Isaiah - 10:11



11 shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?

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Explanation and meaning of Isaiah 10:11.

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shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria And her idols, so do to Jerusalem And her images?
Do I not, as I have done to Samaria, And to her worthless things, So do to Jerusalem and to her grievous things?
So, as I have done to Samaria and her images, I will do to Jerusalem and her images.
Should I not do to Jerusalem and her false images, just as I have done to Samaria and her idols?"
Annon sicut feci Samariae et idolis ejus, ita faciam Ierusalem et idolis ejus?

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Historical Commentaries

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Shall I not - 'Shall I not meet with the same success at Jerusalem that I have elsewhere? As I have overcome all others and as Jerusalem has no particular advantages; as the gods of other nations were more in number, and mightier than those of Jerusalem, and yet were unable to resist me; what is there in Jerusalem that can stay my progress?'

Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria, and her idols,.... Kimchi observes, that what is said in the preceding verses was said before Samaria was taken, but this after it was taken:
so do to Jerusalem, and her idols; he had taken Samaria, and carried the ten tribes captive, and now his eye was upon Judah and Jerusalem; and such was his insolence, impiety, and blasphemy, that he reckons the true God, whom the Jews worshipped, among the idols of the Gentiles, and upon a level with them, if not inferior to them, especially to his own idol, and thought himself superior to him.

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