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Text -- Isaiah 34:12 (NET)

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34:12 Her nobles will have nothing left to call a kingdom and all her officials will disappear.
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Isa 34:12 - -- They shall not find any willing to undertake the government.

They shall not find any willing to undertake the government.

Wesley: Isa 34:12 - -- Shall have no courage or strength left in them.

Shall have no courage or strength left in them.

JFB: Isa 34:12 - -- Rather, "As to her nobles, there shall be none there who shall declare a kingdom," that is, a king [MAURER]; or else, "There shall be no one there who...

Rather, "As to her nobles, there shall be none there who shall declare a kingdom," that is, a king [MAURER]; or else, "There shall be no one there whom they shall call to the kingdom" [ROSENMULLER] (Isa 3:6, &c.). Idumea was at first governed by dukes (Gen 36:15); out of them the king wan chosen when the constitution became a monarchy.

Calvin: Isa 34:12 - -- 12.They shall call her nobles without a kingdom This passage has received various interpretations, which I do not quote, because it would be tedious ...

12.They shall call her nobles without a kingdom This passage has received various interpretations, which I do not quote, because it would be tedious to refute them. One of the most probable is, “They shall call his nobles to reign, but in vain.” As if he had said, “In their wretched condition none will be found willing to rule over them, and to undertake the charge of the commonwealth.” A statement of the same kind is found elsewhere, and we have formerly (Isa 3:6) seen one that is almost alike; but the words do not correspond. When the Prophet speaks thus, “They shall call her nobles, and they shall not be there,” he employs, I doubt not, witty raillery to censure the pride of that nation which had been cherished by longcontinued peace and abundance. When the Edomites, therefore, out of their mountains breathed lofty pride, the Prophet declares that they shall be disgracefully cast down, so that they shall have no nobility and no government; just as, when a kingdom has been overturned, government is taken away, so that the general mass of the people resembles a maimed or disfigured body, and there is no distinction of ranks. To those stately nobles who vaunted themselves so much, he says in mockery, that they shall be princes without subjects.

And all her princes shall be nothing The meaning of the former clause is still more evident from this second clause, in which he adds for the sake of explanation, that her princes “shall be reduced to nothing.’ It amounts to this, that the land of Edom shall resemble a mutilated body, so that nothing shall be seen in it but shocking confusion. This is the utmost curse of God; because, if men have no political government, they will hardly differ at all from beasts. Indeed, their condition will be far worse, for beasts can dispense with a governor, because they do not make war against their own kind; but nothing call be more cruel than man, if he be not held by some restraint, for every one will be driven by the furious eagerness of his own passions to every kind of vicious indulgence.

TSK: Isa 34:12 - -- call : Isa 3:6-8; Ecc 10:16, Ecc 10:17 nothing : Isa 41:24; 1Co 8:4, 1Co 13:2; 2Co 12:11

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Isa 34:12 - -- They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom - A more correct rendering of this would be, ‘ As to the nobles, they shall call them, b...

They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom - A more correct rendering of this would be, ‘ As to the nobles, they shall call them, but there shall be there no kingdom.’ The idea is, that the kingdom would be desolate; there would be no people to rule. Or, there will be no nobles there who shall survive the destruction, and who can undertake the government of the state. The idea is taken from a government or constitution where the monarch is chosen from the ranks of the nobility. Idumea was formerly governed, as we have seen (see the Introduction to the chapter), by dukes or princes; and it is probable that when it became a monarchy it was a part of the constitution that the sovereign should be chosen from their ranks. The idea here is, that none would be left who could be called to the throne; or if any were left, they would be unwilling to undertake the government of a country where all was disorder and confusion.

And all her princes shall be nothing - Long since Idumea has ceased to be a kingdom, and there are neither nobles nor princes there, nor are there any remains of an organized and independent government.

Poole: Isa 34:12 - -- They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there they shall endeavour to heal their breaches, but in vain; the remnant of t...

They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there they shall endeavour to heal their breaches, but in vain; the remnant of the people shall seek for any fit person, and offer the kingdom to him; but they shall not find any such who shall be willing to undertake the government.

Shall be nothing either shall be lost and cut off, or shall have no courage or strength left in them.

Gill: Isa 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, an...

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" p; or, "the nobles shall call"; or, "they shall call the nobles", and "there shall be no kingdom" q; the kingdom of the beast, as it is called, Rev 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, Rev 18:3.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 34:12 Heb “will be nothing”; NCV, TEV, NLT “will all be gone.”

