Isaiah 34:12

12 Its nobles -there is ¹no one there Whom they may proclaim king - And all its princes will be ²nothing.

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 It will not be quenched night or day; Its smoke will go up forever. From generation to generation it will be desolate; None will pass through it forever and ever.

11 But pelican and hedgehog will possess it, And owl and raven will dwell in it; And He will stretch over it the line of desolation And the plumb line of emptiness.

12 Its nobles -there is no one there Whom they may proclaim king - And all its princes will be nothing.

13 Thorns will come up in its fortified towers, Nettles and thistles in its fortified cities; It will also be a haunt of jackals And an abode of ostriches.

14 The desert creatures will meet with the wolves, The hairy goat also will cry to its kind; Yes, the night monster will settle there And will find herself a resting place.

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 27:20; Jeremiah 39:6
• 2. Isaiah 41:11, 12