No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.
Parallel translations
- WEB They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing.
- KJV They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
- NKJV They shall call its nobles to the kingdom, But none shall be there, and all its princes shall be nothing.
- NASB Its nobles—there is no one there Whom they may proclaim king— And all its officials will be nothing.
- NLT It will be called the Land of Nothing, and all its nobles will soon be gone.
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Quick answer
Edom's nobility and rulers come to nothing, its kingdom left without leaders.
Overview
The nation that once boasted princes and nobles will have none to call upon; its leadership is reduced to nothing. The collapse of human authority underlines that earthly power cannot endure under God's judgment. It magnifies the contrast with God's everlasting kingdom, which alone stands secure.
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- Isa 3:6–8A 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.”
- Eccl 10:16–17Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.
- Jer 39:6There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.
- 1 Cor 8:4So 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 Cor 12:11I 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.
- 1 Cor 13:2If 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.
- Isa 41:24Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
- Isa 41:11–12Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.
- Jer 27:20which 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.
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