Geneva Bible: Isa 34:12 ( m ) They shall call her nobles to the kingdom, but none [shall be] there, and all her princes shall be nothing. ( m ) Meaning, here will be neither...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Isa 34:1-17 - --1 The judgments wherewith God revenges his church.11 The desolation of her enemies.16 The certainty of the prophecy.

MHCC: Isa 34:9-17 - --Those who aim to ruin the church, can never do that, but will ruin themselves. What dismal changes sin can make! It turns a fruitful land into barrenn...

Matthew Henry: Isa 34:9-17 - -- This prophecy looks very black, but surely it looks so further than upon Edom and Bozrah. 1. It describes the melancholy changes that are often made...

Keil-Delitzsch: Isa 34:11-12 - -- The land of Edom, in this geographical and also emblematical sense, would become a wilderness; the kingdom of Edom would be for ever destroyed. "An...

Constable: Isa 7:1--39:8 - --III. Israel's crisis of faith chs. 7--39 This long section of the book deals with Israel's major decision in Isa...

Constable: Isa 13:1--35:10 - --B. God's sovereignty over the nations chs. 13-35 This major section of the book emphasizes the folly of ...

Constable: Isa 34:1--35:10 - --4. The consequences of Israel's trust chs. 34-35 This section concludes the major section of Isa...

Constable: Isa 34:1-17 - --Yahweh's day of judgment ch. 34 This poem depicts the effects of Yahweh's wrath on the self-exalting nations. His judgment will be universal (vv. 1-4)...

Guzik: Isa 34:1-17 - --Isaiah 34 - The Indignation of the Lord against All Nations A. The indignation of the LORD against the peoples of the nations. 1. (1-4) The fury and...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Isaiah (Book Introduction) ISAIAH, son of Amoz (not Amos); contemporary of Jonah, Amos, Hosea, in Israel, but younger than they; and of Micah, in Judah. His call to a higher deg...

JFB: Isaiah (Outline) PARABLE OF JEHOVAH'S VINEYARD. (Isa. 5:1-30) SIX DISTINCT WOES AGAINST CRIMES. (Isa. 5:8-23) (Lev 25:13; Mic 2:2). The jubilee restoration of posses...

TSK: Isaiah (Book Introduction) Isaiah has, with singular propriety, been denominated the Evangelical Prophet, on account of the number and variety of his prophecies concerning the a...

TSK: Isaiah 34 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Isa 34:1, The judgments wherewith God revenges his church; Isa 34:11, The desolation of her enemies; Isa 34:16, The certainty of the prop...

Poole: Isaiah (Book Introduction) THE ARGUMENT THE teachers of the ancient church were of two sorts: 1. Ordinary, the priests and Levites. 2. Extraordinary, the prophets. These we...

Poole: Isaiah 34 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 34 God’ s fury and wrath against his church’ s enemies, Isa 34:1-10 . Their land utterly desolate, Isa 34:11-15 . The certainty h...

MHCC: Isaiah (Book Introduction) Isaiah prophesied in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. He has been well called the evangelical prophet, on account of his numerous and...

MHCC: Isaiah 34 (Chapter Introduction) (Isa 34:1-8) God's vengeance against the enemies of his church. (Isa 34:9-17) Their desolation.

Matthew Henry: Isaiah (Book Introduction) An Exposition, With Practical Observations, of The Book of the Prophet Isaiah Prophet is a title that sounds very great to those that understand it, t...

Matthew Henry: Isaiah 34 (Chapter Introduction) In this chapter we have the fatal doom of all the nations that are enemies to God's church and people, though Edom only is mentioned, because of th...

Constable: Isaiah (Book Introduction) Introduction Title and writer The title of this book of the Bible, as is true of the o...

Constable: Isaiah (Outline) Outline I. Introduction chs. 1-5 A. Israel's condition and God's solution ch. 1 ...

Constable: Isaiah Isaiah Bibliography Alexander, Joseph Addison. Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah. 1846, 1847. Revised ed. ...

Haydock: Isaiah (Book Introduction) THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAS. INTRODUCTION. This inspired writer is called by the Holy Ghost, (Ecclesiasticus xlviii. 25.) the great prophet; from t...

Gill: Isaiah (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH This book is called, in the New Testament, sometimes "the Book of the Words of the Prophet Esaias", Luk 3:4 sometimes only t...

Gill: Isaiah 34 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 34 This chapter is a prophecy of the destruction of all the antichristian nations of the world, and particularly of Rome, si...

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