Jesaja 10:10

10 So wie meine Hand die Königreiche der Götzen erreicht hat und ihre geschnitzten Bilder waren mehr als die von Jerusalem und von Samaria-

Jesaja 10:10 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 10:10

As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols
Which worship idols, as the Targum paraphrases it. He speaks of them as being very easily taken by him; he had no trouble in subduing them; no sooner did he come up to them, and looked on them, and saw where they were, but they fell into his hands; they gave up themselves to him at once, and he took possession of them. And whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
being made of better metal, or more richly ornamented, or worshipped in a more pompous manner; or were "more" than they of Jerusalem and Samaria, exceeded them in number; or were "stronger" and mightier than they, as Kimchi supplies it, and yet could not protect them; or were "from Jerusalem, and from Samaria"; the wicked men of Israel, Jarchi says, supplied all the nations with images, they all sprung from them; and if the idols which came from hence could not secure the nations of the earth from falling into the hands of the Assyrian monarch, neither could they preserve Jerusalem and Samaria from being taken by him.

Jesaja 10:10 In-Context

8 Denn er spricht: Sind nicht meine Fürsten allesamt Könige?

9 Ist nicht Kalno wie Karchemis? Nicht Hamath wie Arpad? Nicht Samaria wie Damaskus?

10 So wie meine Hand die Königreiche der Götzen erreicht hat und ihre geschnitzten Bilder waren mehr als die von Jerusalem und von Samaria-

11 werde ich nicht, wie ich Samaria und seinen Götzen getan habe, ebenso Jerusalem und seinen Götzen tun?

12 Und es wird geschehen, wenn der Herr sein ganzes Werk an dem Berge Zion und an Jerusalem vollbracht hat, so werde ich heimsuchen die Frucht der Überhebung des Herzens des Königs von Assyrien und den Stolz der Hoffart seiner Augen.