New International Version Has not Kalno fared like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad, and Samaria like Damascus? New Living Translation We destroyed Calno just as we did Carchemish. Hamath fell before us as Arpad did. And we destroyed Samaria just as we did Damascus. English Standard Version Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? Berean Standard Bible “Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? Berean Literal Bible Or is not Calno like Carchemish? Or is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? King James Bible Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? New King James Version Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? New American Standard Bible “Is not Calno like Carchemish, Or Hamath like Arpad, Or Samaria like Damascus? NASB 1995 “Is not Calno like Carchemish, Or Hamath like Arpad, Or Samaria like Damascus? NASB 1977 “Is not Calno like Carchemish, Or Hamath like Arpad, Or Samaria like Damascus? Legacy Standard Bible Is not Calno like Carchemish, Or Hamath like Arpad, Or Samaria like Damascus? Amplified Bible “Is not Calno [conquered] like Carchemish [on the Euphrates]? Is not Hamath [subdued] like Arpad [her neighbor]? Is not Samaria [in Israel] like Damascus [in Aram]? Berean Annotated Bible “Is not Calno (fortress of Anu) like Carchemish (fortress of Chemosh)? Is not Hamath (fortress) like Arpad (I shall be supported)? Is not Samaria (watch mountain) like Damascus (well-watered land)? Christian Standard Bible Isn’t Calno like Carchemish? Isn’t Hamath like Arpad? Isn’t Samaria like Damascus? Holman Christian Standard Bible Isn’t Calno like Carchemish? Isn’t Hamath like Arpad? Isn’t Samaria like Damascus? American Standard Version Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? Contemporary English Version They have already captured the cities of Calno, Carchemish, Hamath, Arpad, Samaria, and Damascus. English Revised Version Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? GOD'S WORD® Translation Isn't Calno like Carchemish? Isn't Hamath like Arpad? Isn't Samaria like Damascus?' Good News Translation I conquered the cities of Calno and Carchemish, the cities of Hamath and Arpad. I conquered Samaria and Damascus. International Standard Version Isn't Calno like Carchemish? Isn't Hamath like Arpad? Isn't Samaria like Damascus? NET Bible Is not Calneh like Carchemish? Hamath like Arpad? Samaria like Damascus? New Heart English Bible Isn't Calno like Carchemish? Isn't Hamath like Arpad? Isn't Samaria like Damascus? Webster's Bible Translation Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? Majority Text Translations Majority Standard Bible“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? World English Bible Isn’t Calno like Carchemish? Isn’t Hamath like Arpad? Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIs not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus? Berean Literal Bible Or is not Calno like Carchemish? Or is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? Young's Literal Translation Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus? Smith's Literal Translation Is not as Carchemish, Calno? if not as Arpad, Hamath? if not as Damascus, Shomeron? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAre not my princes as so many kings ? is not Calano as Charcamis: and Emath as Arphad? is not Samaria as Damascus? Catholic Public Domain Version “Are not my princes like many kings? Is not Calno like Carchemish, and Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? New American Bible “Is not Calno like Carchemish, Or Hamath like Arpad, or Samaria like Damascus? New Revised Standard Version Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIs not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Behold, Kaliu is like Karkemush, and Khamath is like Raphad, and Samaria is like Darmsuq OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus? Brenton Septuagint Translation then shall he say, Have I not taken the country above Babylon and Chalanes, where the tower was built? and have I not taken Arabia, and Damascus, and Samaria? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible (Voice ▾ Musical ▾) Context Judgment on Assyria…8“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says. 9“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? 10As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria,… Cross References Is not Calno like Carchemish? 2 Kings 18:34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand? Jeremiah 46:2 concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah: Amos 6:2 Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours? Is not Hamath like Arpad? 2 Kings 19:13 Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’” Isaiah 37:13 Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’” Jeremiah 49:23 Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed. Is not Samaria like Damascus? Isaiah 8:4 For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.” 