Isaia 10:8

8 Poiché dice: "I miei principi non son eglino tanti re?

Isaia 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.

Isaia 10:8 In-Context

6 Io l’ho mandato contro una nazione empia, gli ho dato, contro il popolo del mio cruccio, l’ordine di darsi al saccheggio, di far bottino, di calpestarlo come il fango delle strade.

7 Ma egli non la intende così; non così la pensa in cuor suo; egli ha in cuore di distruggere, di sterminare nazioni in gran numero.

8 Poiché dice: "I miei principi non son eglino tanti re?

9 Non è egli avvenuto di Calno come di Carkemish? Di Hamath come d’Arpad? di Samaria come di Damasco?

10 Come la mia mano è giunta a colpire i regni degl’idoli dove le immagini eran più numerose che a Gerusalemme e a Samaria,