Jesaja 10:8

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

Jesaja 10:8 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 10:8

For he saith, [are] not my princes altogether kings?
] Meaning either the kings which he had conquered, which were become his princes and subjects; or rather, such were the greatness and glory of his nobles, that they were equal in their riches and dominions to kings, and so were able to furnish him with men and money for such an expedition he had in his heart to undertake, even to conquer and subdue all the nations of the earth: and this he said either to his people, boasting of his grandeur; or in his heart, as Kimchi observes, to encourage himself; or rather more openly before others, in order to discourage and inject terror into the nations he meant to destroy, and particularly the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Jesaja 10:8 In-Context

6 Ich will ihn senden gegen ein Heuchelvolk und ihm Befehl tun gegen das Volk meines Zorns, daß er's beraube und austeile und zertrete es wie Kot auf der Gasse,

7 wiewohl er's nicht so meint und sein Herz nicht so denkt; sondern sein Herz steht, zu vertilgen und auszurotten nicht wenig Völker.

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

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

10 Wie meine Hand gefunden hat die Königreiche der Götzen, so doch ihre Götzen stärker waren, denn die zu Jerusalem und Samaria sind: