Isaiah 10:11
in Isaiah 10and as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?”
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ASV
shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
KJV
Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
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This verse in Isaiah 10
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Are not my princes altogether kings?
on Isaiah 10:8-11
Assyria's own words expose the blasphemy under the boast: are not my princes altogether kings, is not Calno as Carchemish, cities the empire has already swallowed and now treats as interchangeable trophies. The king reasons from the idols of Samaria and the surrounding kingdoms to Jerusalem itself, as though the Lord were simply one more conquered god among the graven images, a category error the chapter lets Assyria commit before it is answered. Gill notes the list of cities traces the actual line of Assyrian conquest, Carchemish, Hamath, Damascus, Samaria, each already fallen by the time Sennacherib's threat reaches Jerusalem's gate.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
(Verse 5 and following) Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hands is my fury. I will send him against a deceitful nation, and I will command him against the people of my wrath, to take the spoil and seize the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. But he does not understand this, and his heart does not take it to heart, but his purpose is to destroy and cut off nations. For my princes are not also kings? Is not Charcamis like Chalanno, and Arphad like Emath?
Unquestionably, at the time when the early Israelites fell into sin, religion languished. Judah made for themselves "statues in Jerusalem," as well as in that part that came to be called Israel, "in Samaria." But even now, if one considers the mass of sinners taken together, it would not be hard to say that everyone who, serving sin, makes a god out of what seems good to him—making a statue, casting the work of an artisan, setting it up in secret—is under the curse.
The Medieval Church1 voice
So shall I do to Jerusalem and her images. Here he concludes first, from the nations to the entire people of Israel: so also their images of Jerusalem, and of Samaria; second, from the ten tribes to the two: shall I not, as I have …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria, and her idols,....
If he means the ark and the mercy-seat, he speaks like himself, very foolishly, and as one that judged by the sight of the eye, and might therefore be easily deceived in matters of spiritual concern.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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 (Eze 26:7;
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
as I did to Samaria He shall say this after he conquers Samaria.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הֲלֹ֗א | halo' | ¿ not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשִׂ֛יתִי | ʾasiti | I did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לְשֹׁמְר֖וֹן | leshomeron | to Samaria | H8111 → | 109 times |
| וְלֶאֱלִילֶ֑יהָ | veleelileiha | and to idols its | H457 → | 20 times |
| כֵּ֛ן | ken | so | H3651 → | 771 times |
| אֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה | ʾeeseh | will I do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם | lirushalim | to Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| וְלַעֲצַבֶּֽיהָ׃ ס | velaatzabeiha | and to images its | H6091 → |
הֲלֹ֗א¿ not
halo'H3808 →5168 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
עָשִׂ֛יתִיI did
ʾasitiH6213 →2628 times
לְשֹׁמְר֖וֹןto Samaria
leshomeronH8111 →109 times
וְלֶאֱלִילֶ֑יהָand to idols its
veleelileihaH457 →20 times
כֵּ֛ןso
kenH3651 →771 times
אֶעֱשֶׂ֥הwill I do
ʾeesehH6213 →2628 times
לִירוּשָׁלִַ֖םto Jerusalem
lirushalimH3389 →643 times
וְלַעֲצַבֶּֽיהָ׃ סand to images its
velaatzabeihaH6091 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 2:8Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
it leads to
- Psalms 115:4–8
Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
- Revelation 9:20
Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze,…
- Jeremiah 2:28
But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O…
- Isaiah 37:19
They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
- Acts 17:16
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.
- Psalms 115:4–8
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PlaceThe northern hill countrySamariaThe hill Omri bought and built his capital on, where Ahab raised a temple to Baal, where the four lepers found the Aramean camp em…
- PlaceJerusalemJerusalemThe city David took from the Jebusites and made his capital, where Solomon built the temple, where Christ was crucified and rose,…
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON ISAIAH 8:1 and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.