2 Kings 16:9 So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death. 2 Kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. 2 Kings 19:12-13 Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar? / Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’” Isaiah 36:18-20 Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? / Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand? / Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?” Isaiah 37:11-13 Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared? / Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar? / Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’” Ezekiel 27:8-11 The men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen. Your men of skill, O Tyre, were there as your captains. / The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise. / Men of Persia, Lydia, and Put served as warriors in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls; they gave you splendor. … Nahum 3:8-10 Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water? / Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies. / Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains. Zephaniah 2:13-15 And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert. / Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar. / This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist. Matthew 11:21-24 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. / But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. / And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. … Treasury of Scripture Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? Calno Amos 6:1,2 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! … Calneh. 2 Chronicles 35:20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him. Jeremiah 46:2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah. Hamath Isaiah 36:19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? Isaiah 37:13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? 2 Samuel 8:9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, Samaria Isaiah 7:8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. Isaiah 17:3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts. 2 Kings 16:9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. Jump to Previous Arpad Carchemish Car'chemish Damascus Fared Fate Hamath Karkemish Samaria Sama'riaJump to Next Arpad Carchemish Car'chemish Damascus Fared Fate Hamath Karkemish Samaria Sama'riaIsaiah 10 1. The woe of tyrants5. Assyria, the rod of hypocrites, for its pride shall be broken 20. A remnant of Israel shall be saved 23. Judah is comforted with promise of deliverance from Assyria “Is not Calno like Carchemish? Both Calno and Carchemish had fallen under Assyrian control. Calno lay in northern Syria or Mesopotamia, while Carchemish stood on the Euphrates as a fortified and influential city. The Assyrian king boasts that even major centers of power had proved no stronger than lesser cities before his armies. 2Ki 18:34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad?… Is not Hamath like Arpad? Arpad, north of Aleppo, was subdued after prolonged resistance, and Hamath on the Orontes River also came under Assyrian rule. By placing them together, the king dismisses differences in size, wealth, and strength, claiming that every kingdom faced the same outcome. 2Ki 19:13 Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim… Is not Samaria like Damascus? Damascus, capital of Aram, fell to Assyria in 732 BC, and Samaria, capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, fell in 722 BC. The king treats both cities as trophies of conquest, yet Samaria’s fall also came under God’s judgment for Israel’s rebellion and idolatry. Isa 8:4 For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’… Persons / Places / Events 1. CalnoAn ancient city, possibly identified with Calneh in Genesis 10:10, known for its wealth and significance in the Assyrian empire. 2. Carchemish A major city on the Euphrates River, known for its strategic importance and as a site of significant battles. 3. Hamath A city in Syria, often mentioned in the context of Assyrian conquests. 4. Arpad A city in northern Syria, frequently mentioned in the Bible as a target of Assyrian campaigns. 5. Samaria The capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, known for its idolatry and eventual conquest by the Assyrians. 6. Damascus The capital of Aram (Syria), a city with a long history of conflict with Israel. Teaching Points The Folly of PrideThe Assyrian king's comparison of conquered cities reflects human arrogance. We must guard against pride, recognizing that all power and success come from God. The Consequences of Idolatry Samaria's comparison to other fallen cities serves as a warning against idolatry and turning away from God. We should examine our lives for anything that takes precedence over our relationship with God. God's Sovereignty Over Nations The passage underscores God's control over the rise and fall of nations. We can trust in His ultimate plan and justice, even when worldly powers seem dominant. The Danger of Complacency The cities mentioned were once strong and secure but fell due to complacency and sin. We must remain vigilant in our faith and obedience to God. Hope in God's Deliverance Despite the Assyrian threat, God preserved a remnant of His people. This reminds us of His faithfulness and the hope we have in His promises. