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV).
- Isaiah 10:9 sn Calneh…Carchemish…Hamath…Arpad…Samaria…Damascus. The city states listed here were conquered by the Assyrians between 740-717 b.c. The point of the rhetorical questions is that no one can stand before Assyria’s might. On the geographical, rather than chronological arrangement of the cities, see J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:264, n. 4.
- Isaiah 10:10 tn Heb “Just as my hand found the kingdoms of the idol[s].” The comparison is expanded in v. 11a (note “as”) and completed in v. 11b (note “so”).
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