Isaiah 10:8

For he says, Are not all my captains kings?

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For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

In Context

7But this is not what is in his mind, and this is not his design; but his purpose is destruction, and the cutting off of more and more nations.

9Will not the fate of Calno be like that of Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

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Cross References

2 Kings 18:24How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

Job 24:23He takes away his fear of danger and gives him support; and his eyes are on his ways.

Ezekiel 26:7For this is what the Lord has said: See, I will send up from the north Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre, with horses and war-carriages and with an army and great numbers of people.

Daniel 2:37You, O King, king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory,

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 10:6-20

The Pride of the King of Assyria; Sennacherib's Pride Rebuked; Destruction of the King of Assyria. ( b. c. 740.) 5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. 6 I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations… Read the whole commentary →

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