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Isaiah 10:9?2. How does Isaiah 10:9 illustrate God's judgment on prideful nations? 3. What lessons can we learn from Isaiah 10:9 about God's sovereignty? 4. How does Isaiah 10:9 connect with God's justice in other Bible passages? 5. How can Isaiah 10:9 guide us in recognizing modern-day idols? 6. In what ways should Isaiah 10:9 influence our response to worldly power? 7. How does Isaiah 10:9 reflect God's judgment on nations? 8. What historical events are referenced in Isaiah 10:9? 9. Why does Isaiah 10:9 mention Calno, Carchemish, Hamath, Arpad, Samaria, and Damascus? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 10? (9) Is not Calno as Carchemish?--The six names obviously pointed to more recent conquests in which Sargon and his predecessors had exulted. One after another they had fallen. Could Judah hope to escape? (1) Calno, the Calneh of Genesis 10:10, Amos 6:2. That prophet had held up its fate in vain as a warning to Samaria. It has been identified by Kay with Ctesiphon on the east bank of the Tigris, by Lenormant (Manual, i. 80) with Ur of the Chaldees and with the ruins known now as the Mugheir, by Rawlinson (Five Great Monarchies, i. 20) with Nipur. The Assyrian form, Kil-Anu, means the "house" or "temple" of Anu, an Assyrian deity). Sennacherib (Lenormant i. 398), speaks of having reconquered it after a Chaldean revolt, and sold its inhabitants as slaves. The LXX. version, which instead of naming Carchemish, gives "Calane, where the tower was built," seems to imply a tradition identifying that city with the Tower of Babel of Genesis 11:4. (2) Carchemish. Few cities of the ancient world occupied a more prominent position than this. Its name has been explained as meaning the Tower of Chemosh, and so bears witness to the widespread cultus of the deity whom we meet with in Biblical history as the "abomination of the Moabites" (1Kings 11:7). It has been commonly identified with the Circesium of Greek historians, but the inscriptions found by Mr. George Smith at Tarabolos (the Hierapolis of the Greeks) on the banks of the Euphrates, at its junction with the Kyabur, prove that this is the true representative of the great commercial city of the old Hittite kings (Times, Aug. 23, 1876). Its importance is shown by the frequent occurrence of the name, in its Egyptian form of Karakumusha, in the record of Egyptian kings. Thothmes I. (circa B.C. 1600) conquered it, and, as a result of his campaign, strengthened the forces of Egypt with the chariots and horses for which it was afterwards conspicuous (Lenormant, Manual, 1 p. 229). Thothmes III. built a fortress there to guard the passage of the Euphrates (ibid. 1 p. 232), the ruins of which, with Egyptian inscriptions and works of Egyptian manufacture, have recently been found there (ibid. 1 p.,263). It revolted against Ramses II. (the Sesostris of the Greeks), with the Hittites and Ph?nicians, and other nations, but was subdued by him in the expedition in which the victorious issue is recorded on the monument on the Nahr-el-Kelb near Beyr-t. Shalmaneser IV. (contemporary with Ahab) records that he demolished and burnt it (ibid. 1 p. 380). Tiglath-pileser II., the king to whom Ahaz paid tribute, received tribute from its king in B.C. 742 (ibid. 1 p. 389). The last two victories are probably referred to in the boast now before us. At a later period it was conspicuous for the great defeat of Pharaoh Necho's army by Nebuchadnezzar (see notes on Jeremiah 46:2). Its commercial importance is indicated by the fact that the "mana (Heb., manah) of Carchemish" appears in numerous cuneiform inscriptions as the standard weight of the time, just as that of Troyes, in the commerce of the Middle Ages, is shown by the survival of the name in the "Troy weight" of our arithmetic books (Records of the Past, vii. 114). Is not Hamath as Arpad?