Bible Strands
Isaiah 10:11
and as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Assyrian king addresses Judah’s officials, using a rhetorical question to claim that God will destroy Jerusalem just as He previously destroyed Samaria and its idols.
The words — כֵּן (ken) translates literally as “so” or “in this way,” structuring the king’s boast that God’s coming judgment will exactly replicate His past actions against Samaria.
The thread — The Samaria-Jerusalem parallel reappears in Isaiah 36:19 and Isaiah 37:10, where the Assyrian threat is consistently directed at Judah’s capital.
Why it lands — It forces the reader to confront the futility of relying on foreign powers or religious syncretism, demanding a clear-eyed assessment of where true security resides.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
Cross-references
- Isaiah 37:10 “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 2:8 Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
- Isaiah 36:19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?