Isaiah 34:12

12 No Kingdom There, they will call it, and all its princes will disappear.

Isaiah 34:12 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 34:12

They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but
none [shall be] there
They shall call them to take upon them the kingdom and government, and there shall be none to do it, or that will care to do it; or rather there will be no kingdom to take unto them. The words may be rendered either, "as for the nobles thereof, not there a kingdom shall they be called" ^F16; or, "the nobles shall call"; or, "they shall call the nobles", and "there shall be no kingdom" ^F17; the kingdom of the beast, as it is called, ( Revelation 16:10 ) shall be no more; and though the cardinals, who are like to nobles, may call for it, and expect it, or be called to it, yet to no purpose; this kingdom will not only be full of darkness, but utterly destroyed:

and all her princes shall be nothing;
shall come to nothing; the above mentioned cardinals, who are clothed and live like princes, these shall be no more; the same with the merchants of the earth, which like the merchants of Tyre are princes, ( Revelation 18:3 Revelation 18:11 ) ( Isaiah 23:8 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 (warqy hkwlm Mv Nyaw hyrx) "nobiles ejus, et non ibi regnum vocabuntur", Forerius.
F17 "Ingenuos ejus vocabunt, et non erit ibi regnum", Tigurine version.

Isaiah 34:12 In-Context

10 Night and day won't be extinguished; its smoke will go up forever. From generation to generation it will lie waste; no one will ever pass through it again.

11 Screech owls and crows will possess it; owls and ravens will live there. God will stretch over it the measuring line of chaos and the plummet stone of emptiness over its officials.

12 No Kingdom There, they will call it, and all its princes will disappear.

13 Thorns will grow up in its palaces, weeds and brambles in its fortresses. It will be a dwelling for jackals, a home for ostriches.

14 Wildcats will meet hyenas, the goat demon will call to his friends, and there Lilith will lurk and find her resting place.