--(1) Hamath on the Orontes, the capital of an Aramaean kingdom, was prominent in the history of the East. Under its kings Toi and Joram it paid tribute to David (2Samuel 8:9-10). It fell under the power of Jeroboam II. of Israel (2Kings 14:25). In conjunction with Damascus it revolted against Shalmaneser IV., and was subdued by him (Lenormant's Manual, 1 p. 380). Its king was first among the tributary princes under Tiglath-pileser II. after having joined with Pekah and Rezin in their revolt (ibid. 1 p. 389). Lastly, to come to the date of the present prophecy, it again revolted, in conjunction, as before, with Damascus and Samaria, and was again subdued by Sargon (ibid. 1 p. 393). (2) Of the early history of Arpad we know less, but it appears as having sustained a three years' siege from the forces of Tiglath-pileser II. It joined Hamath in its revolt against Sargon, and was again, as this verse implies, subdued by him. It is always united in the Old Testament with Hamath (Isaiah 36:19; Isaiah 37:13). Under the name of Erfad it is still traceable about nine miles from Aleppo (Lenormant, 1 pp. 389, 393). . . . Verse 9. - Is not Calno as Carehemish? A further proof of superiority, and ground of confidence, lay in the further fact, that the strongest cities had, one and all, succumbed to the Assyrian arms, and been laid in ruins to punish them for offering resistance. Six such cities are mentioned - Calneh, probably Niffer, in Lower Mesopotamia; Carchemish, on the right bank of the Euphrates in Lat. 36° 30' nearly; Hamath, the "great Hamath" of Amos (Amos 6:2), in Coelesyria on the routes; Arpad, perhaps Tel-Erfad, near Aleppo; Damascus, and Samaria. Calneh was one of the cities of Nimrod (Genesis 10:10), and, according to the LXX., was "the place where the tower was built." It may have been taken by Tiglath-Pileser in one of his expeditious into Babylonia. Amos (Amos 6:2) speaks of it as desolate in his day. Carchemish (Assyrian Gargamis) was a chief city of the Hittites, and has been called "their northern capital." Long confounded by geographers with Circesium at the junction of the Khabour with the Euphrates, it has recently been proved to have occupied a far more northern position, and is now generally identified with the ruins discovered by Mr. George Smith at Jerabis or Jerabhs. It was conquered by Sargon in B.C. 717, when "its people were led captive, and scattered over the Assyrian empire, while Assyrian colonists were brought to people the city in their place; Carchemish being formally annexed to Assyria, and placed under an Assyrian governor" (G. Smith, 'Assyria,' p. 97). Hamath was originally a Canaanite city (Genesis 10:18). By the time of David it had become the scat of an independent monarchy (2 Samuel 8:9, 10), and so continued until its reduction by the Assyrians. We find it leagued with the Hittites, the Syrians of Damascus, and the Israelites against Assyria about B.C. 850 ('Ancient Monarchies,' vol. 2. pp. 361-363). About B.C. 720 it was taken by Sargon, who beheaded its king, and probably reduced it to ruins (ibid., p. 411; comp. Amos 6:2). The name remains in the modern Hamah, where many curious inscriptions have been recently dug up. Arpad was attacked by Tiglath-Pileser in the early part of his reign, and reduced to subjection. It revolted in conjunction with Hamath from Sargon, and was severely punished ('Ancient Monarchies,' l.s.c.). Is not Samaria as Damascus? This mention of Samaria among the subjugated and ruined cities may undoubtedly be prophetic; but the connection with Carchemish, Hamath, and Arpad all of them towns reduced by Sargon within the years B.C. 720-717 - points rather to the verse being historical, and would seem to indicate that the date of the entire prophecy - vers. 5-19 - is subsequent to the capture of the cities, and so not earlier than B.C. 716. Isaiah 10:9 records Assyria’s boast, stringing together four conquered cities to argue that future targets are already foregone conclusions. The invader sees only military precedent; God is revealing that every conquest has unfolded under His sovereign hand, and the pride it breeds will bring Assyria’s own downfall. The verse challenges us to recognize that human achievements, however impressive, cannot thwart the Lord’s purposes.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “Is notהֲלֹ֥א (hă·lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no Calno כַּלְנ֑וֹ (kal·nōw) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3641: Calneh -- a place in Babylon like Carchemish? כְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁ (kə·ḵar·kə·mîš) Preposition-k | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3751: Carchemish -- a city on the Euphrates Is not לֹ֤א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no Hamath חֲמָ֔ת (ḥă·māṯ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 2574: Hamath -- a place North of Damascus like Arpad? כְאַרְפַּד֙ (ḵə·’ar·paḏ) Preposition-k | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 774: Arpad -- a city in Aram (Syria) Is not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no Samaria שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃ (šō·mə·rō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 8111: Samaria -- capital of northern kingdom of Israel like Damascus? כְדַמֶּ֖שֶׂק (ḵə·ḏam·me·śeq) Preposition-k | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1834: Damascus -- a city in Aram (Syria) Additonal Resources Isaiah 10:9 Blue Letter BibleIsaiah 10:9 Bible Gateway Isaiah 10:9 Bible.com Isaiah 10:9 NIV |
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