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Isaiah 10:11

Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?

KJV

Numquid non sicut feci Samariæ et idolis ejus, sic faciam Jerusalem et simulacris ejus ?

Vulgate

ὃν τρόπον γὰρ ἐποίησα Σαμαρείᾳ καὶ τοῖς χειροποιήτοις αὐτῆς, οὕτως ποιήσω καὶ Ἰερουσαλὴμ καὶ τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτῆς.

LXX

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

ASV

הֲ/לֹ֗א כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֛יתִי לְ/שֹׁמְר֖וֹן וְ/לֶ/אֱלִילֶ֑י/הָ כֵּ֛ן אֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה לִ/ירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וְ/לַ/עֲצַבֶּֽי/הָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱלִילִ֑ים
'lylym
noun · 20×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
הָ
h
noun · 17×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
שֹׁמְרֽוֹן
shmrvn
proper_noun · 108×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§304And so we see the Holy Spirit, the principal author of Sacred Scripture, often attributing actions to God without mentioning any secondary causes. This is not a "primitive mode of speech", but a profound way of recalling God's primacy and absolute Lordship over history and the world,165 and so of educating his people to trust in him. the prayer of the Psalms is the great school…

Cross-references

  • Isa 37:10 — Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.