Isaiah 34:12

Modern

No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.

Traditional

They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.

Literal

And nothing is there for her nobles to call a kingdom, and all her princes will be nothing.

Latin

Nobiles ejus non erunt ibi; regem potius invocabunt, et omnes principes ejus erunt in nihilum.

Hebrew

English

No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.

Wild animals, nocturnal birds, and thorny plants with thistles and briars filled the land. These things made the place feel empty and frightening.

This prophecy of judgment was against the nations at the terrifying day of the Lord (see study note on Isaiah 2:5–22; see also Isaiah 63:1–6).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah 3:6–8
A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”
1 Corinthians 8:4
So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
Ecclesiastes 10:16–17
Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.
Isaiah 41:24
Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
Jeremiah 39:6
There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.
1 Corinthians 13:2
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
Isaiah 41:11–12
Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.
Jeremiah 27:20
…which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.