Isaiah 10:13

For he says: “By my strong hand I have accomplished this, by my strategy that I devised. I invaded the territory of nations, ¹  and looted their storehouses. Like a mighty conqueror, ²  I brought down rulers. ³ 

De 8:17; 2Ki 15:29; 2Ki 16:8; 2Ki 17:6,24; 2Ki 18:11,32; 2Ki 18:15; 1Ch 5:26; Isa 10:8; Isa 37:23,24; Eze 25:3; Eze 26:2; Eze 28:2-9; Eze 29:3; Da 4:30; Ho 13:15,16; Am 5:27; Am 6:1,2; Am 6:13; Hab 1:16

¹ tn Heb “removed the borders of nations”; cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV “boundaries.”

² tc The consonantal text (Kethib) has כְּאַבִּיר (kÿ’abir, “like a strong one”); the marginal reading (Qere) is כַּבִיר (kavir, “mighty one”).

³ tn Heb “and I brought down, like a strong one, ones sitting [or “living”].” The participle יוֹשְׁבִים (yoshÿvim, “ones sitting”) could refer to the inhabitants of the nations, but the translation assumes that it refers to those who sit on thrones, i.e., rulers. See BDB 442 s.v. יָשַׁב and HALOT 444 s.v. ישׁב.