Isaiah 10:9

"For he says, “Aren’t all of my princes kings?"

Key Reflection

In Isaiah 10:9, when the Assyrian king boasts that his princes are like kings, this reflects his inflated pride and self-reliance. Such arrogance underscores his lack of acknowledgment of a higher authority, setting the stage for divine judgment as God prepares to humble him through the very nations he has oppressed.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Is not Calno as Carchemish? -The meaning of this confident boasting is, that none of the cities and nations against which be had directed his arms, had been able to resist him. All had fallen before him; and all were alike prostrate at his feet. Carchemish had been unable to resist him, and Calno had shared the same fate. Arpad had fallen before him, and Hamath in like manner had been subdued. The words which are used here are the same nearly that Rabshakeh used when he was sent by Sennacherib to insult Hezekiah and the Jews;Isaiah 36:19;2 Kings 18:34.

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