John Gill Commentary Isaiah 34:12

"They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there; and all its princes shall be nothing." — Isaiah 34:12 (ASV)

They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but
none [shall be] there
They shall call them to take upon them the kingdom and government, and there shall be none to do it, or that will care to do it; or rather there will be no kingdom to take unto them.

The words may be rendered either, "as for the nobles thereof, not there a kingdom shall they be called" ^F16 ; or, "the nobles shall call"; or, "they shall call the nobles", and "there shall be no kingdom" ^F17 ; the kingdom of the beast, as it is called, (Revelation 16:10) shall be no more; and though the cardinals, who are like to nobles, may call for it, and expect it, or be called to it, yet to no purpose; this kingdom will not only be full of darkness, but utterly destroyed:

and all her princes shall be nothing ;
shall come to nothing; the above mentioned cardinals, who are clothed and live like princes, these shall be no more; the same with the merchants of the earth, which like the merchants of Tyre are princes, (Revelation 18:3Revelation 18:11) (Isaiah 23:8) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F16: (warqy hkwlm Mv Nyaw hyrx) "nobiles ejus, et non ibi regnum vocabuntur", Forerius.
• F17: "Ingenuos ejus vocabunt, et non erit ibi regnum", Tigurine version.